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SANITARY FOOD TRANSPORTATION REGULATION Mark Schedler, J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association Wisconsin Council of Safety Supervisors

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SA

NIT

AR

Y F

OO

D

TR

AN

SP

OR

TATIO

N

RE

GU

LATIO

NM

ark

Sch

ed

ler,

J.

J. K

elle

r &

Ass

oci

ate

s, I

nc.

Wis

cons

in M

oto

r C

arr

iers

Ass

oci

ation

Wis

cons

in C

oun

cil of

Sa

fety

Sup

erv

isors

Age

nd

a

■H

isto

ry o

f th

e r

ule

■W

ho

an

d w

ha

t is

an

d is

no

t su

bje

ct t

o t

he

ru

le

■D

efi

nit

ion

s

■R

egu

lati

on

are

as:

–Ve

hic

les/

Eq

uip

me

nt

–Tr

an

spo

rta

tio

n O

pe

rati

on

s

–Tr

ain

ing

–R

eco

rdke

ep

ing

■W

aiv

ers

Th

e F

oo

d a

nd

Dru

g

Ad

min

istr

ati

on

■A

n a

ge

ncy

wit

hin

th

e D

ep

art

me

nt

of

He

ath

an

d H

um

an

S

erv

ice

s (H

HS

)

■F

DA’s

mis

sio

n:

–F

DA

is r

esp

on

sib

le f

or

pro

tecti

ng

th

e p

ub

lic h

ea

lth

by

ass

uri

ng

th

e s

afe

ty, e

ffic

acy

an

d s

ecu

rity

of

hu

ma

n a

nd

ve

teri

na

ry d

rug

s, b

iolo

gic

al p

rod

ucts

, m

ed

ica

l d

evi

ce

s,

ou

r n

ati

on

's f

oo

d s

up

ply

, co

sme

tics,

an

d p

rod

ucts

th

at

em

it r

ad

iati

on

.

Th

e P

rob

lem

s

■1

98

0’s

: Fo

od

ha

ule

rs h

au

ling g

arb

age

in

th

e s

am

e t

raile

rs

–1

99

0 S

FTA

pa

sse

d b

y co

ng

ress

as

a r

esu

lt

■1

99

0’s

: 2

44

,00

0 p

eo

ple

sic

ke

ne

d w

he

n t

raile

rs t

ha

t h

ad

ha

ule

d

raw

eggs

we

re u

sed

to

ha

ul ic

e c

rea

m m

ix w

ith

ou

t p

rop

er

cle

an

ou

t

■2

00

0’s

: V

eri

fie

d r

ep

ort

s o

f fo

od

be

ing t

ran

spo

rte

d im

pro

pe

rly

or

wit

ho

ut

refr

ige

rati

on

wh

en

ne

ed

ed

–2

00

5 S

FTA

we

nt

be

yon

d p

reve

nti

ng

co

nta

min

ati

on

fro

m

no

nfo

od

so

urc

es

■B

est

pra

ctic

es

to f

ollo

w f

or

san

ita

ry t

ran

spo

rta

tio

n o

f fo

od

Ind

ust

ry B

est

Pra

ctic

es

■In

re

spo

nse

, in

du

stry

an

d F

DA

de

velo

p “

be

st p

ract

ice

s” a

nd

“g

uid

an

ce”

for

tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

■N

ot

all

ship

pe

rs a

nd

ca

rrie

rs f

ollo

we

d b

est

pra

ctic

es

–N

o “

tee

th”

exc

ep

t civ

il lit

iga

tio

n o

r cri

min

al ch

arg

es

if

cri

min

ally

ne

glig

en

t in

illn

ess

es

or

de

ath

(kn

ow

ing

an

d

will

ful)

–To

ad

dre

ss t

his

, so

me

sta

tes

ga

ve m

oto

r ca

rrie

r o

ffic

ers

ab

ility

to

en

forc

e h

ea

lth

re

gu

lati

on

s d

uri

ng

ro

ad

sid

e in

spe

cti

on

s

Fo

od

Sa

fety

Mo

de

rniz

ati

on

Act

■Fo

llow

-up

to

Sa

nit

ary

Fo

od

Tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

Act

s o

f 1

99

0 a

nd

2

00

5

■P

ass

ed

by

Co

ngre

ss in

20

11

–P

rovi

de

s F

DA

wit

h a

dd

itio

na

l e

nfo

rce

me

nt

po

we

r a

nd

a

uth

ori

ty

■M

ove

d f

rom

“re

act

ive

” to

“p

roa

ctiv

e”

