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COVID-19 Resources for Businesses, Farms, and Communities

Mississippi FARM Corps

The mission of Mississippi FARM Corps is to provide a ready, willing, and able workforce of National Guard and Reserve soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and other military veterans in service to American agriculture.

Handouts:

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Hand Hygiene

Handwashing_COVID-19_Flyer_031220-1.pdf

Info in PDF above.

MSUHandwashing_COVID-19_Flyer_Spanish.pdf

Info in PDF above.

Homemade Hand Sanitizer – Small scale recipe from World Health Organization formulation

Homemade-Hand-Sanitizer_COVID-19_Flyer.pdf

Information in PDF above.

MSUHomemade-Hand-Sanitizer_COVID-19_Flyer_032920-Spanish.pdf

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Cleaning and Disinfection

Cleaning-and-disinfection_COVID-19_Flyer_031520.pdf

Info in PDF above.

MSUCleaning-and-desinfection_COVID-19_Flyer_031720-Spanish.pdf

Info in PDF above.

Foodservice

General FAQs and Employee Health
Retail-FAQ_COVID-19_031520.pdf
ProduceProduction_Food-Safety_COVID-19_Flyer_MSU.pdf
MSUSpanish_Food-Safety_COVID-19_Flyer.pdf

Cleaning and Disinfection
Retail-Cleaning_COVID-19_032620MSU.pdf

Receiving and Food Packaging
Retail-Packaging_COVID-19_031520.pdf

Restaurant Reopening Information
AFDO Restaurant Reopening Fact Sheet v.5.pdf
National-Restaurant-Association-COVID19-Reopening-Guidance.pdf

Grocery Store

General FAQs and Employee Health
Grocery-Store-Cleaning-and-Disinfection-FAQ_COVID-19_031520.pdf

Cleaning and Disinfection
Grocery-Store-Cleaning-and-Disinfection-FAQ_COVID-19_031520.pdf

Receiving and Food Packaging
Grocery-Store-Cleaning-and-Disinfection-FAQ_COVID-19_031520.pdf

Grocery Shopping
MSUSpanish_Grocery-Shopping_COVID-19_Flyer.pdf

Food Bank

Best Practices and Communication
Food-Bank-Best-Practices_COVID-19_031620.pdf

Receiving Food and Cleaning 
Food-Banks-Receiving-and-Cleaning_COVID-19_031620.pdf

Farmers’ Markets

Handling COVID-19 at Farmers’ Markets
Farm-Stand_COVID-19_FlyerMSU.pdf

U-Pick Farms  

Handling COVID-19 at U-Pick Farms
U-Pick-Farms_COVID-19_031620.pdf

Additional

Community-Gardens_COVID-19_Flyer MSU.pdf

Virtual Backgrounds 

Bulk-Beef-Sales_COVID-19_Flyer MSU.pdf

Bulk-Pork-Sales_COVID-19_Flyer MSU.pdf

Bulk-Poultry-Sales_COVID-19_Flyer MSU.pdf

COVID_RetailBestPractices_Infographic_04092020.pdf

COVID_RetailBestPractices_FullFactSheet_04092020_2.pdf


Online Resources:

USDA - https://www.usda.gov/coronavirus

Retail Food Environments, Farms, and Industry

Preparing Businesses

OSHA Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 - https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3990.pdf

World Health Organization - https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/getting-workplace-ready-for-covid-19.pdf

Industry

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Coronavirus and Pandemic Preparedness for the Food Industry: https://www.fmi.org/docs/default-source/food-safety/pandemic-planning-final_verison3-12-20-6.pdf?sfvrsn=347510a0_2

The Acheson Group (TAG), COVID-19 FAQ for the Food Industry: https://www.achesongroup.com/covid-19faqs

Farms

Cornell University - Novel Coronavirus Prevention & Control for Farms - http://agworkforce.cals.cornell.edu/2020/03/12/novel-coronavirus-prevention-control-for-farms/

EPA, List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2

EPA, Drinking Water and Waste Water - https://www.epa.gov/coronavirus/coronavirus-and-drinking-water-and-wastewater

CDC, How to Remove Gloves https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/pdf/poster-how-to-remove-gloves.pdf

National Restaurant Association (ServSafe) - https://foodsafetyfocus.com/FoodSafetyFocus/media/Library/pdfs/Coronavirus_2019-nCoV_Info_TipsforRestaurants.pdf

National Restaurant Association (ServSafe) - https://foodsafetyfocus.com/tools-research

National Restaurant Association (ServSafe) Webinar - https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer=&eventid=2216823&sessionid=1&key=50D3E4DFAC40026D6518A91355C476F9&regTag=&sourcepage=register

Fightbac, Cleaning and Sanitizing High-Touch Surfaces, https://www.fightbac.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Cleaning_and_Disinfecting_High-Touch_Surfaces.pdf

Georgia Department of Agriculture, Food Safety Recommendations COVID-19 http://agr.georgia.gov/Data/Sites/1/media/ag_consumerprotection/food_safety/files/covid19preventionrecommendations.pdf

Related Files

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U-Pick-Farms_COVID-19_031620.pdf (919.94 KB)
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Retail-FAQ_COVID-19_031520.pdf (436.27 KB)
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Farmers-Market_COVID-19_031320.pdf (460.61 KB)
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Farm-Stand_COVID-19_FlyerMSU.pdf (996.98 KB)
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