Sanitation & GMPs

1. Sanitation & GMPs Data and Decisions/Actions Based on Common Deficiencies Georgia Department of Agriculture

2. Outline: • Non-compliance data • Significance of non-compliance • Education • Partnership

3. Violation Count By Category

4. What does the data show? Top 4 increases: Personnel had a 143% increase • Employees wear clean outer garments, adequate hair restraints and remove excess jewelry; personal belongings out of the processing area Processes and Controls had a 101% increase • Food processed in a manner to prevent contamination & minimize harmful microbiological growth Equipment and Utensils had 91% increase • Utensils and equipment constructed of adequately cleanable materials and suitable Plants and Grounds had a 63% increase • Floors, walls, and ceiling constructed of easily cleanable materials and kept clean and in good repair

5. Let’s see…… #1 – “Clean” Outer Garments 4 4 4 4 4 4 #2 – Processed in a manner to prevent contamination 4 4 1 3 4 2 #3 – “Suitable” utensil #4 – “Plants” and “grounds” 4 4 **WINNER, WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!!!!

6. Significance of the Violations • Received additional education for inspectors • FY 2013 received 8,042 hours of training • Focusing on the violations that have public health significance

7. What does the data show? Top 3 violation decreases: Raw materials and ingredients adequately inspected, processed and stored • Decreased 29% Packaging processes and materials adequate to prevent contamination • Decreased 71% The plumbing is adequately sized, designed, installed and maintained in a manner to prevent contamination • Decreased 18%

8. What we can do with data • Identify education and outreach needs for industry • Identify education needs for inspectors

9. Compliance Strategy • First Repeat Violation • Warning Letter requesting Plan of Action • Second Repeat Violation • Compliance Letter requesting Program Level Meeting • Third Repeat Violation • Compliance meeting in Atlanta • Administrative Order • May include fines and firm placed on probation.

10. Restoration Plan • Encouraged • Positive internal environmental sampling • Required • Positive finished product or finished product ingredient • Positive environmental collected by GDA • Incorporates • Root cause analysis • Corrective actions • Additional & more frequent environmental testing • Additional & more frequent finished product testing

11. Risk Based Inspection Program • Factors • Type of products produced • Method of processing • Square footage • Distribution • Target population • Co-packer for other companies • Compliance with regulations • Required finished product testing results • Other significant factors that would relate to food safety

12. Risk Based Inspection Program • The factors determine the frequency of inspection • Low Risk – 18 Months • Moderate Risk – 12 Months • High Risk – 6 Months • The factors also affect finished product testing frequency • This helps us: • Operate in a preventative manner. • Better allocate resources to control the risks posed to public health.

13. Georgia Reportable Data: 13% Toxin 51% Pathogens 24% Labeling

14. Partnership with Industry • Recognition of timely response • Priority lab result system for those holding product • Training together • Specific commodity training • Facility training • Providing opportunities for additional communication • Meetings, summits, workshops, etc.

15. Natalie Adan Georgia Department of Agriculture Food Safety Division Capitol Square Atlanta, GA 30334 (404) 657-4801 Natalie.Adan@agr.georgia.gov