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1. FSMA FRIDAYS
The Latest Industry News, Updates & Trends
November 2018

2. MONTHLY INDUSTRY UPDATE
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Regulation Changes & Updates
Industry Trends
Q&A with TAG
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WHAT WE WILL COVER
FSMA News & Updates
FSMA Focus: Intentional Adulteration & Food Defense
Industry Preparedness Survey
Audience Q&A

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Presenters
Brian Sharp
President, SafetyChain
Benjamin Miller, PhD, MPH, RS
Senior Director, Food Safety

6. FSMA NEWS

7. FSMA FOCUS

8. Fall 2018
250 Survey Responders
Sponsored by:

9. FSMA Intentional Adulteration (IA) Rule Background
• Establishes requirements to prevent or significantly minimize acts
intended to cause wide-scale public health harm
• Uses a HACCP-type approach with important differences from the
Preventive Controls for Human Food rule
• Is risk-based and flexible
• Compliance dates:
• July 26, 2021: Very small businesses
[averaging less than $10,000,000 per year in sales]
• July 27, 2020: Small businesses
[business with fewer than 500 FTE employees]
• July 26, 2019: All other businesses!

10. 250 participants
• United States (73%)
• Canada (7%)
• Outside US/CA (20%)

13. Survey Key Themes: Four Needs
1. Awareness Building
2. Training
3. Plan Revision
4. Preparedness Exercises

14. Need for Awareness Building

15. Need for Awareness Building

16. Need for Training

17. Two elements to training:
1. General awareness
• Everyone
• FDA online course is sufficient
2. Specific training
• How to implement the mitigation strategies
• Food defense qualified individual
Need for Training
Focus on Individuals at Actionable Process
Steps
• Line workers
• Supervisors

18. Need for Plan Revision

19. Need for Plan Revision
Yes
87%
No
9%
Unsure
4%
Does your plan contain a vulnerability
assessment and mitigation strategies?

20. Need for Plan Revision
Plan developed prior to FDA Guidance? Probably not compliant!
20
Vulnerability
Analysis
Mitigation
Strategies
Monitoring
Corrective
Actions
Verification
Reanalysis
Documentation
KAT or every
“Point, Step,
Procedure”
Training
FDQI &
Awareness
KAT (Key Activity Types)
FDQI (Food Defense Qualified Individual)
Actionable
Process
Steps (3
elements)

21. Need for Preparedness Exercises

22. Other questions included:
• IA breach taken place
• Individual facility preparedness
• Understanding risks and potential costs
Survey Results Available in December
Sign-up for TAG’s weekly newsletter or email us to receive results:
info@achesongroup.com

23. Q & A

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Food Quality Management System
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