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We interviewed Healthy People co-chair Ernest Jullian about the Summit and it's progress.
After a two-year hiatus due to Covid-19, more than 160 people focused on food safety continued to move the needle on actionable steps to decrease foodborne illness. For two and half days last week, meeting both in person and virtually, key subject matter experts and leaders continued the conversation while updating 2020 recommendations and developing new ones.
Encouraging people to think outside of the box when it comes to changes needed to reduce foodborne illness continues to inspire change. Attendees from all facets of food safety from academia to state program managers, the focus was on the collaboration and development of a reduction action plan that brings together all partners who have a stake in this priority.
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This AFDO podcast is with Mark Sestak, AFDO's 20-21 president. Sestak talks about his journey to the presidency and shares his priorities for AFDO this year.
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This week's AFDO Podcast addresses the impact of COVID-19 on bulk repackaging events that have become even more critical during the pandemic.We visited virtually with Topher Philgreen with Something to Eat in the Kansas City area, about adjustments that have allowed repackaging events to continue to support at risk families. In 2019, the Association of Food & Drug Officials (AFDO) pubished the Bulk Repacking of Non-Ready-to-Eat Dry Product for Charitable Distribution guide, providing a simplified set of standard operating practices designed to provide safe packing conditions. This guide is available at www.afdo.org/publications.
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The AFDO Podcast goes to the West Coast where the Oregon Department of Agriculture has developed COVID-19 response programs that will have a lasting impact. We visited virtually with Isaak Stapleton, Food Safety and Animal Health Program Director for the Oregon Department of Agriculture about Oregon’s Food Security and Farm Worker Safety.
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A few weeks before the COVID-19 crisis hit, we interviewed Jerry Wojtala, Executive Director of International Food Protection Training Institute for IFPTI to learn more about the Institute in addition to the IFPTI Fellowship program. The Fellowships are a unique, year-long program for food protection professionals who want to make a positive impact on the profession through association membership, advocacy, and applied leadership. This program takes a multifaceted approach incorporating three on-location week-long sessions, periodic webinars, and a mentor-guided research project. This year those poster sessions will be done virtually.
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Do you know what IFPTI does? A few weeks before the COVID-19 crisis hit, we interviewed Jerry Wojtala, Executive Director of International Food Protection Training Institute or IFPTI. IFPTI builds competency-based solutions for public- and private-sector food protection professionals. This translates to custom-designed learning organized around curriculum frameworks aligned with specific workforce competencies.
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NASDA 2020 Educators Roundtable Podcast: Biofilms - What More do you Need to Know?
Diane Walker, Research Engineer, Center of Biofilms Engineering, University of Montana, [email protected]
In this episode, Chris and Michelle talk with Ms. Diane Walker about the mission and research of the Center for Biofilm Engineering. She mentioned why biofilms are important when considering cleaning and sanitation under the produce safety rule. Discusses the research behind biofilms and how these important studies will help understand the reduction of contamination in the future. She also discusses dry biofilms, what they are and more importantly what they mean to produce safety. The podcasts ends with a discussion around the importance of standardizing methods for studying biofilms and their control.
Our series hosts are
Dr. Michelle Danyluk, Professor and Extension Specialist – Food Microbiology, University of Florida IFAS, [email protected]
Dr. Chris Gunter, Vegetable Production Specialist and Professor, North Carolina State University, [email protected]
Resources
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2004.01.019
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2018.01.014
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2018.10.020
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02462
https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12496
Podcast Sessions Replacing Educators Round Table Workshop, Produce Safety Consortium March 2020
We connect with leading scientists across the country working in diverse areas of produce safety. In these casual discussions, our presenters share insights into the science behind some of our favorite topics in the Produce Safety Rule. These podcasts address water, cleaning, and sanitation issues beyond that expressly covered in the Rule. This series of podcasts has been developed, with help and support from NASDA, FDA, and AFDO, to explore the educational content originally scheduled for the Produce Safety Consortium Educator’s Pre-meeting workshop.
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NASDA 2020 Educators Roundtable Podcast: Using Hygienic Design Principles to Improve Sanitation Practices on Produce Farms
Dr. Betsy Bihn, Cornell PSA Director, Cornell University, Director, Produce Safety Alliance; Executive Director, Institute for Food Safety at Cornell University, [email protected]
Chris Callahan, PE, MBA, Extension Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering, University of Vermont, [email protected]
Michelle and Chris talk to Dr. Betsy Bihn and Chris Callahan, PE around challenges and opportunities in the produce industry related to cleaning and sanitizing, good manufacturing practices (GMPs), and hygienic design of equipment. There’s a discussion about an additional group in need of education on this topic, the equipment manufacturing industry. Advances forward will require collaboration and communication between many groups including growers, postharvest researchers, food safety specialists, and manufacturers, to address the challenges that are unique to the produce industry.