–D

om

est

ic a

nd

fo

reig

n f

oo

ds

tre

ate

d e

qu

ally

if

sold

in

US

–F

DA

ord

ere

d t

o b

uild

“in

teg

rate

d n

ati

on

al fo

od

sa

fety

sy

ste

m”

–L

ea

d t

o t

he

“S

an

ita

ry T

ran

spo

rta

tio

n o

f H

um

an

an

d

An

ima

l Fo

od

re

gu

lati

on

Sa

nit

ary

Tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

R

egu

lati

on

■P

ub

lish

ed

on

Ap

ril 6

, 2

01

6

■Fo

un

d a

t 2

1 C

FR

Pa

rt 1

–P

art

1 o

f F

DA

re

gu

lati

on

s

–S

ub

pa

rt O

–S

ecti

on

s 1

.90

0 t

o 1

.93

4

■C

om

plia

nce

re

qu

ire

d

–A

pri

l 6

, 2

01

7 f

or

“la

rge

” b

usi

ne

sse

s (o

ver

$2

7.5

mill

ion

)

–A

pri

l 6

, 2

01

8 f

or

sma

ll b

usi

ne

sse

s

–H

ow

eve

r…sh

ipp

er

ca

n r

eq

uir

e c

om

plia

nce

at

an

y ti

me

■N

orm

al, “

Do

it

or

do

n’t

ha

ul fo

r u

s”

Sa

nit

ary

Tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

R

egu

lati

on

■P

rim

ary

go

al:

–P

reve

nt

pra

cti

ce

s d

uri

ng

tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

th

at

cre

ate

fo

od

sa

fety

ris

ks,

su

ch a

s fa

ilure

to

pro

pe

rly

refr

ige

rate

fo

od

, in

ad

eq

ua

te c

lea

nin

g o

f ve

hic

les

be

twe

en

lo

ad

s, a

nd

fa

ilure

to

pro

pe

rly

pro

tect

foo

d.

–Fo

od

se

cu

rity

is

ou

t o

f sc

op

e a

nd

co

vere

d in

oth

er

gu

ida

nce

.

■A

llow

s sh

ipp

ers

an

d c

arr

iers

to

co

nti

nu

e t

o u

se b

est

pra

cti

ce

s,

pro

vid

ed

–Th

e b

est

pra

cti

ce

s a

re a

de

qu

ate

–Th

e b

est

pra

cti

ce

s a

re d

ocu

me

nte

d a

nd

fo

llow

ed

–Th

e b

est

pra

cti

ce

s a

pp

rop

ria

te f

or

the

hu

ma

n o

r a

nim

al

foo

d b

ein

g h

au

led

Wh

o/W

ha

t is

Co

vere

d?

■E

nti

tie

s in

volv

ed

in

tru

ck

an

d r

ail

tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

op

era

tio

ns

invo

lvin

g h

um

an

or

an

ima

l fo

od

wit

hin

th

e U

nit

ed

Sta

tes,

in

clu

din

g:

–S

hip

pe

rs

–L

oa

de

rs

–C

arr

iers

–R

ece

ive

rs

■B

ulk

fo

od

s

■P

acka

ge

d f

oo

ds

no

t fu

lly e

ncl

ose

d b

y a

co

nta

ine

r

■Fo

od

s th

at

are

te

mp

era

ture

co

ntr

olle

d f

or

safe

ty

■A

pp

lies

to IN

TR

AS

TATE

sh

ipm

en

ts a

lso

.

Wh

o/W

ha

t is

NO

T C

ove

red

■S

hip

pe

rs, re

ceiv

ers

, o

r ca

rrie

rs e

nga

ge

d in

fo

od

tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

o

pe

rati

on

s th

at

ha

ve le

ss t

ha

n $

50

0,0

00

in

ave

rage

an

nu

al re

ven

ue

■Tr

an

spo

rta

tio

n p

erf

orm

ed

by

a f

arm

■Tr

an

spo

rta

tio

n o

f liv

e a

nim

als

, e

xce

pt

mo

llusc

an

fis

h

■Fo

od

th

at

is “

tra

nss

hip

pin

g”

thro

ugh

th

e U

S (

no

t go

ing t

o b

e c

on

sum

ed

in

th

e U

.S.)

