LUNCH & LEARN WEBINAR SERIES - FDA's Produce Safety Regulations - At a Glance February 19th, 2020
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LUNCH & LEARN WEBINAR SERIES FDA’s Produce Safety Regulations – At a Glance February 19th, 2020
WEBINAR LOGISTICS
WEBINAR LOGISTICS
• Everyone is muted.
• Questions will be addressed during the Q&A session at the end of the
presentation.
• This presentation is being recorded.
• The recording/slides will be available to WG members only.
• Adjourn (60 minutes).
• There will be 3 important survey questions at the conclusion of this
webinar. Your responses will be appreciated.
PRESENTER
Presenter
Bob Ehart
Senior Policy and Science Advisor for NASDA
QUICK POLL
Please take a minute to answer the following two
questions
FDA’s Produce Safety Regulations – At a Glance February 19, 2020 Bob Ehart
2/19/2020
Food Safety: Background
• FSMA became law in 2011 in response to
Congressional concerns about front-page news
regarding foodborne outbreaks, many of them
involving fresh fruits and vegetables
• FDA promulgated 7 foundational rules in 2013; they
became final rules in 2015. One of the rules is the
Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing,
and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption
aka The Produce Safety Rule
Classification: EXTERNAL USE
2/19/2020 Food Safety: Background • NASDA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization in Washington, DC that represents the “secretaries” of agriculture for all 50 states and 4 US territories. • NASDA members have considered “food safety” to be a top tier priority issue since 2011 • NASDA submitted comments on all 7 rules; requested clarification of the Produce Safety rule; received an extension for further comments
2/19/2020 Food Safety: Background Con’t
2/19/2020 Food Safety: Background Con’t • NASDA stressed the need to understand both production agriculture and food safety if FSMA rules are to play a role in reducing foodborne outbreaks • NASDA members kept hearing from farmers that they wanted the state departments of agriculture to be a buffer between FDA and the farm
2/19/2020 Food Safety: Background Con’t
2/19/2020 Food Safety: Background Con’t
2/19/2020 Food Safety: Background Con’t • In 2019, FDA extended the funding for an additional 5 years
2/19/2020 Progress
2/19/2020 Progress
2/19/2020 Progress • State inspections ~ 2 – 4 hrs • Emphasis on “educate before and while we regulate” • Some smaller states have inspected all known “large farms”
2/19/2020 Progress • Some states have already begun “indoor” inspections, greenhouses, hydroponic, sprouts • No “egregious” conditions observed by state programs thus far
2/19/2020 Some Lessons Learned
2/19/2020 Some Lessons Learned
2/19/2020 Some Lessons Learned
2/19/2020 Some Lessons Learned
2/19/2020 Some Lessons Learned
2/19/2020 Some Lessons Learned
2/19/2020 Challenges & the Future • Retaining staff • Understanding training needs • Managing uniformity & consistency across state programs • The myriad industry practices that have some level of risk – do they have to change? How soon? How do we amortize the expense? Is it fair to leave these issues with unknown answers until an outbreak occurs or… How to prioritize?
2/19/2020 Challenges & the Future • Adding “small” farms to the inspection queue • And then “very small” farms next year • Inspection frequency • Adding farms to the inspection inventory
2/19/2020 An Overriding Concern
2/19/2020
Beyond FSMA
• Food safety plan
• Farm assessment
• Educating the inspector
• Recall plans
• Neighborhood issues – land use
• Re-look at the supply chain
• Re-look at other factors that effect safety –
perhaps per commodity2/19/2020
2/19/2020 Contacts • You have great staff at Western Growers • You have very capable people at CDFA • https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/producesafety/ • You can get ahold of me: Bob Ehart bob.ehart@nasda.org 202-296-9680
2/19/2020 Selected Resources • Center for Produce Safety https://www.centerforproducesafety.org/ • Records Required by the FSMA Produce Safety Rule https://producesafetyalliance.cornell.edu/sites/producesafetyalliance.corn ell.edu/files/shared/documents/Records-Required-by-the-FSMA-PSR.pdf • The PSA website at Cornell University has a great deal of resources and information https://producesafetyalliance.cornell.edu/
Q&A
Q&A SessionAdditional Questions or Comments?
Q&A Session
Contact WG’s Science & Tech at:
wgscitech@wga.com
or
Sonia Salas
AVP Food Safety, Science & Technology
Email: ssalas@wga.com
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