Our series hosts are
Dr. Michelle Danyluk, Professor and Extension Specialist – Food Microbiology, University of Florida IFAS, [email protected]
Dr. Chris Gunter, Vegetable Production Specialist and Professor, North Carolina State University, [email protected]
Resources
http://go.uvm.edu/hdpackage
https://producesafetyalliance.cornell.edu/sites/producesafetyalliance.cornell.edu/files/shared/documents/Cleaning-vs-Sanitizing.pdf
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FS/FS11900.pdf
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FS/FS12000.pdf
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FS/FS23400.pdf
http://67.199.119.73/articlePF.asp?id=926&sub=sub1
https://blog.uvm.edu/cwcaallah/2019/05/30/hygienic-and-sanitary-design-for-produce-farms/
Podcast Sessions Replacing Educators Round Table Workshop, Produce Safety Consortium March 2020
We connect with leading scientists across the country working in diverse areas of produce safety. In these casual discussions, our presenters share insights into the science behind some of our favorite topics in the Produce Safety Rule. These podcasts address water, cleaning, and sanitation issues beyond that expressly covered in the Rule. This series of podcasts has been developed, with help and support from NASDA, FDA, and AFDO, to explore the educational content originally scheduled for the Produce Safety Consortium Educator’s Pre-meeting workshop.
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NASDA 2020 Educators Roundtable Podcast: Indicators, Index Organisms, and Generic E. coli
Dr. Faith Critzer, Associate Professor and Produce Safety Extension Specialist, Washington State University, [email protected]
In this episode, Chris and Michelle talk with Dr. Faith Critzer about the confusion around the produce safety terms of indicators and index organisms. They discuss generic E. coli and what coliforms mean in water testing as opposed to environmental indicators for sanitation. Field sampling and the myth of testing your way to safety is also explored. Faith also points out some new directions research may go to fill the gaps that exist in the scientific literature.
Our series hosts are
Dr. Michelle Danyluk, Professor and Extension Specialist – Food Microbiology, University of Florida IFAS, [email protected]
Dr. Chris Gunter, Vegetable Production Specialist and Professor, North Carolina State University, [email protected]
Resources
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.04.003
https://doi.org/10.3109/1040841X.2014.954524
https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00777-13
https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-18-185
https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.23.101
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00134
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174889
https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2016.2117
Podcast Sessions Replacing Educators Round Table Workshop, Produce Safety Consortium March 2020
We connect with leading scientists across the country working in diverse areas of produce safety. In these casual discussions, our presenters share insights into the science behind some of our favorite topics in the Produce Safety Rule. These podcasts address water, cleaning, and sanitation issues beyond that expressly covered in the Rule. This series of podcasts has been developed, with help and support from NASDA, FDA, and AFDO, to explore the educational content originally scheduled for the Produce Safety Consortium Educator’s Pre-meeting workshop.
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NASDA 2020 Educators Roundtable Podcast: Hazards, Risks, and Agricultural Water Sampling
Dr. Don Schaffner, Extension Specialist in Food Science and Distinguished Professor.Rutgers University, [email protected]
Chris and Michelle talk to Dr. Don Schaffner about risk assessment and risk management, and its use regarding agricultural water testing for the Produce Safety Rule. Don referred to a slide set that is posted (you might consider looking at it while you listen). Don starts by defining hazards and risks, and what it means for something to be “risk based”. The difference between risk assessors, risk managers, and risk communicators was also discussed, as was one of his favorite topics: indicator organisms. He then walks us through two recent papers that evaluated surface water sampling and their findings in relation to PSR requirements. This discussion includes “sampling your way to safety”, and the economics of sampling. The podcast ends with the thought that nothing in 100% safe, and encourages growers to be proactive and take the initiative on irrigation water testing.
Our series hosts are
Dr. Michelle Danyluk, Professor and Extension Specialist – Food Microbiology, University of Florida IFAS, [email protected]
Dr. Chris Gunter, Vegetable Production Specialist and Professor, North Carolina State University, [email protected]
Resources
https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-18-185
https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-17-122
https://producesafetyalliance.cornell.edu/sites/producesafetyalliance.cornell.edu/files/shared/documents/2017%20GM%20STV%20Worksheet%20v1.0.pdf
http://producesafetyalliance.cornell.edu/resources/educational-materials/fsma-produce-safety-rule-water-requirements-insights-get-you-organized
https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-modernization-act-fsma/fsma-final-rule-produce-safety
https://go.ncsu.edu/schaffner_nasda_slideset
Podcast Sessions Replacing Educators Round Table Workshop, Produce Safety Consortium March 2020
We connect with leading scientists across the country working in diverse areas of produce safety. In these casual discussions, our presenters share insights into the science behind some of our favorite topics in the Produce Safety Rule. These podcasts address water, cleaning, and sanitation issues beyond that expressly covered in the Rule. This series of podcasts has been developed, with help and support from NASDA, FDA, and AFDO, to explore the educational content originally scheduled for the Produce Safety Consortium Educator’s Pre-meeting workshop.
