| Category | Question
Number | Question | Possible
Points | Given Answer | Given
Points | Auditor Comment | Corrective Action Response | Corrective Action Comment |
| Adjacent Land Use | 04.02 | Are, or is there evidence of domestic animals, wild animals, grazing lands (includes homes with hobby farms, and non commercial livestock) in proximity to growing operation? If No, go to 4.03 | 10 | Yes | 0 | Yes. There is cattle observed. | We have fully completed the corrective action(s) | Cattle on adjacent northeast side of lot 10 from the Hansen Ranch with about 100 foot buffer zone, ditch, berm and silk fence in place (Old Stage Road between cattle and ranch). |
| Adjacent Land Use | 04.05 | Is there a documented and implemented policy that infant or toddler aged children are not allowed in the growing area? NOTE: This includes any packaging or equipment storage areas. | 10 | No | 0 | No. Policy on no infants or toddlers in growing area was not available for review on the day of the audit. | We have fully completed the corrective action(s) | Policy is in place prohibiting children in the growing area, see attached file. |
| Fertilizer/Crop Nutrition | 05.07a | Are the grower's inorganic fertilizer records available for review including application records? | 10 | No | 0 | No. Fertilizer records were not available for review. | We have fully completed the corrective action(s) | Fertilizer records are being documented, see attached example. |
| Irrigation/Water Use | 06.03g | Do written procedures (SOPs) exist covering proper sampling protocols? | 10 | No | 0 | No. SOP covering proper water sampling was not available for review. | We have fully completed the corrective action(s) | Grower wrote SOP on proper water sampling which is attached. |
| Irrigation/Water Use | 06.03h | Do written procedures (SOPs) exist covering corrective measures for unsuitable or abnormal water testing results? | 10 | No | 0 | No. Corrective measures were not available for review on the day of the audit. | We have fully completed the corrective action(s) | Attached is the remedial action policy in case an irrigation water test result comes back above the permitted microbial limit which is the same as LGMA. |
| Employee Hygiene (This applies to on-the-farm staff not the harvesting staff) | 08.05 | Is there a food safety hygiene training program covering new and existing employees and are there records of these training events? | 15 | No | 0 | No. Gabe Florez thinning crew observed at ranch and training records were not available for review at the time of the audit. | We have fully completed the corrective action(s) | Gabe Florez (Diamond Cutters Harvesting, LLC) thinning crews get trained on food safety health and hygiene on a monthly basis, attached are the training records. |
| Employee Hygiene (This applies to on-the-farm staff not the harvesting staff) | 08.06g | Is there is a documented and implemented procedure for emptying the catch basin in a hygienic manner and also in a way that prevent product, packaging, equipment and water system contamination? | 5 | No | 0 | No. SOP from Gabe Florez toilet units was not available for review. | We have fully completed the corrective action(s) | Toilet hand wash water test results and cleaning procedures are attached. |
| Employee Hygiene (This applies to on-the-farm staff not the harvesting staff) | 08.08d | Are the hand wash stations designed and being maintained to prevent contamination onto the growing area ( i.e. spent water does not go straight to the ground)? | 5 | No | 0 | No. Hand wash facilities had paper towels inside the sink due to the garbage can being full. Also, one hand wash facility did not running water. Note: 2 hand wash facilities were observed. | We have fully completed the corrective action(s) | Diamond Cutters Harvesting, LLC informed Shorty's portable toilet regarding findings and mentioned issues were addressed. |
| Employee Hygiene (This applies to on-the-farm staff not the harvesting staff) | 08.11 | Are there trash cans available on the farm placed in suitable locations? | 5 | No | 0 | No. Trash cans belonging to thinning crew were full and need to be emptied at the time of the audit. | We have fully completed the corrective action(s) | Trash cans were emptied during audit plus Diamond's foreman was told to keep an eye on this issue. |