Quality Assurance

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Quality Assurance Food SafetyforArizona
Youth Livestock Producers
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What is Quality Assurance?

• Quality
• Are the products good to eat?
• Are they safe and healthy?
• Do they taste good?
• Are they tender?

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What is Quality Assurance?

• Assurance
• A pledge or a promise
• Quality Assurance
• The promise we make to consumers that the food
  that comes from our livestock will be of the
  highest possible quality and we will do
  everything we can to make those products safe to
  eat.

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Why Quality Assurance?

• Improves food quality
• Improves care and management
• Avoids drug residues
• Increases product value

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HACCP and Food Safety
Hazard Analysis and Critical
Control Points

• A system used in meat packing plants to prevent
  food safety problems
• Regulated by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection
  Service (FSIS)

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HACCP and Food Safety
Hazards can be identified as

• Microbial contamination
• E. coli, salmonella, etc.
• Chemical hazards
• Antimicrobial and chemical tissue residues
• Physical hazards
• Broken needles or metal

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HACCP and Food Safety
The Steps of HACCP are

• Identify hazards
• Find critical points in the process
• Establish critical limits for each critical
  control point
• Monitor
• Take corrective action if monitoring shows there
  are deviations outside the limits of a critical
  control point
• Keep records on each critical control point
• Verify that the HACCP plan is working correctly.

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Where do I fit into HACCP ?

• The producers responsibility is to supply the
  packer with animals that are free from drug and
  chemical residues and physical hazards such as
  broken needles.
• We must also be aware of
• withdrawal times because a
• packer cant hold an animal
• delivered to the plant.

Packer
Producers
Consumers
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Current Regulatory Agencies

• Food and Drug Administration
• Regulates medicated animal feed and most health
  products
• Approves products and sets tolerance levels for
  antimicrobials

• Sets tolerance levels for pesticides used in
  livestock production

• Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Inspects hogs in packing plants
• Examines plant sanitation
• Approves plant sanitation

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• GPPs
• Good Production
• Practices

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Good Production Practice 1Keep Accurate
Records
Animal Identification

• Why?
• Proof of ownership
• Record medications
• Good management

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Good Production Practice 1Keep Accurate
Records
Maintain medication and treatment records.

• Date of treatment
• Animal treated
• Product used
• Amount administered
• Route of administration
• Who gave the drug
• Withdrawal time
• Completed withdrawal date

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Good Production Practice 2Establish a Valid
Veterinary-Client-Patient Relationship
Obtain and use veterinary prescription drugs
through a licensed veterinarian based on a valid
veterinarian-client-patient relationship
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Types of Animal Health Products

• Over the Counter Drugs (OTC)
• Prescription Drugs (Rx)
• Factors determining whether a drug is OTC or Rx
• Margin of safety to animal
• Effects of accidental overdose
• Difficulty of identifying disease being treated
• Safety for the administrator

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Types of Drug Use

• Labeled Use Using the drug EXACTLY as it is
  specified on this label. Medicated feed may only
  be used as directed by the label. Labeled use is
  legal and the type of use most producers use!
• Off Label The PRODUCER uses drugs on their own
  in a manner other than what is stated on the
  label without veterinarian guidance. This is
  ILLEGAL!!
• Extra Label The VETERINARIAN prescribes a drug
  to be used in a manner other than whats on the
  label. This is legal and is used when a good
  veterinarian-client-patient relationship exists.

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Good Production Practice 2
Extra Label, Off Label ...or Okay?

• The label says to give 10cc of the drugyour
  veterinarian says give 20cc.

EXTRA LABEL

• You decide on your own to use a drug for
  pneumonia to treat your pigs ringworm.

OFF LABEL and ILLEGAL

• Your veterinarian suggests using a drug approved
  for chickens on your pig.

EXTRA LABEL

• The label says treat your pig twice a day and you
  treat it at 8 am and 8 pm.

OKAY
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Good Production Practice 3Follow Healthy
Production Practices

• Properly Store, Label and Account for all Drug
  Products and Medicated Feeds.
• Food and Drug Administration regulates what drugs
  and amounts are safe for use. It also licenses
  feed mills to use these approved drugs.

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Good Production Practice 3Follow Healthy
Production Practices
Read Follow Label Instructions..