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NASDA 2020 Educators Roundtable Podcast: Influence of the Environment on Sampling and Water Test Results
Dr. Channah Rock, Water Quality Extension Specialist and Professor, The University of Arizona, [email protected]
Chris and Michelle talk to Dr. Channah Rock about agricultural surface water. They touch on site specific assessments, sanitary surveys, interpreting testing results, EPA recreational water quality standards, how to decide where to pull water samples from and recent challenges around infield water treatment. The podcast ends with a discussion around the importance of standardization in methods to directly compare work from different regions. *Note – FDA reviewers note currently no antimicrobials are currently registered to treat irrigation water for pathogens of public health concern.
Our series hosts are
Dr. Michelle Danyluk, Professor and Extension Specialist – Food Microbiology, University of Florida IFAS, [email protected]
Dr. Chris Gunter, Vegetable Production Specialist and Professor, North Carolina State University, [email protected]
Resources
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.03.013
https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-19-381
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2017.12.018
Podcast Sessions Replacing Educators Round Table Workshop, Produce Safety Consortium March 2020
We connect with leading scientists across the country working in diverse areas of produce safety. In these casual discussions, our presenters share insights into the science behind some of our favorite topics in the Produce Safety Rule. These podcasts address water, cleaning, and sanitation issues beyond that expressly covered in the Rule. This series of podcasts has been developed, with help and support from NASDA, FDA, and AFDO, to explore the educational content originally scheduled for the Produce Safety Consortium Educator’s Pre-meeting workshop.
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We interviewed Dr. Sanjay Gummalla, Senior Vice President of Scientific Affairs, American Frozen Food Institute about tool mentioned above and how the Food and Beverage Issue Alliance (FBIA) members collaborated to create it. AFFI, Consumer Brands Association, United Fresh Produce Association, American Bakers Association, National Fisheries Institute, International Dairy Foods Association and others worked together to draft a decision tool for manufacturers. The tool can be used by public health officials as well. It is available here.
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A few weeks before the COVID-19 crisis hit, we interviewed Shelley Feist, Executive Director of the Partnership for Food Safety Education about the Partnership's role in U.S. food safety. She shares how the Partnership brings together stakeholders to meet consumers where they are in educating them.
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A few weeks before the COVID-19 crisis hit, we interviewed Jennifer McIntire, VP Food Safety & Technology, United Fresh Produce Association about the work of the association and the safety issues facing the produce industry. She shares the work of United Fresh Produce and its 2020 agenda pre-pandemic
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We have spent the past month working to change behaviors like handwashing and social distancing at a rapid pace in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Jennifer Tabanico, President of Action Research, says the research shows that one approach that has been successful is community-based social marketing. We sat down with her in January 2020 before the COVID-19 crisis but her approaches have application even now.
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It's been a busy few weeks as we all focus on COVID-19. This week's AFDO podcast is with Executive Director Steven Mandernach. Steve talks about the decision to cancel the AFDO Annual Educational Conference as well as AFDO's efforts to provide guidance, information and educational opportunities to members and other stakeholders.
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Partnership Provides Resources for Small and Medium Food Manufacturers
Created in 1988, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s purpose is to provide small and medium sized manufacturers with the help needed to succeed by improving productivity, economic competitiveness and technological capabilities. In this AFDO podcast, we visit with Craig Doan, Chief Food Scientist with Impact Washington and part of the MEP network. Doan shares how the network works and who can benefit from it. For more information, visit https://www.nist.gov/mep .
MEP is a results-based national network of locally-operated and staffed non-profit, university-based, and state-based organizations leveraging federal, state and local, and private resources. The food industry is ubiquitous across the country and while the concentration of the food industry varies by states, all MEP centers have food industry clients. This partnership among the federal government, state and local governments, and the private sector provides hands-on assistance and services to U.S. manufacturers through manufacturing extension offices in every state across the country and in Puerto Rico. The nationwide network of MEP Centers operating approximately 400 service locations are managed at the federal level by DOC NIST. The NIST MEP National Network, over any given year, typically works with over 25,000 manufacturers across the United States, serving as trusted advisors, focused on solving manufacturers' process and product challenges and identifying opportunities for growth.
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Are you required to perform environmental monitoring under the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Preventive Controls for Human Food rule? What kind of dollars do you need to budget? Charlie and Michael Kalish have developed a cost estimating tool and we talked with the brothers about it. You can read more after the podcast at
https://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/enewsletter/estimating-the-cost-of-environmental-monitoring/[email protected]
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PBS's The American Experience: The Poison Squad premiere is based on the book by the same name by Deborah Blum. Those of you who attended the 2019 Annual Education Conference had the treat of hearing about Blum's journey of discovery into beginnings of food safety. We sat down with Blum right after her engaging presentation and talked about Harvey Wiley and how his story impacts what AFDO members do every day in 2020. This week's podcast features Blum's view on evidence-based food safety policy as well as how the Poison Squad's place in history can inform work with cannabis.
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During the Foodborne Illness Reduction through Healthy People 2030 Summit, Frank Yiannas, Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response with the FDA shared current foodborne illness intervention strategies as well as progress on the Era of Smarter Food Safety that Yiannas rolled out as an initiative in 2019. We sat down with the Deputy Commissioner Yiannas for an update on the Era of Smarter Food Safety as well as the romaine recall.
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