■Tr

an

spo

rta

tio

n o

f fo

od

th

at

is im

po

rte

d f

or

futu

re e

xpo

rt a

nd

th

at

is

ne

ith

er

con

sum

ed

or

dis

trib

ute

d in

th

e U

.S.

■C

om

pre

sse

d g

ase

s u

sed

in

fo

od

an

d f

oo

d c

on

tact

su

bst

an

ces

■H

um

an

fo

od

byp

rod

uct

s u

sed

as

an

ima

l fo

od

wit

ho

ut

furt

he

r p

roce

ssin

g

■Fo

od

th

at

is c

om

ple

tely

en

clo

sed

in

a c

on

tain

er

an

d d

oe

s n

ot

req

uir

e

tem

pe

ratu

re c

on

tro

l fo

r sa

fety

(fr

oze

n p

ack

age

d f

oo

d is

no

tco

vere

d)

■“P

arc

el d

eliv

ery

se

rvic

es”

Mu

ltip

le C

ove

rage

■S

hip

pe

r ca

n a

lso

be

th

e lo

ad

er

■S

hip

pe

r ca

n a

lso

be

th

e c

arr

ier

■C

arr

ier

can

als

o b

e t

he

re

ceiv

er

■M

ust

co

mp

ly w

ith

all

en

tity

re

qu

ire

me

nts

th

at

ap

ply

Ba

sed

on

De

fin

itio

ns

■A

ny

en

tity

dis

cuss

ed

in

th

e r

ule

(sh

ipp

er,

lo

ad

er,

ca

rrie

r,

rece

ive

r) t

ha

t is

in

volv

ed

in

th

e t

ran

spo

rt o

pe

rati

on

re

late

d t

o

hu

ma

n a

nd

an

ima

l fo

od

(cl

ea

nin

g,

insp

ect

ing,

ma

inta

inin

g,

loa

din

g/u

nlo

ad

ing,

tra

nsp

ort

ing, e

tc.)

is

cove

red

by

the

re

gu

lati

on

De

fin

itio

ns

■A

de

qu

ate

:G

oo

d p

ub

lic h

ea

lth

pra

ctic

e.

■A

nim

al fo

od

:P

et

foo

d, a

nim

al fo

od

, ra

w m

ate

ria

ls.

■B

ulk

ve

hic

le:Fo

od

is

in d

ire

ct c

on

tact

wit

h t

he

sid

es

of

the

ve

hic

le.

■C

arr

ier:

A p

ers

on

wh

o o

wn

s, le

ase

s, o

r is

oth

erw

ise

ult

ima

tely

re

spo

nsi

ble

fo

r th

e u

se o

f a

mo

tor

veh

icle

or

rail

veh

icle

to

tra

nsp

ort

fo

od

. A

ca

rrie

r m

ay

als

o b

e a

re

ceiv

er

or

a s

hip

pe

r if

th

e p

ers

on

als

o

pe

rfo

rms

the

fu

nct

ion

s o

f th

ose

re

spe

ctiv

e p

ers

on

s a

s d

efi

ne

d in

th

is

sub

pa

rt.

■C

ross

Co

nta

ct:

Un

inte

nti

on

al in

co

rpo

rati

on

of

a f

oo

d a

llerg

en

into

hu

ma

n

foo

d.

■Fo

od

no

t co

mp

lete

ly e

nclo

sed

by

a c

on

tain

er:

Fo

od

in

a c

on

tain

er

tha

t is

p

art

ially

op

en

to

th

e e

nvi

ron

me

nt,

incl

ud

ing “

ven

ted

” b

oxe

s a

nd

ba

gs.

■L

oa

de

r: P

ers

on

wh

o lo

ad

s fo

od

on

to v

eh

icle

or

rail

car.

De

fin

itio

ns

■R

ece

ive

r:A

ny

pe

rso

n w

ho

re

ceiv

es

foo

d a

t a

po

int

in t

he

U

nit

ed

Sta

tes

aft

er

tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

.

■S

hip

pe

r: T

he

pe

rso

n w

ho

arr

an

ge

s fo

r th

e t

ran

spo

rta

tio

n o

f fo

od

in t

he

Un

ite

d S

tate

s (e

xam

ple

s: m

an

ufa

ctu

rer,

bro

ke

r,

wa

reh

ou

se, e

tc.)

