John C. Prucha, DVM, MS, MPH, DACVPM Assistant Deputy Administrator International and Domestic Policy Office of Policy, Program Development, and Evaluation Food Safety and Inspection Service

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John C. Prucha, DVM, MS, MPH, DACVPMAssistant
Deputy AdministratorInternational and Domestic
PolicyOffice of Policy, Program Development, and
EvaluationFood Safety and Inspection Service
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Its a wise man who learns from his experiences.
Its a far wiser man who learns from the
experiences of others. Socrates
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There is nothing permanent except change.
Heraclitus
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Nothing happens in a bureaucracy - including
FSIS - unless theres a crisis. Donald
L. Houston
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Be prepared. Motto of the Boy Scouts
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Perfection of means, and confusion of goals,
seem, in my opinion, to characterize our
age. Albert Einstein
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Its a wise man who learns from his experiences.
Its a far wiser man who learns from the
experiences of others. Socrates
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Meat Inspection

• Organoleptic Traditional Inspection
• European System of Meat Inspection
• Pre-1906 U.S. Exports to Europe
• 1906 The Jungle FMIA

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Government inspection of each animal
Insert inspectors into the production
system Responsibility of government
vis-à-vis responsibility of industry
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No problem for 70 years
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Forces of Change

• Food animal health changes
• Sharp increase in costs
• - Inflation
• - Industry growth
• - State programs abandoned

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1985 NAS ReportScientific Basis of the
Nations Meat and Poultry Inspection Program
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Real Hazards are Invisible

• Chemical Hazards
• Microbial Hazards

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Detection Inspection vis-à-visPreventative
Process Control
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HACCP
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CRISIS!!!!!!

• 1993 Escherichia coli O157H7
• Jack-in-the-Box foodborne disease outbreak

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OPPORTUNITY

• New Administration
• New Leadership
• Off-the-Shelf

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The Change Process
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Public Hearings
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Public Scientific Fora
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Decision Making

• Transparent
• Public Participative
• Industry
• Consumers

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Pathogen Reduction/HACCP Rule
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Strategic Vision

• Responsibility of Government
• Responsibility of Industry

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Government Sets the Standards
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Industry operates under a formalized food safety
process control program, i.e.,MANDATORY HACCP
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HACCP is linked to performance standards
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Generic Escherichia coli criteria for control
of fecal contamination
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Salmonella performance standards for control
and reduction of pathogens
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Science-based Data-based
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Microbiological Baseline Data

• Used to establish bacterial performance standards
  for fresh meat and poultry

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Notion of the Moving Standard
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Government Oversees Verifies
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Summary

• Government Sets Standards
• HACCP
• Performance Standards
• Government Oversees and Verifies

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Linked

• Methods - Goals - Results

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SalmonellaPoultry PlantsSmall Plants
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HACCP - based models for postmortem inspection

• Government Sets Standards
• Industry Sorts
• Government O V

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HACCP - based, Establishment - basedChemical
Residue Control Programs

• Certified Producer Prevention and Control
  Programs
• Establishment Monitoring Programs
• Government O V

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HACCP Performance Standards The Key to
Equivalency
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Equivalent

• Methods
• Goals
• Results

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The Future is Now
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