u.s. food safety policy and the u.s. food safety system craig harris comparative food safety systems...

U.S. Food Safety Policyand the

U.S. Food Safety System

Craig Harris

Comparative Food Safety Systems Workshop

18 March 2005

Food Safety Policy System

• Parallel to agrifood systemParallel to agrifood system

research

surveillance

policy

regulation

enforcement


• Parallel to agrifood system

• Involves several levelsInvolves several levels


• Federal level

–USDHHS/PHS/FDA

–USDHHS/PHS/CDCP

–USDA/FSIS

–USDA/APHIS

–USDHS

U. S. National Academies of Science Press 1998


• Federal level

–USDHHS/PHS/FDA

–USDHHS/PHS/CDCP

–USDA/FSIS

–USDA/APHIS

–USDHS

• How many food safety agencies should a nation-state have?


• Federal level

–USDHHS/PHS/FDA

–USDHHS/PHS/CDCP

–USDA/FSIS

–USDA/APHIS

–USDHS

• Publish the Food Code


• Federal level

–USDHHS/PHS/FDA

–USDHHS/PHS/CDCP

–USDA/FSIS

• Publish the Food Code

• Guided by Conference for Food ProtectionGuided by Conference for Food Protection

Conference for Food Protection• non-profit organization, originated in 1971,

by USDHHS/FDA and APHA

• partnership among regulators, industry, academia, professional organizations and consumers

• identify problems, formulate recommendations, and develop and implement practices that ensure food safety

• meet at least biennially to provide a forum for working together to enhance the quality of the food supply


• Federal level

–Publish the Food Code

–Guided by Conference for Food Protection

• Regulate food safety for meat and eggs Regulate food safety for meat and eggs (USDA/FSIS) and fish (DHHS/PHS/FDA) in (USDA/FSIS) and fish (DHHS/PHS/FDA) in interstate commerceinterstate commerce


• Federal level



• Regulate food safety for meat and eggs (USDA/FSIS) and fish (DHHS/PHS/FDA) in interstate commerce

• but . . . food safety is not one of the but . . . food safety is not one of the constitutionally granted powers of the constitutionally granted powers of the federal governmentfederal government


• Federal level



• Regulate food safety for meat and eggs (USDA/FSIS) and fish (DHHS/PHS/FDA) in interstate commerce

• Deal directly with Association of Food and Deal directly with Association of Food and Drug OfficialsDrug Officials

Association of Food and Drug Officials• The Vision – AFDO is an international leader

and trusted resource for building consensus and promoting uniformity on public health and consumer protection issues related to the regulation of foods . . .

• The Mission - AFDO, established in 1896, successfully fosters uniformity in the adoption and enforcement of food . . . safety laws, rules, and regulations.

• AFDO and its six Regional Affiliates provide the mechanism and the forum where regional, national, and international issues are delibera-ted and resolved uniformly to provide the best public health and consumer protection in the most expeditious and cost effective manner.


• Federal level



• Regulate food safety for meat and eggs (USDA/FSIS) and fish and anything else (DHHS/PHS/FDA) in interstate commerce

• Deal directly with Association of Food and Drug Officials

• Regulate food safety for food processing in Regulate food safety for food processing in states, tribal lands, and territoriesstates, tribal lands, and territories


• Federal level

• Regulate food safety for meat and eggs (USDA/FSIS) and fish and anything else (DHHS/PHS/FDA) in interstate commerce

• Deal directly with Association of Food and Drug Officials

• Regulate food safety for food processing in states, tribal lands, and territories

• Delegate responsibility for food safety in Delegate responsibility for food safety in food service institutions to local levelfood service institutions to local level


• Federal level

• State, tribal and territorial level

• Local level

• What is the relationship between the causal structure of foodborne illness, and the regulatory structure of food safety policy?

research

surveillance

policy

regulation

enforcement


• Federal level

• State, tribal and territorial level

• Local level

• What is the relationship between the causal structure of foodborne illness, and the regulatory structure of food safety policy?

• What is the relationship between national policy and local enforcement?



• Involves several levels

• Increasing international trade in all kinds of Increasing international trade in all kinds of foods implicates international agencies in foods implicates international agencies in food safety policyfood safety policy




• Increasing international trade in all kinds of foods implicates international agencies in food safety policy– World Health OrganizationWorld Health Organization




• Increasing international trade in all kinds of foods implicates international agencies in food safety policy–World Health Organization– Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

NationsNations




• Increasing international trade in all kinds of foods implicates international agencies in food safety policy–World Health Organization– Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

Nations– Codex Alimentarius CommissionCodex Alimentarius Commission

Food Safety Policy System• Parallel to agrifood system



Nations– Codex Alimentarius Commission– World Trade OrganizationWorld Trade Organization





Nations– Codex Alimentarius Commission–World Trade Organization• Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards AgrmtSanitary and Phytosanitary Standards Agrmt

WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

• Science based

• Least trade restricting

• Non-discriminatory

• Equivalence

• International harmonization

• Risk assessment

• Transparency




• Increasing international trade in all kinds of foods implicates international agencies in food safety policy

• With 50% of U.S. food imported, what is relevance of national food safety policy structure?





• Increasing private sector actionIncreasing private sector action





• Increasing private sector action

–Setting food safety standardsSetting food safety standards






–Setting food safety standards

– Third party certificationThird party certification






• To what extent does the food safety system operate to produce food safety? For whom?


• Parallel to agrifood system• Involves several levels• Increasing international trade in all kinds of

foods implicates international agencies in food safety policy

• Increasing private sector action• To what extent does the food safety system

operate to produce food safety? For whom?• How does the food safety system operate

to produce food safety?

u.s. food safety policy and the u.s. food safety system craig harris comparative food safety systems...

Documents

food code slide

food safety agencies

association of food

enforcement of food

food supply slide

food protectionguided

agrifood system slide

safety laws