05/26/08 Helping producers with an audit

To help Idaho's potato growers clear the GAP audit hurdles, University of Idaho Extension educators developed a Web site where producers can learn about the audit's procedures and requirements, familiarize themselves with the paperwork that an Idaho State Department of Agriculture auditor might ask to see and fill in the forms electronically. In addition to documents and standard operating procedures, the Web site includes audit checklists, Spanish and English language employee policy forms, and information on ordering such items as employee training placards and videos. U of I potato specialist Dr Nora Olsen is one of the three educators working on the site. OLSEN "That if anybody has any comments or additional needs of the audit or different documentation and so forth go ahead and contract us and we'll try to work something out so that we can at least update that and put it on the website." Users can download the printed materials and compile their own comprehensive manual in a three-ring binder. You'll find it at www.kimberly.uidaho.edu/potatoes/gap.htm. Voice of Idaho Agriculture Bill Scott