潜水简介:
- 美国食品药品监督管理局宣布的例行检查将于今年春季开始，根据《食品安全现代法》的生产安全规则，最大的国内和国际农产品农场，据《食品导航员》报道。
- According to a Feb. 7 statement从FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, states will be doing most routine inspections to determine whether farms are complying with "science-based standards for thesafe growing, harvesting, packing and holding, of fruits and vegetables."
- Gottlieb noted FDA has coordinated with a diverse group of stakeholders to help gear up for these inspections, and he said the agency will continue making resources available. So far, he said FDA has granted more than $85 million to 46 states and one territory to develop their inspection infrastructure. The agency has supported inspector training, issued draft guidance, shared expertise, and participated in creating a自愿农场准备审查计划和farm inspection forms.
潜水见解：
现在，根据产品安全规则的第一次农场检查将很快开始，问题是参与每个人是否准备就绪。从那以后，到达这一点已经花费了很多努力FSMA— the first major food safety reform legislation in more than 70 years —became law in 2011。
“当时，美国生产农民以及向美国出口的国家的农民，从未受到这种级别的联邦食品安全监督，坦率地说，我们在FDA中有很多事情可以了解农民面临的独特挑战每天面对。”戈特利布在2月7日的声明中说。“采取预防措施解决食品安全问题的想法是一种新的现代监管方法，有望为消费者带来巨大的好处。”
Timelines have shifted throughout the different sections of FSMA. Routine inspections of large domestic and international produce farms were supposed to start a year ago, but operators told the FDA they needed more time to make sure enough training and information was available to help them comply. The agency agreed and postponed the first inspections until this spring. Smaller produce operations — those earning more than $250,000 but less than $500,000 annually — have until spring of 2020 to meet the requirements.
农业水和与测试相关的检查是该规则要求的一部分，have also been postponedbecause of objections from farm operations. The FDAextended those compliance deadlinesfour years for very small businesses, three years for small ones and two years for all others. This was a controversial move because of increasing foodborne illness outbreaks linked to fresh produce — with some追溯到灌溉资源。
面临检查的大型国内和国际农场需要满足有关生物土壤修正案，驯养和野生动物，工人培训，健康和卫生以及设备，工具和建筑物的规则要求。除了FDA以来考虑生芽的生产提出独特的安全风险。
自FDA及其州和地方合作伙伴汇集了大量资源以帮助参与人员以来，建立安全规则执法的漫长时期可能是值得的。该机构向大多数州和一个领土提供的赠款，以及一项资助的领土，以及教育，外展和技术援助，以帮助填补差距。
According to Food Navigator, 350 farmers have already signed up for the On-Farm Readiness Review program coordinated by the FDA, theNational Association of State Departments of Agriculture, and state and cooperative extension food safety leaders. That tool walks produce growers through the steps they'll be facing when on-farm inspections begin in earnest later this spring. With such a complex rule — and given the food safety problems it's meant to help solve — there will likely be bumps along the road, as there usually are when government regulations are involved.
The Produce Safety Rule may also need to be updated since the law was signed eight years ago and conditions on the ground may have changed. Recent produce contamination episodes — withthree outbreaks of foodborne illness仅在过去的一年中，与罗马梅的生菜和其他绿叶蔬菜有关 - 促使该行业发展实施标签协议。FDA还表示，正在加强romaine抽样和测试，以检测沿供应链的污染。这两种发展都可以帮助消费者对新鲜农产品安全的担忧。
农场检查以及其他监管和运营变更可能最终开始处理美国和异物污染。在购买和消费新鲜农产品方面，它们还可能使消费者更有信心。需求继续增加，因此有一个内置的选区。根据新希望网络，新鲜食品占2017年超市购买的近三分之一，而杂货店外围的销售额在其他食品和饮料部门的增长率都超过了。毫无疑问，提高产量食品安全实践将增加这一点，但是在包括水测试成分之前，该规则可能无法实现FMSA下设想的所有目标。
