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1 Introduction
Pages 21-34

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... food supply, encompassing products from fresh produce, to seafood, to packaged snack foods, to cereal, to pet food, to animal feed for food-producing animals. The major FDA entities with responsibility for food safety are the Office of the Commissioner, the Office of Foods, the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
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... report Ensuring Safe Food: From Production to Consumption identifies some of these changes, such as the food safety implications of emerging pathogens, the trend toward the consumption of more fresh produce, the trend toward eating more meals away from home, and changing demographics, with a greater proportion of the population being immunocompromised or otherwise at increased risk of foodborne illness.1 These developments must be understood in the context of a wide range of global and societal changes that greatly increase the complexity of the food safety system and the challenges faced by those responsible for implementing the system. These changes, detailed in Chapter 2, include changes in the food production landscape, climate change, evolving consumer perceptions and behaviors (e.g., the growing demand for fresh produce and for its availability year-round2)
From page 23...
... , although the FDA is working to ensure safer food, problems with its capacities, functions, and processes persist. The IOM, the NRC, and other groups, including consumer organizations, have made recommendations for strengthening food protection, a few of which are listed here (see Appendix B for a detailed listing)
From page 24...
... The report recommends modifying the federal statutory framework for food safety to eliminate fragmentation and enable the development and enforcement of science-based standards as well as creating a single food safety agency. • The 2003 IOM/NRC report Scientific Criteria for Ensuring Safe Food (IOM/NRC, 2003)
From page 25...
... to advise the administration on food safety matters; the establishment of a new Office of Foods within the FDA, with oversight and authority over CVM and CFSAN; the development of plans for a state−federal Integrated Food Safety System; and the hiring of additional high-level leaders and subject matter experts in food safety management. The FDA's Food Protection Plan In 2007, the FDA issued its Food Protection Plan (FPP)
From page 26...
... Clarification of the committee's task came from extensive dialogue with FDA food program leadership. Accordingly, the committee addressed microbiological contaminants, chemical contaminants, and intentional food contamination, including financially motivated contamination (as in the 4 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 00, HR2764, Public Law 110-161, Division A, Title VI.
From page 27...
... . In particular, although the FDA's regulatory authority encompasses dietary supplements and food additives, the committee was asked to exclude them from its deliberations because their safety determination is not usually based on issues of contamination.
From page 28...
... Food and color additives for both human food and animal feed are subject, respectively, to the 1958 Food
From page 29...
... This dialogue resulted in a decision to include in the study issues related to pet food and animal feed only as they might directly affect human health (e.g., because of drug or contaminant residues in pet food consumed or handled by humans or in human foods of 5 Food Addities Amendment of , Public Law 85-929, 72 Stat.
From page 30...
... Information Gathering, Meetings, and Workshops The committee gathered information for this study from previous NRC and IOM reports, reports from authoritative groups, plans and initiatives from industry, FDA leadership and staff, numerous public sessions at committee meetings, teleconferences and written statements in response to specific queries, expert testimony before congressional committees, and the FDA website. The committee held three workshops to hear expert perspectives and obtain answers to its questions (see Appendix A for the workshop agendas)
From page 31...
... Therefore, in its deliberations, the committee envisioned the FPP as a point of departure but focused its efforts on identifying additional tools and capacities that the FDA needs to improve food safety today and in the future. In adhering to its statement of task, the committee reviewed the Food Protection Plan and formulated its recommendations in the context of an evaluation of the FDA's functions and operations.
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... , the committee initially deliberated its recommendations in the context of the current food safety management structure. As the study progressed and the committee's ideas matured, it became clear that there were many reasons to call for a single food agency, including the fact that a risk-based approach should encompass all foods and hazards.
From page 33...
... Chapters 5 and 6, respectively, address the creation of the necessary data surveillance and research infrastructures. Chapter 7 describes state and local food safety programs nationwide and calls for their harmonization and integration with the programs of the federal government to achieve a seamless food safety program.
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... 2008b. Federal Oersight of Food Safety: FDA's Food Protection Plan Proposes Positie First Steps, but Capacity to Carry Them Out Is Critical.


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