---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1437.307"
title: "7"
number: "1437.307"
heading: "Mushrooms."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1437.307"
---

# §1437.307. Mushrooms.

- (a) Eligible mushrooms is a value loss crop and is only compensable in accord with the restrictions of this section. To be eligible, the mushrooms must be grown as a commercial crop in a facility with a controlled environment utilizing good mushroom growing practices. The facility must be located on private property either owned or leased by the producer.
- (b) The controlled environment for eligible mushrooms must include primary and backup systems for:
  - (1) Temperature and humidity controls;
  - (2) Proper and adequate lighting; and
  - (3) **Positive air pressurization and filtration.**
- (c) The growing medium must consist of a substrate (a habitat and nutrient base) sterilized by heat treatment.
- (d) Good mushroom growing practices must be used, and they consist of proper and adequate insect and disease control and the maintenance of a sterile environment. Maintaining a sterile environment includes at a minimum:
  - (1) Adequate hygiene;
  - (2) Overall cleanliness;
  - (3) Isolation or minimum contact procedures;
  - (4) Use of footpaths; and
  - (5) **Availability and frequent utilization of wash-down facilities.**
- (e) In the crop year in which a notice of loss is filed, producers may be required, at the discretion of FSA, to provide evidence the mushrooms are maintained in accordance with this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 12448, Mar. 19, 2002, as amended at 79 FR 74583, Dec. 15, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1501-1508 and 7333; 15 U.S.C. 714-714m; 19 U.S.C. 2497, and 48 U.S.C. 1469a.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 12448, Mar. 19, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 12448, Mar. 19, 2002, as amended at 79 FR 74583, Dec. 15, 2014]