lecture 8: Food Safety Programs and Regulatory Authorities Flashcards
who al contribute to food safety
federal agencies
food industry secor (growers, processors, and preparers)
state and local governments
consumers
**this means foos safety is a shared responsibility
nonregulartory federal agency and what they do
CDC
Disease surveillance
outbreak investigation
analyzing trends and policies
attribution to source facilities
education and training
information for policy
regulatory federal agencies and what they do
FDA, USDA, and EPA
inspection
enforcement
investigating farms and production
product recalls
product traceback
risk assessment
USDA-FSIS has regulatory authority over
- Processed egg products (except fresh shell eggs)
- Raw meat and poultry
- Slaughter operations for interstate shipment
- Ensures that meat importers meet US standards
- Production and transportation (pre-slaughter)
- Border inspection and quarantine
- Veterinary Services
- Animal Care
- International Services
USDA-APHIS
USDA Food Safety Inspection Service
FSIS Mission Statement: Protecting the public’s health by ensuring the safety of meat, poultry, and processed egg products.
USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
Live animal health and welfare, import export,
disasters
**TB and Brucellosis testing and monitoring
Primary food regulatory agency within DHHS
* All food sold interstate except processed eggs, meat, poultry
FDA
FDA has regulatory authority over (name 5)
- Shell eggs
- Bottled water
- Wine (less than 7% alcohol)
- Pet and livestock foods
- Veterinary drugs
- Infant formulas
- Dietary supplements
- Adulteration & misbranding of foods, drugs, cosmetics
FDA hot topics
-melamine
-imported jersey treats
-trifexis
-compounding
-antimicrobial use in food animals
FDA-CVM (veterinarians role in food safety and drug administration
- Veterinary Medical Officers
- Policy analysts
- Epidemiologists
- Administrative roles
- Regulatory authority for pesticides & toxins
- Establishes safe drinking water standards
EPA
EPA
- Determines safety of new products
- Sets tolerance levels for pesticide residues in foods
- Prevents toxic substances from entering food chain
- Assists states in monitoring water quality
HACCPs 7 principles
- conduct hazard analysis
- determine the critical control points
- establish critical limits
- establins monitoring procedures
- establish corrective actions
- establish verification procedures
- establish record keeping and documentation procedures
5 basics of HACCP
1, identify hazard
2. understand cause
3. implement preventative controls
4. monitor effectiveness
5. review and adjust
t/f : HACCP detects rather than prevents
false, prevents rather than detects
HACCP focuses on _________ and not ___________
health hazards
product quality
HACCP
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
The systematic prevention of all types of health
hazards at selected points in the food production
continuum
HACCP
_______ commerce is jurisdiction of individual states
intrastate
a few examples of state oversight on food safety
small slaughter plants m
small food processing plants
milk sharing
the crazy egg
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
(FSMA)
Focus on Prevention-signed January 4, 2011
–It grants FDA a number of new powers,
including mandatory recall authority
