: the food safety modernization act: implications for state health departments
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National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control
June 14, 2011
: The Food Safety Modernization Act: Implications for State Health
Departments
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases
Dale Morse, MD, MS
Food Safety Modernization Act “The most significant food-safety law
of the last 100 years.” Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary, Health and Human Services
More focus on prevention New safety standards (e.g., produce)
Inspections and compliance Import safety Surveillance
“The act requires CDC to strengthen the capacity of state and local health departments to respond to foodborne outbreaks and improve the coordination and integration of surveillance systems and laboratory networks.”
-Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, Director, CDC
FSMA: CDC HAS ITS SHARE OF
WORK TO DO
CDC support for theFood Safety Modernization Act
International expertise in foodborne illness
Strong partnerships with federal, state, and local public health agencies
Laboratory, epidemiologic, and environmental health networks
Systems and agreements for surveillance and data exchange
Communications with the public health community, industry, and consumers
“This law represents a sea change for food safety in America, bringing a new focus on prevention.”
– Margaret A. Hamburg, MDCommissioner of Food and Drugs
CDC’s role in the FSMACDC provides the vital link between illness in people and the food safety systems of government agencies and food producers.
Surveillance networks and systems
Standardized tools and IT systems
Information sharing platforms
Foodborne Illness Surveillance Systems
• Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)
• National Electronic Norovirus Outbreak Network (CaliciNet)
• National Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne Disease Surveillance (PulseNet)
• National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System—enteric bacteria (NARMS)
• National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)
• National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) • Contributing factor surveillance (Environmental
Health Specialists Network, or EHS-Net) • Public health laboratory information system (PHLIS)
CDC FSMA lead responsibilities Enhancing foodborne illness surveillance
systems to improve the collection, analysis, reporting, and usefulness of data
Forming a Working Group of diverse experts and stakeholders to provide the Secretary advice and recommendations on the improvement of foodborne illness surveillance
Designating 5 Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence to serve as resources for Federal, State, and local public health professionals
Developing guidelines to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs
FSMA Food Safety Integrated Centers of Excellence
The Secretary, acting through [CDC] and in consultation with a working group shall designate 5 Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence … to serve as resources for Federal, State, and local public health professionals to respond to foodborne illness outbreaks.
Requires a public/private partnership Entities must be a state health department Partnered with 1 or more institutions of higher
education
Potential additional FSMA activities for CDC to support
FDA include: Development and completion of the state and
local capacity review Development of the national strategy on food
safety Working with DHS on the integrated consortium
of laboratory networks Supporting FDA as it implements provisions of the
bill on hazard analysis and preventive measures,
performance standards, food safety training for
state and local officials, and other activities
CDC FSMA Enhanced Surveillance Responsibilities
coordinating and integrating Federal, State and local foodborne illness surveillance systems
increasing participation in national networks
facilitating timely sharing of information
developing improved epidemiological tools
improving attribution of illness to specific foods
CDC FSMA Enhanced Surveillance Responsibilities (cont.)
identifying new causes of illness
allowing timely public access to data
publishing annual summaries
promoting scientific research by academia
forming a Working Group to improve foodborne disease surveillance
Reach out to state and local partners Expand and improve national
surveillance for foodborne illness with state and federal partners
Share data through new approaches for messaging (RSS feeds, Twitter) Support and enhance PulseNet capacity at state and national levels
Increase the number OutbreakNet sentinel sites to build investigative capacity
Support the Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response
FSMA: Implications for states and CSTE’s Role
State HDs do foodborne disease surveillance
FSMA will monitor how that surveillance is done -with or without new resources
What should CSTE’s role be? Development of surveillance metrics Development of a national foodborne disease
surveillance plan Development of a state prevention action plan Other?
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