In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we review the top food safety stories of 2022 and their impacts, the lessons learned, and what the future may hold for 2023 and beyond. Specifically, we discuss:

• COVID-19 and the resulting supply chain disruptions
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Agricultural Water Proposed Rule, also known as Subpart E of the Produce Safety Rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
• Food safety culture, a key topic of discussion at the 2022 Food Safety Summit (as well as the 2023 Summit to be held next May)
• The infant formula Cronobacter recall and resulting supply crisis
• USDA-FSIS' proposed regulatory framework for reducing Salmonella in poultry
• FDA's issuance of the Food Traceability Final Rule under FSMA Section 204(d)
• The Reagan-Udall Foundation's review of FDA's Human Foods Program.

News and Resources

COVID-19 and supply chain [3:56]

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/8041-supply-chain-management-a-year-in-review

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7478-supply-chain-woes-what-is-at-stake-and-what-will-change

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7943-focusing-aheadprocessors-priorities-for-the-near-term

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7670-supply-chain-recoveryprocessors-speak-out

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7816-the-return-to-normalready-to-travel-again

Agricultural water rule [16:03]

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7959-ep-125-dr-conrad-choiniere-moving-closer-to-zero-through-collaboration

https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-modernization-act-fsma/fsma-proposed-rule-agricultural-water

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7890-fda-extends-deadlines-for-agricultural-water-proposed-rule

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7606-fda-debuts-agricultural-water-assessment-builder

Food safety culture [21:07]

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/8211-current-knowledge-on-food-safety-culture-according-to-fda

https://www.fda.gov/media/163588/download

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7738-fss-2022-keynote-commitment-and-collaboration-in-food-safety-culture

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7824-free-food-safety-culture-toolkit-by-stop-foodborne-illness

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7750-fda-stop-foodborne-illness-co-host-third-webinar-on-food-safety-culture

Cultivate:

https://www.food-safety.com/events/533-one-size-fits-how-to-adapt-your-food-safety-culture-efforts-to-functional-ways-of-working

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7804-changing-culture-to-improve-food-safety

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7562-using-lean-tools-to-transform-your-food-safety-culture

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7479-introduction-to-global-food-safety-culture

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7560-global-food-safety-culture-europe

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7681-regional-culture-australia

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7818-global-food-safety-culture-asia

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7946-global-food-safety-culture-north-america

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/8054-global-food-safety-culture-latin-america

Catalyst LLC:

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7944-food-safety-culture-start-with-your-teams-well-being

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7904-ep-123-tia-glave-jill-stuber-coaching-fsq-leaders-to-drive-positive-change-in-culture

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7514-lights-camera-action-stepping-into-the-main-character-role-as-fsq-leader

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7563-maturity-in-food-safety-culture-at-any-size

Infant formula recall [34:48]

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/8042-ep-130-kim-livsey-leading-a-food-safety-incident-management-team

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7564-fda-issues-warning-on-powdered-infant-formula-produced-by-abbott-nutrition

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7744-fda-allows-abbott-nutrition-to-resume-production-releases-industry-guidance

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7830-senate-mandates-fda-to-ensure-infant-formula-safety-supply

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/8007-fda-releases-review-of-response-to-infant-formula-supply-crisis-addresses-improvements

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/8137-fda-prevention-strategy-to-enhance-infant-formula-food-safety-supports-elevating-cronobacter-infection-to-nationally-notifiable-disease

USDA-FSIS and Salmonella in poultry [47:50]

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/8209-episode-134-sandra-eskin-how-usda-fsis-is-tackling-emsalmonella-em-in-poultry

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7915-usda-fsis-declares-salmonella-an-adulterant-in-breaded-stuffed-raw-chicken-products

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/8064-usda-fsis-proposed-regulatory-framework-for-reducing-salmonella-in-poultry-may-declare-salmonella-an-adulterant

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/8043-continuous-improvement-model-for-reducing-salmonella-in-poultry

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7939-a-critical-look-at-reducing-the-risk-of-salmonella-from-poultrypart-1

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/8029-spotlight-a-critical-look-at-reducing-the-risk-of-salmonella-from-poultrypart-2

Traceability [56:58]

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/21/2022-24417/requirements-for-additional-traceability-records-for-certain-foods

https://www.food-safety.com/events/604-fda-s-tech-enabled-traceability-new-standards-to-improve-food-system-transparency

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/8139-fda-issues-fsma-food-traceability-final-rule-holds-briefing

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7739-fss-2022-building-a-blueprint-for-tech-enabled-traceability

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/8160-the-need-for-greater-traceability-and-transparency-in-the-food-supply-chain

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7628-new-pti-working-group-aims-to-enhance-traceability-through-technology

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7685-summary-of-produce-traceability-best-practices

Reagan-Udall Foundation Review [1:06:10]

https://reaganudall.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/Human%20Foods%20Program%20Independent%20Expert%20Panel%20Final%20Report%20120622.pdf

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-provides-update-external-evaluation-strengthen-agencys-human-foods-program

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/8184-independent-review-guides-a-new-vision-for-fda-human-foods-program

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7894-fda-to-evaluate-human-foods-program

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/7992-experts-to-review-fda-human-foods-program-announced

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