Hepner IN Hort presentation final · Honeydew & Watermelon shipping point Melon related outbreaks...
Transcript of Hepner IN Hort presentation final · Honeydew & Watermelon shipping point Melon related outbreaks...
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Food Safety: Produce Consumption and Lessons Learned
Johnna Hepner
January 17, 2012
Basic Facts
• FDA, CDC, USDA, State Departments of Health focus on public health ü Can’t put adulterated food in commerce ü A food that has human pathogens is
considered “adulterated” • Consumers expect their food to be safe • Producers are responsible for the safety of
their products • You grow the healthiest, most nutritious
foods • Produce industry - great industry
Basic Facts…..responsibility for safety
• Food safety is proactive
• Have to work at it everyday
• Take the fear out of food
safety
Our new reality… • 24-hr news cycles • Internet has changed crisis
management forever • Twitter? • Beef, dairy, seafood recalls
still happen… Headlines? • Suing is good business and
getting better • Consumer confidence
decline • Need to be prepared for our
new reality…
Copyright PMA 2011
It’s not just a “big” producer issue… • Pathogens not equipped with GPS • All growers:
ü Use water ü Use fertilizers ü Use people ü Grow in the environment
• Bigger growers can make more people sick?
ü Not true – cantaloupe 2011 ü One person sick is too many
Might want to reflect on this…
Food safety is not just the risky crops… Just in 2011
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2003 2006 2008 2009 2011
The Evolu1on and Impact of Food Safety Events…
Consumers expect their food to be safe
Financial impact of produce outbreaks Green Onions – Hepatitis A
ü Lost grower revenues $10.5M
Spinach - E. coli ü $100-500M
Jalapeno pepper – Salmonella ü Tomato industry implicated
but later peppers were identified as source
ü 146M Peanuts – Salmonella
ü 1billion Cantaloupe – Listeria M.
ü 50M
Cantaloupe Production
2%
58%
26%
2% 2%
8% Colorado California Arizona Indiana Texas Georgia
Cantaloupe shipping point
Honeydew & Watermelon shipping point Melon related outbreaks 6%
35%
59%
watermelon honeydew Cantaloupe
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2011 Cantaloupe Listeria outbreak • Anything special about these guys?
ü Probably not • FDA reports:
ü Changed their process ü Sanitation? ü Listeria found around facility ü Third party audit ü How did they use it?
• Lesson? ü Can happen to anyone…
Lessons Learned
• Understand what you don’t know • Risk Assessment – critical
component • Utilize best practices • Use resources available • Stay informed
Cantaloupe symposium • San Diego - January 11, 2011 • Urgent need & commitment to
strengthen food safety in cantaloupes • Stakeholders present • What are the information & research
gaps? • Update current guidelines • Outreach to all producing areas &
abroad
Areas of focus ü What interventions or
treatments can be used to reduce the microbial loads on the surface of cantaloupes?
ü What is the prevalence of Lm throughout the supply chain?
§ Quantitative risk assessment
ü What roles do biofilms play?
§ Sanitation programs
A good place to start… Resources California melon research advisory board
• http://cmrb.org/ UC Davis
• http://vric.ucdavis.edu/veg_info_crop/melons_cantaloupe.htm Cornell National GAPS
• http://www.gaps.cornell.edu/FSBFEng.html Center for Produce Safety
• cps.ucdavis.edu USDA
• http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/fv PMA
• www.pma.com