.

■Tr

an

spo

rta

tio

n e

qu

ipm

en

t: E

qu

ipm

en

t u

sed

in

fo

od

tr

an

spo

rta

tio

n o

pe

rati

on

s.

–B

ulk

an

d n

on

-bu

lk c

on

tain

ers

, b

ins,

to

tes,

pa

llets

, p

um

ps,

fit

tin

gs,

ho

ses,

ga

ske

ts, lo

ad

ing

sys

tem

s, a

nd

u

nlo

ad

ing

sys

tem

s.

De

fin

itio

ns

■Tr

an

spo

rta

tio

n o

pe

rati

on

s: A

ny

act

ivit

y th

at

ma

y a

ffe

ct t

he

sa

nit

ary

co

nd

itio

n o

f fo

od

be

ing t

ran

spo

rte

d, in

clu

din

g:

–C

lea

nin

g

–In

spe

cti

ng

–M

ain

ten

an

ce

–L

oa

din

g a

nd

un

loa

din

g

–O

pe

rati

on

of

veh

icle

s a

nd

tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

eq

uip

me

nt

Ge

ne

ral C

on

cep

t

■S

hip

pe

r d

eve

lop

s p

roce

du

res

an

d r

eq

uir

em

en

ts

–C

arr

ier

an

d lo

ad

er

imp

lem

en

t b

ase

d o

n w

ritt

en

a

gre

em

en

t

–C

arr

ier

is r

esp

on

sib

le f

or

all

acti

viti

es

ass

ign

ed

to

it

(in

w

riti

ng

) b

y th

e s

hip

pe

r

■P

roce

du

res

such

as

the

fo

llow

ing m

ust

be

do

cum

en

ted

:

–C

lea

no

ut

pro

ce

du

res

–S

an

ita

tio

n p

roce

du

res

–L

oa

d h

isto

ry o

f e

ven

ts w

hile

in

tra

nsi

t

–P

revi

ou

s lo

ad

s h

au

led

wit

h e

qu

ipm

en

t

Ke

y P

oin

t

■S

hip

pe

rs c

an

de

lega

te, b

y w

ritt

en

agre

em

en

t, a

ny

of

the

re

spo

nsi

bili

tie

s

–C

arr

ier

ma

de

re

spo

nsi

ble

fo

r p

rovi

din

g e

qu

ipm

en

t m

ee

tin

g s

hip

pe

rs s

pe

cif

ica

tio

ns

–C

arr

ier

ma

de

re

spo

nsi

ble

fo

r cle

an

ing

an

d s

an

itiz

ing

e

qu

ipm

en

t

–C

arr

ier

ma

de

re

spo

nsi

ble

to

ma

inta

inin

g t

em

pe

ratu

re

co

ntr

ol e

qu

ipm

en

t

Ke

y D

iffe

ren

ce in

Re

gu

lati

on

s

■P

resc

rip

tive

–D

eta

iled

re

qu

ire

me

nts

in

re

gu

lati

on

s

–M

ust

me

et

all

req

uir

em

en

ts d

eta

iled

in

re

gu

lati

on

s

–D

Q f

ile r

eg

ula

tio

ns

an

exa

mp

le

■P

erf

orm

an

ce

-ba

sed

–M

ust

me

et

pe

rfo

rma

nce

go

als

(“a

de

qu

ate

”)

–U

se o

f “s

tan

da

rd p

racti

ce

s” a

nd

“b

est

pra

cti

ce

s” t

o m

ee

t g

oa

ls

■N

ee

d t

o k

no

w t

he

se p

ract

ice

s

■P

ract

ice

s u

sua

lly a

re n

ot

de

taile

d in

th

e r

egu

lati

on

■“S

yste

ma

tic

ma

inte

na

nce

” fr

om

Pa

rt 3

96

is

an

exa

mp

le

Ke

y D

iffe

ren

ce in

Re

gu

lati

on

s

■P

resc

rip

tive

–C

lea

nin

g:

