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Food Safety: Produce Consumption and Lessons Learned
Johnna Hepner
January 17, 2012
Basic Facts
• FDA, CDC, USDA, State Departments of Health focus on public health ü Can’t put adulterated food in commerce ü A food that has human pathogens is
considered “adulterated” • Consumers expect their food to be safe • Producers are responsible for the safety of
their products • You grow the healthiest, most nutritious
foods • Produce industry - great industry
Basic Facts…..responsibility for safety
• Food safety is proactive
• Have to work at it everyday
• Take the fear out of food
safety
Our new reality… • 24-hr news cycles • Internet has changed crisis
management forever • Twitter? • Beef, dairy, seafood recalls
still happen… Headlines? • Suing is good business and
getting better • Consumer confidence
decline • Need to be prepared for our
new reality…
Copyright PMA 2011
It’s not just a “big” producer issue… • Pathogens not equipped with GPS • All growers:
ü Use water ü Use fertilizers ü Use people ü Grow in the environment
• Bigger growers can make more people sick?
ü Not true – cantaloupe 2011 ü One person sick is too many
Might want to reflect on this…
Food safety is not just the risky crops… Just in 2011
2003 2006 2008 2009 2011
The Evolu1on and Impact of Food Safety Events…
Consumers expect their food to be safe
Financial impact of produce outbreaks Green Onions – Hepatitis A
ü Lost grower revenues $10.5M
Spinach - E. coli ü $100-500M
Jalapeno pepper – Salmonella ü Tomato industry implicated
but later peppers were identified as source
ü 146M Peanuts – Salmonella
ü 1billion Cantaloupe – Listeria M.
ü 50M
Cantaloupe Production
2%
58%
26%
2% 2%
8% Colorado California Arizona Indiana Texas Georgia
Cantaloupe shipping point
Honeydew & Watermelon shipping point
Melon related outbreaks 6%
35%
59%
watermelon honeydew Cantaloupe
2011 Cantaloupe Listeria outbreak • Anything special about these guys?
ü Probably not • FDA reports:
ü Changed their process ü Sanitation? ü Listeria found around facility ü Third party audit ü How did they use it?
• Lesson? ü Can happen to anyone…
Lessons Learned
• Understand what you don’t know • Risk Assessment – critical
component • Utilize best practices • Use resources available • Stay informed
Cantaloupe symposium • San Diego - January 11, 2011 • Urgent need & commitment to
strengthen food safety in cantaloupes • Stakeholders present • What are the information & research
gaps? • Update current guidelines • Outreach to all producing areas &
abroad
Areas of focus ü What interventions or
treatments can be used to reduce the microbial loads on the surface of cantaloupes?
ü What is the prevalence of Lm throughout the supply chain?
§ Quantitative risk assessment
ü What roles do biofilms play?
§ Sanitation programs
A good place to start…
Resources California melon research advisory board
• http://cmrb.org/ UC Davis
• http://vric.ucdavis.edu/veg_info_crop/melons_cantaloupe.htm Cornell National GAPS
• http://www.gaps.cornell.edu/FSBFEng.html Center for Produce Safety
• cps.ucdavis.edu USDA
• http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/fv PMA
• www.pma.com
www.pma.com
Thank You [email protected]