Issue View | Council II | 2020 Biennial Meeting

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Refer Standard 5 to Program Standards Committee for Review and Updating

Recommended Solution: The Conference recommends...:

that the Program Standards Committee, a CFP standing committee, be charged with the following during the 2020-2021 biennium:

1. Conduct a thorough review of Standard 5 "Foodborne Illness and Food Defense Preparedness and Response of the FDA Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS);
2. The review should include comparing the Standard to other similar FDA standards in food;
3. Review the "Description of Requirements" to ensure the requirements provide program flexibility and include items generally part of a retail food program;
4. Review Standard 5 "Data Review and Analysis" from a sampling of jurisdictions to determine if certain data analysis requirements typically have no or such limited data to make the information not valuable;
5. Review the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) to consider inclusion of specific components.
6. Propose amendments to Standard 5 of the VNRFRPS;
7. Report back committee findings and recommendations to the 2022 Biennial Meeting.

Standard 5 on Foodborne Illness and Food Defense Preparedness should be completely reviewing to ensure the most current and important items related to illnesses investigation are included. Further, the review should ensure that data analysis requirements are possible and provide meaningful data for jurisdictions.

Recommended Solution: The Conference recommends...:

that the Program Standards Committee, a CFP standing committee, be charged with the following during the 2020-2021 biennium:

1. Conduct a thorough review of Standard 5 "Foodborne Illness and Food Defense Preparedness and Response of the FDA Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS);
2. The review should include comparing the Standard to other similar FDA standards in food;
3. Review the "Description of Requirements" to ensure the requirements provide program flexibility and include items generally part of a retail food program;
4. Review Standard 5 "Data Review and Analysis" from a sampling of jurisdictions to determine if certain data analysis requirements typically have no or such limited data to make the information not valuable;
5. Review the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) to consider inclusion of specific components.
6. Propose amendments to Standard 5 of the VNRFRPS;
7. Report back committee findings and recommendations to the 2022 Biennial Meeting.