Organic Handling Video Resources
How do Organic handling regulations apply to everyday warehouse & distribution operations? Food Connects Technical Assistance Program created this video series in partnership with the Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP) to help food hubs, aggregators, and distributors put those regulations into practice.
Join McKenna and Maddie inside the Food Connects Food Hub to learn how packaging types, mixed pallets, food contact surfaces, labeling, and traceability weave into Organic regulations as a handler. These videos address common questions and show how Food Connects approaches Organic handling within our operation, offering a starting point for developing practices that fit your own business.
Organic Handling: Sealed Tamper-Evident Packaging
What makes packaging sealed tamper-evident, and why does that matter? Explore examples from our warehouse and learn why recognizing this packaging matters when assessing Organic certification requirements, exemptions, and certification fees.
Organic Handling: Permeable vs. Non-Permeable Packaging
Packaging affects how Organic products are handled, stored, stacked, and transported. Learn to recognize permeable and non-permeable packaging and understand how these differences guide handling practices that protect Organic integrity.
Organic Handling: How to Build a Mixed Pallet
See how we build mixed pallets containing both Organic and non-Organic products in varying packaging types. This walkthrough shows how packaging, product placement, and barriers inform pallet building to prevent commingling and contamination in order to protect Organic integrity.
Organic Handling: Food Contact Surfaces
Identify which warehouse surfaces come into direct contact with food and why that distinction matters. Using examples from our operation, we explain how food contact surfaces affect cleaning, sanitation, and chemical considerations during Organic inspections.
Organic Handling: Shipping Label Walkthrough
Take a closer look at the information on a Food Connects shipping label. Learn how our labels identify Organic products and connect outgoing shipments to the records that support traceability.
Organic Handling: Traceability Audit
Follow an Organic product through our record keeping system to see how each step connects. This walkthrough explores one way to conduct a traceability audit, which is part of an Organic inspection. Through our recordkeeping systems, we track and connect Organic certification information, incoming product records, internal records, and outgoing shipment documents in support of a traceability audit.