Mu

st w

ash

tra

iler

wit

h c

lea

n w

ate

r a

nd

mild

d

ete

rge

nt

me

eti

ng

AN

SI 1

23

4 s

tan

da

rd f

or

10

min

ute

s,

co

veri

ng

all

surf

ace

are

as

wit

h a

min

imu

m o

f o

ne

ga

llon

o

f w

ate

r/so

ap

mix

ture

, fo

llow

ed

by

a c

om

ple

te r

inse

u

sin

g a

cle

an

wa

ter

for

min

imu

m o

f 1

0 m

inu

tes

■P

erf

orm

an

ce-b

ase

d

–C

lea

nin

g:

Mu

st w

ash

tra

iler

to r

em

ove

an

y co

nta

min

ate

s

■F

ive

min

ute

s co

uld

be

ad

eq

ua

te,

or

30

min

ute

s

■If

tra

iler

is n

ot

“ad

eq

ua

tely

” cl

ea

ne

d:

vio

lati

on

Re

gu

lati

on

Are

as

■V

eh

icle

s a

nd

tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

eq

uip

me

nt

■Tr

an

spo

rta

tio

n o

pe

rati

on

s

■Tr

ain

ing

■R

eco

rdke

ep

ing

Ve

hic

les

an

d e

qu

ipm

en

t

■G

en

era

l:

–M

ust

be

de

sig

ne

d f

or

the

ta

sk (

suit

ab

le)

–M

ust

be

cle

an

ab

le

–M

ust

me

et

ship

pe

r’s

spe

cif

ica

tio

ns

–S

tore

d in

su

ch

a w

ay

to a

void

ha

rbo

rin

g p

est

s o

r b

eco

min

g c

on

tam

ina

ted

■Te

mp

era

ture

co

ntr

ol:

–M

ust

be

de

sig

ne

d a

nd

eq

uip

pe

d p

rop

erl

y

–M

ust

be

ca

pa

ble

of

ma

inta

inin

g r

eq

uir

ed

te

mp

era

ture

–M

ust

be

pro

pe

rly

ma

inta

ine

d

Tra

nsp

ort

Op

era

tio

ns

■C

lea

nin

g a

nd

sa

nit

izin

g r

eq

uir

em

en

ts m

ust

be

me

t

–S

hip

pe

r e

sta

blis

he

s th

e s

tan

da

rds

–C

arr

ier

mu

st b

e a

ble

to

pro

vid

e s

hip

pe

r w

ith

re

co

rds

of

last

cle

an

ing

an

d s

an

itiz

ing

, if

re

qu

est

ed

–Te

mp

era

ture

co

ntr

olle

d e

qu

ipm

en

t m

ust

be

pre

co

ole

d

–S

tan

da

rd r

eq

uir

em

en

ts in

use

in

th

e in

du

stry

are

a

de

qu

ate

■N

o “

new

” cl

ea

nin

g a

nd

sa

nit

izin

g r

eq

uir

em

en

ts in

clu

de

d in

th

e n

ew

ru

les

Tra

nsp

ort

Op

era

tio

ns

■M

ea

sure

s a

re in

pla

ce

to

pre

ven

t co

nta

min

ati

on

, cr

oss

co

nta

min

ati

on

, a

nd

cro

ss c

on

tact

, su

ch a

s:

–E

qu

ipm

en

t st

ora

ge

an

d c

lea

nin

g

–H

ou

seke

ep

ing

–H

an

dw

ash

ing

–U

se o

f h

air

an

d b

ea

rd n

ets

–S

eg

reg

ati

on

of

raw

fo

od

an

d p

roce

sse

d f

oo

d

–S

eg

reg

ati

on

of

foo

d b

y “t

ype

–S

eg

reg

ati

on

of

foo

d a

nd

no

n-f

oo

d p

rod

ucts

–S

tan

da

rd r

eq

uir

em

en

ts in

use

in

th

e in

du

stry

are

ad

eq

ua

te

■N

o “

ne

w”

req

uir

em

en

ts in

clu

de

d in

th

e n

ew

ru

les

Tra

nsp

ort

Op

era

tio

ns

■Te

mp

era

ture

Co

ntr

ol R

eq

uir

em

en

ts

–P

rovi

de

d b

y th

e s

hip

pe

r

–C

arr

ier

mu

st m

ee

t th

rou

gh

ou

t tr

an

spo

rt

–S

hip

pe

r ca

n r

eq

uir

e c

arr

ier

to p

rovi

de

pro

of

of

me

eti

ng

re

qu

ire

me

nt

■S

hip

pe

r is

no

t re

qu

ire

d t

o h

ave

ca

rrie

r p

rovi

de

pro

of

tha

t te

mp

era

ture

wa

s m

ain

tain

ed

, b

ut

can

■M

ech

an

ica

l tr

ack

ing (

tatt

le-t

ale

, sy

ste

m r

eco

rd, e

tc.)

