Transcript Retail Update

Retail Update
Alan Tart
Retail Food Program Specialist
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
ORA/Office of Partnerships
AFDO Food Committee Meeting
June 22, 2014
Topics
• 2014-2015 AFDO Food Committee retail-related
charges
• Plug for the retail presentations at this year’s AFDO
conference
• Committees and highlighted recommendations from
the 2014 Conference for Food Protection (CFP)
• Update on Retail Program Standards
2014-2015 AFDO Food Committee
Retail-Related Charges
• Charge 3 – Maintain contact with CFP
committees and identify opportunities for
collaboration
• Charge 4 - Update the AFDO Food Code Pocket
Guide to reflect the 2013 Food Code Revisions
• Charge 5 - Create AFDO Guidance on Wild
Harvested Mushrooms
• Charge 6 - Develop a model guidance for
shared kitchens
Upcoming Retail Presentations
• Funding Opportunities for State, Local, Tribal,
and Territorial Retail Food Regulatory
Programs (Tues 11:30 – 12:00)
• Retail Break Out Session (Tues 1:30 – 3:00)
– 3 topics
2014 -2016 CFP Committees
• 10 non-standing committees (5 new)
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Plan Review
Food Recovery (NEW)
Ice Maker Equipment Cleaning and Sanitizing (NEW)
Unattended Food Establishments (NEW)
Employee Food Safety Training (NEW)
Certification of Food Safety Professionals
Interdisciplinary Foodborne Illness Training
Demonstration of Knowledge (NEW)
Listeria Retail Guidelines
Hand Hygiene
CFP Program Standards Committee
• Now a standing committee
• 2014-2016 charges
– Identify areas where the Retail PS can be changed
or improved to enhance enrollment and
implementation
– Work on a project to consider recognition for partial
achievement of Standards
– Evaluate current verification audit requirement
CFP Program Standards Committee
• 2014-2016 charges (continued)
– Serve as a sounding board for FDA with respect to
ideas generated during collaboration with the other
entities such as NACCHO, PFP, AFDO
– Formulate resolutions to issues brought before the
committee and report back at the 2016 CFP Biennial
Meeting
Other Highlighted Issues
• Emergency Action Plan for Retail Food
Establishments, Second Edition
• Meat and Poultry HACCP Guidance
• Wild Mushrooms
Update on Retail Program Standards
• Latest enrollment numbers
– 588 as of April 1, 2014 (64 are state-level)
• FDA funding (remember to go to Cathy and Pete’s
presentation Tuesday AM!)
– Cooperative Agreement with AFDO
– Retail Standards Cooperative Agreements
– Cooperative Agreement with NACCHO
• Best practices sharing site on FoodSHIELD coming
soon!
Partnership for Food Protection
Model Food Emergency Response
Framework (MFERF) Project
• Discussed by Mark Sestak this AM in the
Foodborne Outbreak & Emergency Response
Committee meeting
• Still looking for volunteers to provide feedback
in focus groups
Alan Tart
Retail Food Program Specialist
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
ORA/Office of Partnerships
Cell: (828) 409-0953
[email protected]