Food Safety In the United States: Shared responsibility Inadequate results

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Food Safety In the United StatesShared
responsibility Inadequate results

• David Scoville
• 11/13/07
• ENVR 230

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Regulatory Agencies

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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USDA

• Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
• Food Safety Information Center (NAL)

FDA

• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

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CDC

• Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
  Food Safety Office

EPA

• Office of Pesticide Programs

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The Bad Bug Book 1

• PATHOGENIC BACTERIA
• Salmonella, Staphylococcus, Shigella
• (EEC Group)
• 4 different classes ETEC, EPEC, EHEC, EIEC
• PARASITIC PROTOZOA and WORMS
• Giardia
• VIRUSES
• hepatitis A and E
• NATURAL TOXINS

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OUTBREAKS
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OUTBREAKS
Data from CDC Food Safety Office, chart created
by David Scoville
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Reporting Outbreaks

• Contact county or local health department
• Enough complaints can lead to investigatory study
  from CDC or other government agency.
• Study results can lead to recalls.

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Recalls

• Recalls ordered by the FDA only when food
  production companies refuse to remove products on
  their own.
• Three classes of recalls
• I dangerous or defective products, serious
  health problems or death
• II temporary health problem, slight threat of a
  serious nature
• III - violate FDA labeling or manufacturing
  regulations, but are unlikely to cause any
  adverse health reaction.

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Recalls

• Castleberrys Food Company 7/21/07
• Multilple brands, mainly processed meat products
• Natural Balance is a brand of
• dog food that is recalled by same
• company

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Recalls

• February 14, 2007 PeterPan and Great Value
  Peanut butter Salmonella
• Product codes beginning with 2111-

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Inadequacies

• In March 2007 alone, 850 shipments of grains,
  fish, vegetables, nuts, spice, oils detained were
  detained by FDA.
• Only 1.3 of food imports are inspected by FDA.
• Means that upwards of 65000 shipments of imported
  food are contaminated but not caught by the FDA.

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Reasons

• USDA given most of 1.7 billion federal budget
  for food safety, but only responsible for 20 of
  imported food.
• USDA requires foreign inspection certificates,
  and are able to inspect everything being
  imported.
• FDA gets 24 of budget, and around 80 of
  responsibility for imported food.

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Reasons

• FDA and USDA methods of regulation enforcement
• Return imported contaminated food to source
• Destroy imported contaminated food
• Issue recall after problem has broken out

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References

• U.S. food imports rarely inspected
• http//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18132087/
• http//www.foodsafety.gov
• http//vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html
• http//www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/
• http//www.fsis.usda.gov/
• http//riley.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?in
  fo_center16tax_level1/
• http//www.castleberrys.com/news_productrecall.asp
  
• http//www.personalinjurylawyeramerica.com/peanut-
  butter-salmonella.htm?gclidCNeDxaSi1Y8CFQGzGgodpF
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