■D

rive

r te

mp

era

ture

lo

g (

dri

ver

reco

rds

tem

pe

ratu

re a

t e

ach

st

op

)

Tra

nsp

ort

Op

era

tio

ns

■S

hip

pe

rs m

ust

:

–M

ake

su

re t

he

ve

hic

le m

ee

ts t

he

th

eir

sp

ecif

ica

tio

ns

–M

ee

ts t

he

cle

an

ing

an

d s

an

itiz

ing

sta

nd

ard

s

–Ve

hic

le is

at

op

era

tin

g t

em

pe

ratu

re f

or

tem

pe

ratu

re

co

ntr

olle

d p

rod

ucts

–D

eve

lop

wri

tte

n p

roce

du

res

co

veri

ng

:

■M

akin

g s

ure

ve

hic

les

are

cle

an

an

d s

an

ita

ry

■Ve

rify

ing t

ha

t a

pre

vio

us

carg

o w

ill n

ot

ma

ke

th

e v

eh

icle

u

nsa

fe f

or

the

pro

du

ct

■E

nsu

rin

g t

ha

t th

e f

oo

d is

tra

nsp

ort

ed

un

de

r a

de

qu

ate

te

mp

era

ture

co

ntr

ol

Tra

nsp

ort

Op

era

tio

ns

■Lo

ad

er

mu

st d

ete

rmin

e:

–If

th

e v

eh

icle

me

ets

th

e s

hip

pe

r’s

spe

cif

ica

tio

ns

–Th

at

the

ve

hic

le o

r tr

an

spo

rta

tio

n e

qu

ipm

en

t is

in

a

pp

rop

ria

te s

an

ita

ry c

on

dit

ion

–Th

at

the

ve

hic

le is

fre

e o

f vi

sib

le e

vid

en

ce

of

pe

st

infe

sta

tio

n a

nd

pre

vio

us

ca

rgo

th

at

co

uld

ca

use

th

e f

oo

d

to b

eco

me

un

safe

–Th

at

the

ca

rgo

are

a h

as

be

en

pro

pe

rly

pre

-co

ole

d

■Lo

ad

ers

sh

ou

ld a

lso

:

–B

e a

lert

fo

r o

the

r co

nd

itio

ns

tha

t m

ay

lea

d t

o t

he

fo

od

b

eco

min

g u

nsa

fe

Tra

nsp

ort

Op

era

tio

ns

■C

arr

ier-

spe

cifi

c re

qu

ire

me

nts

–W

ritt

en

po

licie

s co

veri

ng

■C

lea

nin

g,

san

itiz

ing,

an

d in

spe

ctin

g e

qu

ipm

en

t

■M

on

ito

rin

g a

nd

re

cord

ing t

em

pe

ratu

res

■M

ain

tain

ing a

nd

pro

vid

ing r

eco

rds

of

mo

st-r

ece

nt

carg

o

an

d c

lea

nin

g

■M

ain

tain

ing v

eh

icle

s in

go

od

wo

rkin

g o

rde

r a

nd

re

tain

m

ain

ten

an

ce r

eco

rds

for

do

cum

en

tati

on

■C

om

mu

nic

ati

on

of

req

uir

ed

in

form

ati

on

to

sh

ipp

ers

an

d

rece

ive

rs

Tra

nsp

ort

Op

era

tio

ns

■B

ulk

ve

hic

les

–S

hip

pe

r ca

n r

eq

ue

st d

ocu

me

nta

tio

n o

n la

st p

rod

uct

ca

rrie

d

■E

ven

if

veh

icle

wa

s cl

ea

ne

d a

nd

sa

nit

ize

d

■C

arr

ier

is r

esp

on

sib

le f

or

pro

vid

ing

Tra

nsp

ort

Op

era

tio

ns

■C

arr

ier

pla

nn

ers

sh

ou

ld d

o t

hin

gs

such

as:

–P

ay

att

en

tio

n m

ore

to

wh

at

is c

om

ing

in

an

d e

qu

ipm

en

t n

ee

de

d.

