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Food Safety Outlook…
FOOD SAFETY & PROTECTION
• THE CURRENT FRAMEWORK OF THE U.S. FOOD SAFETY & PROTECTION SYSTEM
• OTHER GROUPS & ORGANIZATIONS WITH INTEREST AND THEIR POSITIONS
• LEGISLATION AND OTHER INITIATIVES
FOOD SAFETY & PROTECTIONCurrent framework of the U.S. food safety & protection system –15 federal agencies collectively administer more than 30 laws related to food safety & protection -
The USDA/Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) & the HHS/Food & Drug Administration (FDA) are the two major agencies
FSIS – meat, poultry and processed egg products
FDA – all other foods except those covered by other agencies Centers for Disease Control – monitoring, investigating, foodborne
disease to determine causes and controls; National Marine Fisheries Service – inspection & grading for marketing
and quality of domestic and imported seafood; Dept. of Homeland Security – border inspection; preparedness for and
response to major disease outbreak or other disaster affecting agricultural infrastructure;
Others……….
FSIS AND FDA STRUCTURED AND OPERATED DIFFERENTLY
FSIS• Establishes safe food requirements;
• Directly employs 9400 staff, 8000 of whom are in approx. 6300 U.S. plants;
• Assesses safety of processing plants and approves such plants for operation;
• Inspectors on-site to inspect during plant operation;
• Responds to specific complaints of food borne illness.
FDA• Establishes safe food requirements;
• Cooperates with 400 state agencies to conduct intermittent inspections of food establishments;
• Conducts unannounced inspections of food establishments (avg. one per five yrs.);
• Responds to specific complaints of food borne illness;
DOMESTIC PROGRAMS
FSIS AND FDA STRUCTURED AND OPERATED DIFFERENTLY
FSIS• Safe food requirements the same for
imported products as U.S. production;
• Determine if exporting country’s food safety system is equivalent to U.S. system; if so it’s approved for export;
• Foreign processing plants exporting to the U.S. are inspected routinely and approved/disapproved for export;
• Entry-point inspections are conducted on imports; if inspection is passed, product is allowed entry into the U.S.;
• Responds to specific complaints of food borne illness.
FDA• Safe food requirements the same for
imported products as U.S. production;
• Cargo manifests are evaluated by DHS to determine if product detention is warranted;
• Based on DHS evaluation cargo is either detained for inspection by FDA or released;
• Random inspection of cargo may be undertaken by FDA;
• Responds to specific complaints of food borne illness.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
U.S. Food Imports
Source: AFBF estimates from USDA data
Share of U.S. Consumption from Imports
Source: USDA/ERS
Who’s involved
Grocery Manufacturers Association“Four Pillars” document for import safety – September 2007
Coalition of retailers, manufacturers, processors, distributors, producer groups – October 2007
AFBF participates
Drafting legislation – want Congress to act this year
Who’s involved
Producer and Agribusiness GroupAFBF organized Fall 2007
Livestock – pork, sheep, milk, turkey, chicken, eggs, processors (AMI and NMA)
Fruits and Veggies – Western Growers, United Fresh, US Apple
Others – oilseed processors, rice, millers, pet food, animal health, feed and grain groups
Draft legislative proposal, to use if necessary
Congressional Interest
U.S. Senate‐ Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee –
Chairman Kennedy (MA)‐ Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee –
Chairman Harkin (IA)‐ Leadership – Majority Whip Durbin (IL)
U.S. House of Representatives‐ Energy and Commerce Committee – Chairman Waxman
(CA)‐ Health Subcommittee – Chairman Pallone (NJ)‐ Oversight Subcommittee – Chairman Stupak (MI)‐ Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee – Chairwoman
DeLauro (CT)
What’s Happening
30 bills introduced last Congress:• HR 3610, Food and Drug Import Safety Act
(Dingell)
• FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (Durbin)
• Consumer legislation (Pallone, DeLauro)
• FDA Food Protection Plan (Senate HELP Committee)
• HR 1148/S 654, Safe Food Act - single food safety agency
Hill reaction to . . .
• Recalls
• FY2010 Budget/Appropriations
AFBF Actions
Letters to Hill/AdministrationH.R. 3610, Single Food Safety Agency, Funding
Coalition Efforts GMA and Ag
Highlight food safety & protection issue at membership meetings
LEAFY GREENS MARKETING AGREEMENT
• Voluntary marketing agreement (MA)
• California and Arizona already have agreements
in place
• Industry requests MA, USDA oversees process
with public input