COVID-19 Guidance & Resources
General Resources
Pennsylvania Department of Heatlh COVID-19 Information
Life Sustaining Business Information
Guidance for Businesses (PDF)
Public Health Safety Measures for Life Sustaining Food Businesses Permitted to Maintain Operations
Meeting Notices During COVID-19 Mitigation
Letter to Veterinarians
Changes to Pesticide Licensing Programs
Free Disaster Relief Food Safety Training
FDA Consumer Shopping Tips (PDF)
Temporary Waiver of Some Feed License Requirements (PDF)
Clarification Memo Weight Restriction Clarification for Feed Ingredients and Fertilizer (PDF)
PennDOT COVID 19 Exemption 2020-13A - Weight Restriction (PDF)
Coping during COVID-19
Critical Infrastructure Workforce Protection Plans (PDF)
Food Assistance
COVID-19 Guidance for Food Assistance Agencies (PDF)
TEFAP SFPP Participant Waiver COVID-19 (PDF)
CSFP Participant Signature Waiver due to COVID-19 (PDF)
Enforcement Guidance Waiving SFPP Eligibility Requirements (PDF)
Community Feeding
Find a Food Pantry
Guidance for Agriculture
Essential Ag Businesses
Farmers Markets
Farms & On-Farm Deliveries
Granjas y Entregas en las Granjas (PDF)
Retail Grocery, Restaurants & Bars
Food Processors (PDF)
Retail Food/ Manufacturing Processes for Sanitation and Diagnosed Employees
Grocery & Convenience Store Employees
COVID-19 Facts for Dairy Workers (PDF)
Agricultural Auctions & Markets
Temporary Certification Procedures for Manure Haulers and Brokers (PDF)
Special Notice to Veterinarians: COVID-19 Guidance (PDF)
Guidance on Veterinary Practices (PDF)
Guidance for Community Gardens
Modifications to Seasonal Farm Labor Camp Requirements
Pets
Guidance for Pet Owners (PDF)
Guidance for Kennels, Shelters & Rescues (PDF)
Pet Disaster Preparedness
Pet Pantry Resources
Waiver - Spay Neuter (PDF)
Federal Resources
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Contact
General Ag Inquiries
(717) 787-4737
Life-Sustaining Businesses
Contact DCED Customer Service by calling 1.866.466.3972 or by email at ra-dcedcs@pa.gov.
Media Inquiries
Shannon Powers
Press Secretary
717-783-2628
shpowers@pa.gov
Legal
With the closure of the Department of Agriculture’s offices due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department’s Office of Chief Counsel has agreed to waive the in-person service of process requirement and will accept service via email or mail. Any documents to be served on this office may be served by email or mail to:
Jorge M. Augusto
Office of Chief Counsel
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
2301 N. Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110
717-705-4397
As of March 16, 2020, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Harrisburg offices were closed in accordance with Governor Tom Wolf’s guidance on COVID-19 mitigation. Any requests for public records submitted to PDA on or after March 16, 2020 will be deemed to have been received by the PDA’s open-records officer on the first day of the reopening of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Harrisburg offices. Please note that the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records issued a statement indicating that “if an agency is closed on a given day, that day does not count toward the five business days referenced in Section 901 of the Right-to-Know Law, which governs the time period under which an agency must respond to a request.”