–N

ote

wh

eth

er

a d

rive

r is

exp

eri

en

ce

d.

–A

sk w

he

the

r th

e t

raile

r n

ee

ds

to b

e w

ash

ed

pri

or

to

loa

din

g.

–L

et

dri

ver

kn

ow

wh

at

tim

efr

am

e o

f p

icku

p is.

Pla

n t

o

ha

ve e

no

ug

h t

ime

to

wa

sh o

ut.

–M

on

ito

r d

rop

pe

d lo

ad

te

mp

co

ntr

ols

.

Tra

nsp

ort

Op

era

tio

ns

■C

arr

ier

dis

pa

tch

ers

sh

ou

ld d

o t

hin

gs

such

as:

–C

om

mu

nic

ate

in

stru

cti

on

s to

dri

vers

.

–C

on

firm

lo

ad

ed

se

t/b

ox

tem

ps

as

sen

t in

fro

m t

he

dri

ver.

D

ou

ble

ch

eck

se

ttin

g v

s. t

em

pe

ratu

re r

an

ge

.

–M

on

ito

r te

mp

era

ture

re

ad

ing

wh

ile t

he

loa

d is

in t

ran

sit.

G

et

wit

h t

he

dri

ver

if t

he

re a

re a

ny

dis

cre

pa

ncie

s.

–N

oti

fy in

bo

un

d p

lan

ne

rs t

o m

ake

su

re t

he

y kn

ow

wh

at

it

co

min

g in

an

d w

ha

t to

exp

ect.

–M

on

ito

r se

al in

teg

rity

. M

akin

g s

ure

se

al n

um

be

rs a

re

en

tere

d in

to t

he

lo

ad

ed

, st

op

off

em

pty

ca

lls.

Tra

nsp

ort

Op

era

tio

ns

■D

rive

rs s

ho

uld

do

th

ings

such

as:

–C

on

du

ct

pre

-tri

p in

spe

cti

on

s, in

clu

din

g r

ee

fer

un

its,

–C

he

ck t

raile

r co

nd

itio

n –

air

ch

ute

an

d d

oo

r se

als

,

–In

spe

ct

pro

du

ct

pri

or

to lo

ad

ing

. C

he

ck f

or

ext

ra

co

nd

en

sati

on

an

d le

akin

g,

–N

oti

fy d

isp

atc

h if

ba

cke

d in

fo

r a

n e

xte

nd

ed

am

ou

nt

of

tim

e

loa

din

g/u

nlo

ad

ing

,

–R

ee

fer

tan

k f

ue

l le

vels

an

d a

dd

itiv

es,

–C

he

ck b

ox

tem

p e

very

fo

ur

ho

urs

or

wh

en

sto

pp

ed

,

–B

e t

rain

ed

in

re

efe

r u

nit

op

era

tio

ns

an

d

pre

pa

rati

on

/lo

ad

ing

as

we

ll a

s h

ygie

ne

, a

nd

–In

form

dis

pa

tch

if

loa

d r

eq

uir

em

en

ts o

r co

nd

itio

n w

ill c

au

se

the

m t

o v

iola

te h

ou

rs o

f se

rvic

e o

r co

uld

ge

t th

em

pu

t th

em

o

ut

of

serv

ice

.

Tra

nsp

ort

Op

era

tio

ns

■R

ece

ive

rs m

ust

:

–A

de

qu

ate

ly a

sse

ss t

ha

t th

e f

oo

d w

as

no

t su

bje

cte

d t

o

sig

nif

ica

nt

tem

pe

ratu

re a

bu

se

–C

an

be

do

ne

by:

■D

ete

rmin

ing t

he

fo

od

’s t

em

pe

ratu

re

■Ve

rify

ing t

em

pe

ratu

re in

sid

e v

eh

icle

■“S

en

sory

” in

spe

ctio

n (

od

ors

, si

gh

ts, e

tc.)

