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Salmonella Saintpaul report provides recommendations Source of Article: http://www.ift.org/news_bin/news/news_home.shtml 11/20/2008-A recent report released by the Produce Safety Project (PSP),
an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts at The report, entitled “Breakdown: Lessons to be learned from the 2008 Salmonella
Saintpaul outbreak,” calls for preventive
safety standards for fresh produce, reform of the public-health system’s
organization and outbreak response, and establishment of unified risk
communication plans. According to the PSP, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to
use its existing statutory authorities to establish mandatory and enforceable
safety standards for fresh produce. It is noted that the FDA has already used
existing authorities to put in place preventative safety standards for
seafood in 1995 and for juice in 2001. In addition, the PSP sees the need for organizational reforms throughout
the public health system for a more coordinated outbreak response. The report
raises questions about how timely and effectively data was shared between
public health agencies and if it contributed to a delayed identification of
jalapeno and Serrano peppers as a vehicle for Salmonella Saintpaul. Finally, the PSP expresses the need to have established and unified risk
communication plans in place before an outbreak. According to the report,
from the beginning of the outbreak, public-health communication to the media
and the public was disjointed and confusing. |
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