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blue bell and the very real impact of the food safety modernization act

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By admin on Fri, 05/22/2015 - 17:03

this article by michael r. taylor, deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine for the u.s. food and drug administration, was originally posted here on may 20, 2015.could the deadly outbreak of illnesses tied to contaminated ice cream have been prevented it&rsquos an important question, one that is on the minds of many in the wake of the multistate outbreak of listeria monocytogenes tied to ice cream produced by blue bell creameries.above all else, we need to acknowledge the tragic aftermath. our hearts go out to the friends and family members of the victims &mdash the 10 people who were hospitalized and the three who died.our mission in the face of such tragedies is to work to keep them from happening again, first by investigating the cause. if products are found to be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes or other pathogens, we work with companies to recall anything that has the potential to cause illness. fda joins with other federal agencies, states, and industry, while also communicating directly with consumers &mdash all in an effort to ensure that more people don&rsquot get sick or worse.but more needs to be done, and more is being done. congress passed the fda food safety modernization act fsma in december 2010 because of outbreaks like this, because of a widespread concern among legislators, consumers and industry about foodborne illnesses that kill thousands each year.ultimately, the only way we will achieve the goals that we are focused on &mdash the goals that consumers expect us to achieve, and that industry wants us to reach &mdash is if we have a system in which industry is systematically, every day, putting in place the measures that we know are effective in preventing contamination. and it&rsquos not only a domestic issue it&rsquos an import issue. we&rsquove got to build prevention into the food safety system globally.there&rsquos no magic wand here. this is the most sweeping regulatory overhaul in the agency&rsquos history, and we&rsquove got to work systematically to put the right regulations in place. in the four years since fsma became law, we have been actively establishing the regulations that we will be issuing in final form beginning later this year.for example, the preventive controls for human food rule, if finalized as proposed, would require that companies, such as blue bell, have a written food safety plan, based on an analysis of likely hazards, and companies would have to show us that plan during inspections. listeria monocytogenes is a classic example of a hazard that a company should be controlling. under the proposed standards, companies would be required to have the right controls in place to minimize hazards and would have to verify that their controls are working.we have in fsma not only new, enforceable standards, but much stronger inspection and enforcement tools to make sure the standards are being met, such as access to company records and mandatory recalls &mdash authorities we didn&rsquot have before. most companies want to do the right thing many are doing it now. through this law, we want to promote strong food safety cultures and create real accountability throughout the industry.we see broad support for implementing fsma throughout our stakeholder community and among many people we talk to in congress. president obama&rsquos 2016 request for 109.5 million in new budget authority to implement fsma is crucial. if we receive that funding, we can move forward to implement this new, modern system in an effective and timely way. if we do not get the funding, we will lose momentum, and implementation will be badly disrupted.no law can guarantee zero risk from contaminated ice cream or any other food that has come in contact with dangerous bacteria or another harmful substance. but fsma is about providing assurances that the food system is doing everything it can to prevent problems and to provide food in grocery stores and restaurants that is as safe as it can possibly be.&nbsp

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