–R

eje

ct

or

pre

ven

t p

rod

uct

fro

m f

urt

he

r d

istr

ibu

tio

n if

the

y fe

el it

is

un

safe

Tra

nsp

ort

Op

era

tio

ns

■If

an

yon

e b

eco

me

s a

wa

re o

f a

n in

dic

ati

on

of

tem

pe

ratu

re c

on

tro

l o

r a

no

the

r co

nd

itio

n t

ha

t w

ou

ld m

ake

th

e s

hip

me

nt

un

safe

, th

at

pa

rty

mu

st:

–C

om

mu

nic

ate

th

e s

itu

ati

on

to

th

e o

the

r p

art

ies

tha

t n

ee

d t

o

kn

ow

–N

ot

sell

or

dis

trib

ute

th

e f

oo

d u

nti

l a

de

term

ina

tio

n is

ma

de

b

y a

qu

alif

ied

in

div

idu

al th

at

the

fo

od

is

still

sa

fe

–Th

is a

pp

lies

to a

ll p

art

ies

invo

lve

d

■S

hip

pe

r

■Lo

ad

er

■C

arr

ier

■R

ece

ive

r

Tra

inin

g

■S

hip

pe

r is

re

spo

nsi

ble

, b

ut

can

pa

ss r

esp

on

sib

ility

to

ca

rrie

r

■Tr

ain

ing m

ust

in

clu

de

all

pe

rso

nn

el a

t th

e c

arr

ier

tha

t a

re

en

ga

ge

d in

tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

op

era

tio

ns

–C

lea

nin

g a

nd

sa

nit

izin

g

–H

an

dlin

g

–Tr

an

spo

rtin

g

Tra

inin

g

■Tr

ain

ing m

ust

pro

vid

e:

–A

n a

wa

ren

ess

of

po

ten

tia

l fo

od

sa

fety

pro

ble

ms

tha

t m

ay

occu

r d

uri

ng

tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

■A

nd

ho

w t

o p

reve

nt

the

m

–Tr

ain

ing

on

ba

sic s

an

ita

ry f

oo

d t

ran

spo

rta

tio

n p

racti

ce

s

–Tr

ain

ing

on

th

e r

eq

uir

em

en

ts o

f th

e f

oo

d s

afe

ty

reg

ula

tio

ns

■S

pe

cifi

cally

, ca

rrie

r re

spo

nsi

bili

tie

s

Tra

inin

g

■Tr

ain

ing r

eco

rd m

ust

be

ge

ne

rate

d t

ha

t in

clu

de

s:

–D

ate

of

the

tra

inin

g

–Ty

pe

of

tra

inin

g

–P

ers

on

s tr

ain

ed

■Tr

ain

ing r

eco

rd m

ust

be

re

tain

ed

:

–Th

e e

nti

re t

ime

th

e e

mp

loye

e is

pe

rfo

rmin

g c

ove

red

wo

rk,

an

d t

he

n

–1

2 m

on

ths

aft

er

the

em

plo

yee

is

no

lo

ng

er

do

ing

co

vere

d

wo

rk

–M

ust

be

ab

le t

o p

rese

nt

du

rin

g in

vest

iga

tio

n o

r a

ud

it

■F

MC

SA

ha

s n

ot

ad

de

d t

his

to

th

eir

au

dit

s!

Tra

inin

g

■S

hip

pe

r p

ers

on

ne

l, lo

ad

ers

, a

nd

re

ceiv

er

pe

rso

nn

el a

re

cove

red

by

in-p

lan

t re

qu

ire

me

nts

, n

ot

the

se r

eq

uir

em

en

ts

–Th

ese

ru

les

on

ly c

ove

r tr

an

spo

rta

tio

n,

no

t “p

lan

t”

fun

cti

on

s

–H

ow

eve

r, lo

ad

ers

sh

ou

ld b

e t

rain

ed

on

th

e n

ece

ssa

ry

veri

fica

tio

ns

co

vere

d in

th

e s

hip

pe

r’s

wri

tte

n p

roce

du

res

Tra

inin

g

■Tr

ain

ing m

ust

be

do

ne

–In

itia

lly

–U

po

n h

ire

fo

r n

ew

em

plo

yee

s/d

rive

rs

–A

s n

ee

de

d t

he

rea

fte

r

■U

pd

ate

s to

pro

ced

ure

s

■C

ha

nge

in

pro

du

cts

carr

ied

/ve

hic

les

use

d

■C

ha

nge

in

re

gu

lati

on

s

Re

cord

ke

ep

ing

■S

hip

pe

rs:

–P

roo

f o

f p

rovi

din

g s

pe

cif

ica

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no

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ap

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t th

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tra

nsp

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