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Standard 5: Traceback & Trace-forward Lessons from Minnesota

Standard 5: Traceback & Trace-forward Lessons from Minnesota. Carrie E. Rigdon, PhD Rapid Response Team Supervisor Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:30 – 3:30PM. How will you benefit from this session?.

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Standard 5: Traceback & Trace-forward Lessons from Minnesota

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  1. Standard 5: Traceback & Trace-forward Lessons from Minnesota Carrie E. Rigdon, PhD Rapid Response Team Supervisor Minnesota Department of Agriculture Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:30 – 3:30PM

  2. How will you benefit from this session? • Traceback/trace-forward (TB/TF) investigations help solve outbreaks = preventing illness, saving lives • Save time, be more efficient, coordinate better = save $ and ↓ extra work • Help meet the standard

  3. Audience TB/TF Gauge Show of hands… • Have TB/TF procedures already? • Actively training and using? • Need to improve proficiency? • Conducting informational TBs?

  4. Let’s look at the Standard… “Coordinate the traceback and trace-forward of food implicated in an illness, injury, or outbreak” What key words do you see?

  5. Communication and coordination are foundational • Meet with your federal, state, and locals • Set expectations – especially with Epi and EH • What are your triggers? • How do you define “implicated”? • What info do you need? What infodo they need? • Have a communications plan or SOP

  6. Std 5 & Std 7 Connection: Traceback outreach with industry • Inform establishments of traceback importance and procedures • Discuss expectations and legal/statutory basis for records collection • Add industry QA/Food Safety Directors’ contacts to your Std. 5 contact list

  7. Resource: Best Practices ManualTracebacks Chapter • Regulatory and informational tracebacks • Typical problems and potential solutions • Resources list complete with URL links • Great examples for TB diagrams, timelines, and data collectiontools

  8. Tip: Create flow diagrams for your SOPs and procedures

  9. Tip: Add templates and job aids to SOP Developed by MI Dept. of Agriculture & Rural Development

  10. Tip: Use legal references in all commun- ications

  11. Additional Resources • References • FDA Investigations Operations Manual 8.3.5.5 • FDA Guide to Traceback of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables • CIFOR Guidelines • Training • ORA U traceback courses • FDA ER220 traceback course

  12. National Initiatives • Improving traceback coordination in multi-state outbreak investigations • Palantir pilot w/FDA and States • FoodSHIELD pilot w/FDA and States (PFP Recalls & Response WG project) • Setting industry standards for traceability • IFT Global Food Traceability Center • GS1

  13. Questions?

  14. Contact Information Carrie Rigdon Rapid Response Team Supervisor Minnesota Department of Agriculture Email: carrie.rigdon@state.mn.us

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