Food Safety: Animal Production

1. Food Safety: Animal Production Presented by Daniel Engeljohn, PhDActing Assistant AdministratorOffice of Policy and Program Development Food Safety and Inspection Service U.S. Department of Agriculture Commissioner’s Food Safety Forum August 10th, 2010 Raleigh, NC United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service

2. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service Outline • FSIS mission • Measures of the effectiveness of the FSIS food safety public health protection system • Planned food safety work

3. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service FSIS Mission* • As the public health regulatory agency in USDA, FSIS is responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and processed egg products is: • Safe • Wholesome • Correctly labeled and packaged *Jurisdiction -- slaughter through consumer sale; daily inspection occurs at slaughter/processing; surveillance occurs in commerce; primary statutes -- EPIA, FMIA, PPIA

4. HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service • Data sources: • Chapter 10 - http://www.healthypeople.gov/document/pdf/Volume1/10Food.pdf • *Minor revisions were made in some case rates in November 2000 • **Changed to year 2005 by E.O. (President Clinton) 4

5. With the Healthy People 2010 goals not being met for most all the major pathogens, the Federal government can do better at protecting public health • The new administration is focused on improving the food safety system – for all foods 5

6. FSWG is chaired by Secretaries of HHS and USDA • 3 Primary Principles • Preventing harm to consumers is our first priority • Effective food safety inspections and enforcement depend upon good data and analysis • Outbreaks of foodborne illness should be identified quickly and stopped 6

7. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service FSIS Use of Foodborne Disease Attribution • Attribution is defined as the fraction of foodborne human illnesses resulting from consumption of specific food item(s). • FSIS uses foodborne disease attribution to: • Identify FSIS-regulated food items that are major contributors to human disease. • Estimate annual number of illnesses from FSIS regulated products. • Measure progress in meeting established performance goals including the FSIS All-Illness Measure, High Priority Performance Goal for Salmonella, and the Healthy People 2010 Goals and, in the future, 2020 goals.

8. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service Expert Elicitation ResultsAttribution of Foodborne Illness of Salmonella to Meat and Poultry Products

9. United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service Illness Calculations Attribution Data Sources: • CDC NORS outbreak data Salmonella Poultry Attribution Fractions: • Broilers: 16.3% • Turkeys: .67% Illness Estimates Data Sources: • Mead et al. illness burden estimates • FSIS Young Chicken and Turkey Baseline Studies • ERS Poultry Production data FSIS estimates after two years of implementation of new performance standards for Salmonella, the following reductions in human illness could occur annually: • Salmonella on broilers: 26,000 • Salmonella on turkeys: 100 Potential Public Health Impact of Salmonella and Campylobacter Performance Guidance for Young Chickens and Turkeys http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Potential_Public_Health_Impact_Salmonella_Campylobacter%20Performance%20Guidance_Chickens_Turkeys.pdf

10. FSIS High Priority Goal for Salmonella • Goal: By 2011, USDA will reduce the number of Salmonella illnesses by 50,000 and reduce illness costs by about $900 million as a result of FSIS regulated establishments reducing the presence of Salmonella based on new, more rigorous standards. • FSIS utilizes CDC FoodNet case rates for sporadic Salmonella illnesses to calculate both its objectives and progress towards meeting the High Priority Goal. • Baseline: 15.4 cases per 100,000 population • The baseline is the average case rate of Salmonella illnesses from 2007-2009. • Goal: 14.8 cases per 100,000 population. • Cost Savings: $900 million • FSIS uses a cost per Salmonella illness estimate of $17,900 from the FDA final rule on shell eggs.

11. Pathogen and All-Illness Measure 1: In CY 2010, FSIS intends to begin a Campylobacter verification testing program. Illnesses associated with this pathogen will be incorporated into the All-Illness measure in CY 2011. 2: When Healthy People 2020 goals are released in CY 2010, FSIS will adjust its performance standards to reflect these new goals.

12. Functional Food Defense Plan Measure • Measure: Average percent of all FSIS-regulated establishments with a functional food defense plan • Plans assist industry in preventing intentional contamination of food products, thereby protecting public health and reducing the economic impact on the food infrastructure. • To be functional, an establishment must develop, write, implement, test, assess, and maintain the food defense plan. • Data is obtained from annual FSIS Food Defense Plan Survey. • Measure and 2015 Goal: • FY 2009 Measure: 62% of all establishments • FY 2015 Goal: 90% of all establishments

13. Operational Performance Measures • To support continuous progress towards meeting the objectives established in the Strategic Plan, FSIS has developed an Operational Performance Measures report template which will be updated with new data on a monthly basis. • These new measures will allow the Agency to ensure that programs and activities geared towards meeting Strategic Plan goals and objectives are measured and reported. • Operational performance measures will be developed for both domestic and import inspection activities and programs. • These measures will better enable FSIS managers to track progress on a monthly basis and monitor performance in between quarterly reporting periods. • Examples of potential measures: • Percent of all scheduled routine E. coli O157:H7 samples that are analyzed. • Percent of establishments that began a Salmonella sample set within 30 days of failing the previous set. • Percent of establishments for which Intensified Verification Testing (IVT) has been scheduled within 30 days in response to a positive Listeria monocytogenes sampleresult. • For imported ready-to-eat product, the percent of scheduled Lm/Salmonella samples that are collected.

14. Using the Farm-to-Table Framework to Measure Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) Reduction in Food • FSIS, FDA, and APHIS have programs in place to target SE reduction in poultry-related products (e.g., shell eggs, processed egg products). • To measure the impact of FSIS, FDA, and APHIS programs on SE reduction, metrics were developed along the farm-to-table continuum.

15. PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN FY2010 • Regulatory changes to 9 CFR under consideration at FSIS • Poultry slaughter – public health focus for inspection • RTE – lethality and stabilization • Egg products 15

16. PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN FY2010(continued) • Miscellaneous • Implement new Salmonella and Campylobacter performance standards • PHIS • Validation • NRTE stuffed poultry that appears RTE • Verification testing of imported raw classes of product for Salmonella • Drug residues 16

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