Review of Issues Associated with Seafood Safety and Inspection: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, October 17, 1989This committee report examines the issues associated with seafood safety and the possibility of having seafood inspection added to the existing meat inspection and poultry inspection regulations. |
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Page 139 - Administration (FDA) and NOAA goals are the same: to ensure that safe, wholesome, and properly labeled fishery products are sold in interstate commerce. FDA operates a compliance program to ensure that seafoods are in compliance with the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as amended, and other legislative acts. Additionally, that Agency participates in cooperation with States and industry associations in conducting specific seafood surveillance programs such as the National...
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Page 202 - HACCP programs and port -of -entry inspections if and when the surveillance shows persistent presence of toxins at levels of concern. o Economic violation enforcement. The inspection system should include monitoring for economic abuses. Under the present regulatory system, economic violations do not receive intensive enforcement efforts. Since certain economic violations can result in safety concerns, we believe there is need to provide increased enforcement capabilities in this area. Increased enforcement...
Page 156 - Even the US Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services issued Dietary Guidelines for Americans in 1980 that call for diets lower in fat.
Page 199 - ... hazard preventive measure; O Assign relative importance for the hazards; o Define the critical control or monitoring points; and o Identify the records necessary to assure compliance. We believe that the HACCP systems should be mandated as the key regulatory tool of an improved inspection system. We also believe that the overall comprehensive seafood regulatory system should include the following elements: o Certification of Plants. This would involve an initial inspection of facilities and procedures;...
Page 141 - Safety research includes activities that address a continuing concern regarding the impact of environmentally and process-induced contamination of seafood on consumers and the fishing industry. NMFS's quality research efforts are directed to improving the overall quality of US seafood marketed domestically and internationally. Utilization Research Programs dealing with fishery product quality and safety are located in these NMFS facilities: Gloucester, MA; Charleston, SC; Pascagoula, MS; Seattle,...
Page 200 - ... involve an initial inspection of facilities and procedures; in short, assurance that the facility has the capability of producing wholesome product. The facility requirements would have to be specific to the type of processing and species handled. Certification would involve a registry of plants. o Surveillance of operations. This aspect would require HACCP procedures by the plant operator and inspection to verify plant adherence to these on an as needed basis by the designated authority. The...
Page 195 - Such a proactive program is needed because of significant changes occurring in our industry. Included are: o Emergence of new species of fish on the market from new areas of the world. One of the attributes of the industry is the variety provided by new products, orange roughy, dory, hoki to name a few. o Emergence of processing operations in developing nations.