Food Product Recalls What the Retail Food Industry

Food Product Recalls What the Retail Food Industry Needs to Know about Food Recalls

The Role of NC DENR Protect the consumers served by DENRregulated facilities from potentially contaminated food!

Facilities Regulated by NC DENR Restaurants Food Stands Push Carts Mobile Food Units Hospitals Long-Term Care Facilities Elderly Nutrition Sites Summer Feeding Sites Nursing Homes Residential Cares Therapeutic Homes Schools Child Care Centers Camps Confinement Facilities Lodging

*Licensing Agencies DHHS Division of Health Services Regulation ◦ ◦ ◦ Hospitals Nursing Homes Long-Term Care Facilities Residential Cares Therapeutic Homes Division of Child Development ◦ Child Care Centers ◦ Child Care Homes Department of Corrections • Jails • Prisons Department of Public Instruction • Public Schools • Public School Lunchrooms

Effectiveness Checks Site visits to selected locations ◦ Likely to have purchased products ◦ May serve highly susceptible population Identify Ensure recalled products that recalled products are removed from service

What Retail Food Establishments Need to Know Maintain day‑to‑day awareness of new food product recalls ◦ www. fda. gov ◦ www. fsis. gov ◦ Manufacturing companies ◦ Distributing companies ◦ media

What Retail Food Establishments Need to Know Identify Recalled Products that you may have received ◦ Product name, including all brand names and generic names ◦ Product code numbers (such as lot/unit numbers, expiration dates, use‑by dates and UPC codes) ◦ Product description (such as powder, liquid, ready‑to‑eat, expected shelf‑life, packaging type and size).

What Retail Food Establishments Need to Know Remove facility Recalled Products from your ◦ Including: all recalled food products and menu items containing the recalled products as ingredients ◦ Segregate from other food products and returned to the vendor or destroy ◦ Detailed instructions from the manufacturer or regulatory authority will specify the methods to use for product destruction

What Retail Food Establishments Need to Know Develop a Plan ◦ The plan (procedures) should include: the person(s) responsible for receiving information on food product recalls the procedures for how the information is communicated to key employees the procedures by which the products are identified and removed from service, and the procedures for how new, safe products will be put into inventory.

Contact Information Cris Harrelson Food Defense Coordinator (910) 840 -4607 Cris. harrelson@ncdenr. gov