SERVSAFE: CHAPTER 14 - FOOD SAFETY REGULATION AND

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SERVSAFE: CHAPTER 14 - FOOD SAFETY REGULATION AND

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Question 1: What is the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)?

Answer:

inspect food and perform other critical duties; regulates and inspects meat, poultry, and eggs; also regulates food that crosses state boundaries or involves more than one state

Question 2: What does the Center for Disease Control and Prevention do (CDC)?

Answer:

help with food safety; is an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services; they assist the FDA, USDA, and state and local regulatory authorities by providing the following services: investigating outbreaks of foodborne illness, studying the causes and control of disease, publishing statistical date and case studies in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, providing education services in the field of sanitation, conducting the Vessel Sanitation Program--an inspection program for cruise ships

Question 3: What do the state and local regulatory authorities do?

Answer:

create regulations and inspect operations; inspect operations, enforcing regulations, investigating complaints and illnesses, issuing licenses and permits, approving construction, reviewing and approving HACCP plans regulatory authorities write or adopt food codes that regulate retail and foodservice operations (food codes may differ from the FDA's, infact they differ from state to state)

Question 4: What does the US Public Health Service do (PHS)?

Answer:

help with food safety; assists the FDA, USDA, and state and local regulatory authorities; conducts research into the causes of foodborne-illness outbreaks; also assists in investigating outbreaks Question 5: What are some challenges the industry has in setting uniform food safety rules?

Answer:

food codes differ widely from one state or locality to anothe; therefore, foodservice managers need to consult with their regulatory authorities to find out which regulations apply to their operation

Question 6: What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?

Answer:

inspect food and perform other critical duties; the FDA inspect all food meat, poultry, and eggs; the agency also regulates food transported across state lines; issues the FDA Food Code; provides technical support and training which is available for industry and regulatory agencies

Question 7: What is the FDA's Food Code?

Answer:

is a science based code that provides recommendations for food safety regulations; was created for city, country, state, and tribal agencies; although the FDA recommends that states adopt its published Food Code, it cannot require it

Question 8: What do health inspectors do?

Answer:

state and local health inspectors conduct restaurant and foodservice inspections in most states; theyre trained in food safety, sanitation, and public health princples