PrevMed1- Reg Agencies

to ensure public food supply is safe, wholesome, and appropriately labeled

US Dept of Health and Human Services (HHS); USDA

• all domestic and imported foods sold in interstate commerce, EXCEPT meat, poultry, and eggs
• bottled water and wine
• food, drugs, medical devices, biologics, animal feeds/ drugs, cosmetics, radiation emitting products, combination products
• labelling!!

• inspecting food production establishments and food warehouses
• regulating an monitoring pet foods, animal feeds, vet drugs and devices
• reviews safety of food additives before marketing
• force a company to recall a product, injunctions, suspensions

• traditional meat and poultry (except they do regulate game meats and fish, shelled eggs)
• pesticides (shared with EPA and USDA)
• restaurants and grocery stores (moreso local and county health departments) 
• water (unless it's bottled; tap water and bodies of water are regulated by EPA)

• domestic and imported meat and poultry, processes egg products
• provides inspection for meat and poultry products sold in interstate commerce

• inspects food animals for disease before and after slaughter
• inspects meat and poultry slaughter and processing plants
• collects and analyses samples of food products for microbial and chemical contaminants

• domestic and imported meat and poultry and related products, such a meat, poultry- containing stews, pizzas, frozen foods
• processed egg products (liquid, frozen, and dried pasteurized egg products)
• meat from ratites (ostriches, emus) and quail
• imported meat and poultry

• shiga-toxin producing E. coli in raw/ready to eat (RTE) products
• Listeria monocytogenes in raw or RTE products
• ANY pathogens in cooked products
• fecal material, ingesta, or milk of carcasses or carcass parts

FDA; FSIS

• drinking water- municipal supplies: establishes safe drinking water standards, regulate toxic substances and wastes, assists in state monitoring
• pesticides: determines safety of new pesticides, sets tolerance levels for residues in foods, publishes directions for safe use

• investigates food-bornes disease outbreaks
• food-borne disease surveillance
• public health policies to prevent food-borne diseases
• research
• training of local and state food safety personnel

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration- oversees fish and seafood products (usually wild caught)

oversees imported foods- works with federal regulatory agencies to ensure all goods entering and exiting the US do so according to laws and regulations

• all foods within their jurisdictions- work with FDA and other federal agencies to implement food safety standards to fish, seafood, milk, and other foods produced within state borders
• inspect restaurants, grocery stores, and other retail food establishments
• inspect dairy farms, milk processing plants, grain mills, food manufacturing plants
• embargo unsafe foods made or distributed within state borders

• Class I: Dangerous or defective products that predictably could cause serious health problems or death. Examples include: food found to contain botulinum toxin, food with undeclared allergens, a label mix-up on a lifesaving drug, or a defective artificial heart valve.
• Class II: Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.
• Class III: Products that are unlikely to cause any adverse health reaction, but that violate FDA labeling or manufacturing laws. Examples include: a minor container defect and lack of English labeling in a retail food.

• Class I: involves a health hazard situation in which there is a reasonable probability that eating the food will cause health problems or death.
• Class II: involves a potential health hazard situation in which there is a remote probability of adverse health consequences from eating the food.
• Class III: involves a situation in which eating the food will not cause adverse health consequences.

• regulates the manufacture and distribution of food additives and drugs to be given to animals
• regulates drugs, devices, and food additives given to or used on companion and food animals
• ensures that animal drugs and medicated feeds are safe and effective for intended uses
• ensures that food from treated animals are safe for human consumption
• monitors use of animal products through surveillance and compliance programs

• chloramphenicol
• clenbuterol
• diethylstilbesterol (DES)
• fluoroquinolone class antibiotics
• glycopeptides (vancomycin)
• nitromidazoles (metronidazole)
• nitrofurans (nitrofurazone)

• cephalosporin-class antibiotics
• phenylbutazone in lactating dairy
• sulfonamide-class antibiotics in lactating dairy cattle.
• gentian violet prohibited
• adamantane in poultry