Lecture 8: Food safety legislation in the USA

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A.Food Safety and H.A.C.C.P.1.Food Safety
Requirements
8. Food Safety Legislation in the USA
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Food Safety Legislation

• It is designed to protect consumers and prevent
  foodborne illnesses

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Legislation (part I)

• Meet the food safety requirements (Basic Food
  Hygiene and Food Safety Principles, H.A.C.C.P.,
  Cleaning Disinfection)
• Comply with the labeling requirements for food
  products

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Legislation (part II)

• All kinds of food used in the food industry must
  be fresh and intact
• Foods should be located in the correct places and
  have the appropriate temperature

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Legislation (part III)

• Comply with the food rotation system requirements
  (outdated products should not be used)

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Obligations

• legal obligations
• record keeping

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FDA legislation (part I)

• FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) has a
  legislative mandate to require comprehensive,
  prevention-based controls across the food
  supply. 
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FDA legislation (part II)

• The legislation transforms FDAs approach to food
  safety from a system that far too often responds
  to outbreaks rather than prevents them.  It does
  so by requiring food facilities to evaluate the
  hazards in their operations, implement and
  monitor effective measures to prevent
  contamination, and have a plan in place to take
  any corrective actions that are necessary.

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FDA legislation (part III)

• It also requires FDA to establish science-based
  standards for the safe production and harvesting
  of fruit and vegetables to minimize the risk of
  serious illnesses or death.    
• This new ability to hold food companies
  accountable for preventing contamination is a
  significant milestone in the efforts to modernize
  the food safety system.   

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Inspection and Compliance

• The legislation recognizes that inspection is an
  important means of holding industry accountable
  for their responsibility to produce safe
  product.  FDA will meet this expectation by 
• - Applying its inspection resources in a
  risk-based manner 
• - Innovating in its inspection approaches to be
  the most efficient and effective with existing
  resources 

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Summary of 8th Lecture

• Food Safety Legislation in the USA
• FDA legislation