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Issue Number: Council II 026

Title

Re-create - Program Standards Committee

Issue you would like the Conference to consider

The Conference for Food Protection (CFP) Program Standards requests that the committee be reinstated to serve as a stakeholder group to provide input to an FDA internal working group which will be considering administrative functions such as:

· Criteria for verification auditors

· Mechanisms for making changes to the Program Standards documents.

and present their findings at the 2012 CFP Biennial Meeting.

Public Health Significance

The Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards were developed to serve as a guide for regulatory retail food program managers in the design and management of a retail food program in our continued goal of reducing foodborne illnesses and the promotion of active managerial control of all factors that may cause foodborne illness. This committee was formed to work with the FDA Clearinghouse Committee to clarify and address language issues currently found in the Standards.

Recommended Solution: The Conference recommends...

re-creating the Program Standards Committee to work on the following charges:

1. Serve as a stakeholder group to provide input to an FDA internal working group which will be considering administrative functions such as:

  • Criteria for verification auditors
  • Recommending additional changes or improvements to the Program Standards

2. Formulate resolutions to issues brought before the committee.

3. Report back to Conference at the 2012 CFP Biennial Meeting.

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