• All drug labels and/or inserts should contain
  this information

Storage
Warnings
Withdrawal
Lot Number
Active Ingredient
Expiration Date
Cautions
Trade Name
Application Method
Dosage
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Proper Injection Sites
Good Production Practice 3Follow Healthy
Production Practices

• Dont give intra-muscular injections in high
  value cuts preferred location is in the neck.
• May cause injection site lesions or abscess
• Common Techniques
• Sub-Q
• IM
• IV

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Good Production Practice 3Follow Healthy
Production Practices
Example of Injection Site Damage
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Good Production Practice 3Follow Healthy
Production Practices
Withdrawal Time
Withdrawal time is the amount of time required
for the medication to be metabolized, or broken
down, by the animals body.

• Determined and set by research and governmental
  regulations
• Printed on the medication label

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Good Production Practice 4Proper Care
Handling
Provide proper animal care.
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Good Production Practice 4Proper Care
Handling
WATER!

• ALWAYS .
• have plenty of clean, fresh water
• Animals will die in 1 -3 days without water
• Shortage of, or poor quality water will affect
  performance

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Good Production Practice 4Proper Care
Handling
Housing

• Pens
• Dont overcrowd
• Clean, dry bedding
• No nails or sharp objects sticking out
• Clean feed bunks and water

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Good Production Practice 4Proper Care
Handling
Housing

• Weather conditions.
• Protect from extremes
• - Shade, fans, misters
• - Added shelter

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Good Production Practice 4Proper Care
Handling

• Work with animals prior to the Fair
• Dont poke, hit, or prod animals in the high
  value cut areas
• Do not cause increased stress
• Dont forget about your project after the show

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Good Production Practice 5Provide Adequate
Safe Feed

• Use high quality feeds
• Read labels
• Meet nutritional needs
• Follow appropriate feed mixing procedures
• Clean and free of wire, manure, mold, etc
• Properly stored
• Dry clean
• Away from rodents and other animals
• Not too old

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Good Production Practice 6Maintain
Biosecurity
Reduce the risk of diseases, parasites and pests.

• Make sure livestock trailers are cleaned and
  sanitized/sterilized.
• Avoid sharing grooming and feeding/watering
  equipment.
• Discourage fair visitors from petting or feeding
  the animals.
• Practice good personal hygiene.
• Be cautious with visitors to your farm.

• Isolate all purchased animals for two weeks and,
  preferably, for 30 days.
• Isolate all animals returning from shows the same
  as purchased animals.
• Contact with other animals or livestock
  equipment, can expose your animal to disease.

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Good Production Practice 7Follow Proper Food
Safety Practices

• Provide animals that are safe, wholesome and high
  quality
• A product that is nutritious,
• with minimal microbial contamination,
• no chemical residues above acceptable limits,
• no parasites,
• and when prepared properly is beneficial to human
  health when consumed.

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Good Production Practice 7Follow Proper Food
Safety Practices
A few quality problems include
Abuse of Paylean
Blood Splashing
Bruising
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Good Production Practice 7Follow Proper Food
Safety Practices
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Good Production Practice 7Follow Proper Food
Safety Practices

• As a consumer take steps to prevent food-borne
  illness
• Clean wash hands and food contact surfaces
• Separate dont cross contaminate
• Cook cook to the proper temperature
• Chill refrigerate promptly
• If in doubt throw it out

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Good Production Practice 8Exhibit Strong
Character Traits

• Character is revealed by how we behave when we
  are sure that we wont be found out.
• Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Good Production Practice 8Exhibit Strong
Character Traits
Ethical Decision Making

• Read the rules.
• If it needs to be a secret, its probably wrong.
• Is it a fraudulent practice? Does it misrepresent
  the animal?
• Is your action in the best interest of the
  animal?
• Does your action require the granting of Special
  Exception?

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Good Production Practice 8Exhibit Strong
Character Traits
Core Values

• Trustworthiness
• Respect
• Fairness
• Caring
• Citizenship
• Responsibility

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Good Production Practice 8Exhibit Strong
Character Traits

• SPORTSMANSHIP
• . . . is about exhibiting livestock with honor
• - Follow the intent of the rules
• GAMESMANSHIP
• . . . is about winning for gain and glory
• - Using the rules to your advantage

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Quality Assurance Food Safety
Success in the show arena is just part of your
food animal project. You are a food producer
and must carry the responsibility that comes with
being a part of our food chain. Do the Right
Thing!