Lesson 1 Why Is Food Safety Important? Where Do the Rules Come From?

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Lesson 1Why Is Food Safety Important?Where Do
the Rules Come From?
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Magnitude of Foodborne Illness

• Estimated annual occurrence
• 76 million cases of foodborne illness
• 325,000 hospitalizations from foodborne illness
• 5,000 deaths from foodborne illness
• (Mead, et al., 1999)

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Activity What Is Your Theoretical Chance of
Getting a Foodborne Illness This Year?

• The population of the U.S. is 295 million people.
  
• 295,000,000/76,000,000 3.9.
• This means that approximately 1 in every 4 (3.9)
  people will suffer from a foodborne illness
  during the year.

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The Good News...

• 500 to 900 billion safe meals are served in food
  service establishments every year.

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Cost of FBI to an Establishment

• Loss of customers and sales
• Loss of good reputation
• Lawsuits resulting in lawyer and court fees
• Increased insurance costs
• Lowered employee confidence
• Increased absence of employees
• Need for re-training employees
• Embarrassment

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HALLMADE CARDS
I need 250 get well cards!
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Activity Personal Account of FBI

• Audioclip provides a womans experience with
  botulism that she got from a baked potato that
  was held too long at room temperature by a
  restaurant.

Click on speaker to start audioclip.
Used with permission from Oregon State University.
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S.T.O.P.

• http//safetables.org

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Individuals at Higher Risk for Getting a
Foodborne Illness
Young children the elderly
Infants pregnant women
Those with weakened immune systems
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Song Activity U.S.D.A.

• People, theres no need to despair
• If youre worried bout your food, land, or air
• I can tell you, that there are people who care
• Theres no need to be unhappy

• People, theres a place you could go
• Where theres research on how to make your plants
  grow
• And some programs that pay the growers some dough
  
• Even when theydont plantnothing

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U.S.D.A.

• Its fun to work with the USDA
• Its fun to work with the USDA
• They are everything
• An agency could be
• They look out for you and me

• Its fun to work with the USDA
• Its fun to work with the USDA
• Congress legislates
• Then they regulate
• They get to make all the rules

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U.S.D.A.

• If youre worried bout microbes in your beef
• FSIS, theyll provide some relief
• Their inspectors have sharp authority teeth
• Theyll put the bad guys out of business

• Food stamps, yes they handle those too
• School lunches, heres some pizza for you
• And extension, to tell us all that is new
• It is really quite impressive

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U.S.D.A.

• Its fun to work with the USDA
• Its fun to work with the USDA
• They are everything
• An agency could be
• They look out for you and me

• Its fun to work with the USDA
• Its fun to work with the USDA
• Congress legislates
• Then they regulate
• They get to make all the rules

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U.S.D.A.

• If those Medflies try to get in your way
• Theyve got APHIS there to enter the fray
• And theyre armed with malathion to spray
• So our growers need not worry

• If disasters come and wipe out the farm
• Crop insurance is there to lessen the harm
• If theres surplus, theres no need for alarm
• Thanks to price supports and Congress

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U.S.D.A.

• Its fun to work with the USDA
• Its fun to work with the USDA
• They are everything
• An agency could be
• They look out for you and me

• Its fun to work with the USDA
• Its fun to work with the USDA
• Congress legislates
• Then they regulate
• They get to make all the rules

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U.S.D.A

• Its fun to work with the USDA
• Its fun to work with the USDA
• They are everything
• An agency could be
• They look out for you and me

• Its fun to work with the USDA
• Its fun to work with the USDA
• Congress legislates
• Then they regulate
• They get to make all the rules

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Idahos Food Safety Rules

• Idaho Food Code
• www.foodsafety.idaho.gov

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Activity Using theIdaho Food Code

• Does a produce stand selling boxes of apples
  qualify as a food establishment?

• No (Answer found in Section 1-201.10(B) 36.c.ii)
• The term food establishment does not include
• (ii) A produce stand that offers onlywhole,
  uncut fresh fruits andvegetables.

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Activity Using the Idaho Food Code

• Can potentially hazardous food be thawed on the
  counter?

• No (Answer found in Section 3-501.13)
• Potentially hazardous food shall be thawed
• a. Under refrigeration
• b. Under running water
• c. During cooking

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Activity Using theIdaho Food Code

• Is the wearing of jewelry restricted when working
  in a food service establishment?

• Yes (Answer found in Section 2-303.11)
• While preparing food, employees may not wear
  jewelry, including medical information jewelry,
  on their arms and hands. This section does not
  apply to a plain ring, such as a wedding band.

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Rule Enforcement

• The Idaho Food Code is enforced by health
  inspectors who regularly inspect food
  establishments. Health inspectors can close
  establishments that are in violation of the Code.
• Inspectors work for one of the seven Idaho Health
  Districts.

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Idahos Training Manual

• Idaho Food Safety and Sanitation Manual.
• Available atwww.safety.idaho.gov

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Idaho Food Safety and Sanitation Manual

• Table of Contents
• Microbiology
• Foodborne Disease Outbreaks
• Food Sources and Protection
• Destruction of Organisms
• Limiting Bacterial Growth
• Employee Hygiene and Health
• Equipment and Utensil Cleaning and Sanitation

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Idaho Food Safety and Sanitation Manual

• Table of Contents continued
• Water and Sewage Systems
• Physical Facilities
• Rodent and Insect Control
• Poisonous Materials
• (Re) Thinking HACCP
• Training Employees
• What to Do If Outbreak Occurs
• Review and Important Areas of Knowledge

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Activity Using the Idaho Food Safety and
Sanitation Manual

• Can potentially hazardous food be thawed on the
  counter?

• No (Answer found in Chapter 5, page 36)
• Potentially hazardous foods must be thawed as
  fast as possible to limit bacterial growth during
  the process. Three methods are acceptable.
• Under refrigeration
• Under running water
• As a part of continuous cooking
• Thawing at room temperature is not acceptable.

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Activity Using the Idaho Food Safety and
Sanitation Manual

• Can someone who has diarrhea work as a food
  handler?

• No, unless the cause of diarrhea has been
  determined to be not communicable. (Answer found
  in Chapter 6, page 40)

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Federal Government Recommendations

• Food Code (www.cfsan.fda.gov/dms/foodcode.html)

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Responsibilities

• Food service employees have the responsibility to
  deliver safe, quality food to the person eating
  it.
• The Person In Charge also has the responsibility
  of training employees in correct procedures.

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Understanding Check!

• The U.S. has very safe food, yet approximately 1
  in every _________people suffers a foodborne
  illness each year.

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Understanding Check!

• If a restaurant causes a foodborne illness the
  results can be

• Loss of customers
• Loss of good reputation
• Lawsuits
• Increased insurance costs
• Reduced employee confidence
• Need to re-train employees
• Embarrassment

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Understanding Check!

• What is the name of the Idaho food safety rules
  for food establishments?

Idaho Food Code