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RETAIL FOOD OPERATIONAL PLAN
Annex 4 Year:
Performance Goal IV Activities
Performance Goal IV: Implementation of the recommendations
in the Office of Inspector General’s final report on “Retail
Food Safety” (September 7, 2001) and supporting activities.
(Note: Bold font indicates that the activity has been completed)
2002
- Review and begin to assemble existing user aids to the Food
Code (e.g. spec. sheets, AFDO Pocket Guide) into a packet (an inspectors’ operations
manual for Code implementation).
- Identify gaps and additional needs and begin to revise packet as
necessary.
- Provide a recruitment clearinghouse on the web announcing
regulatory vacancies.
- Respond to 2002 CFP recommendations.
- In FY 2002 and at least through FY 2004 -- Continue on-going
work with states, CDC and Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
(CSTE) to support increased state involvement in EHS-Net and share
lessons learned.
- Continue to work with CDC, NACCHO, USDA and others on school
food safety initiatives.
- Identify gaps in federal food safety regulations applied
to federal agencies that oversee highly susceptible populations through
the Federal Food Safety Coalition.
2003
- Compile and make available to regulatory agencies a list of agencies
using electronic software; information on what has been developed;
and information on cost/benefit analysis done by at least one jurisdiction.
- Develop procedure for issuing interim guidance or changes
to the Food Code during the 4-year interval between full editions.
- Develop an Inspector’s Operations Manual for Food Code Implementation
for distribution to States, locals, and others. Gather feedback on
the applicability and ease of use. Revise Food Code Annex 4 for consistency
with the manual.
- Satellite broadcasting of products of the 2001 Innovative
Food Safety grants.
- Continue EIS development and implementation (re-evaluation
of the project resulted in its discontinuation due to the availability
of software programs in the public domain).
- Assist Minnesota Department of Agriculture in the implementation
of EIS in its food safety inspection program.
- Release EIS and its accompanying User Manual (re-evaluation
of the project resulted in its discontinuation due to the availability
of software programs in the public domain).
- Explore contract funding & system development for EIS
to accommodate either the Oracle-formatted baseline data or other
database software “off the shelf” such as Microsoft Access
(re-evaluation of the project resulted in its discontinuation due
to the availability of software programs in the public domain).
2004
- Compile and make available to regulatory agencies a list of agencies
using electronic software; information on what has been developed;
and information on cost/benefit analysis done by at least one jurisdiction.
- Develop an Inspector’s Operations Manual for Food Code Implementation
for distribution to States, locals, and others. Gather feedback on
the applicability and ease of use. Revise Food Code Annex 4 for consistency
with the manual.
- Work with ASTHO, NACCHO, and NALBO.
- Satellite broadcasting of products of the 2002 Innovative Food Safety
grants.
- Begin to assemble and update the 2001 Food Code and supplement, based
on the 2004 Conference of Food Protection.
- Participate with CDC in workgroups, seminars and other activities
that overlap with retail food initiatives in order to improve and coordination
and consistency of messages to stakeholders.
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