standard 5: traceback & trace-forward lessons from minnesota
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Standard 5: Traceback & Trace-forward Lessons from Minnesota. Carrie E. Rigdon, PhD Rapid Response Team Supervisor Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:30 – 3:30PM. How will you benefit from this session?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Standard 5: Traceback & Trace-forward Lessons from MinnesotaCarrie E. Rigdon, PhDRapid Response Team Supervisor
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Tuesday, March 11, 20141:30 – 3:30PM
How will you benefit from this session?
• Traceback/trace-forward (TB/TF) investigations help solve outbreaks
= preventing illness, saving lives• Save time, be more efficient,
coordinate better= save $ and ↓ extra work
• Help meet the standard
Audience TB/TF Gauge
Show of hands…– Have TB/TF procedures
already?– Actively training and
using?– Need to improve
proficiency?– Conducting
informational TBs?
Let’s look at the Standard…
“Coordinate the traceback and trace-forward of food implicated in
an illness, injury, or outbreak”
What key words do you see?
Communication and coordination are foundational
• Meet with your federal, state, and locals• Set expectations – especially with Epi and EH– What are your triggers?– How do you define “implicated”?– What info do you need? What info
do they need?• Have a communications plan
or SOP
Std 5 & Std 7 Connection: Traceback outreach with industry
• Inform establishments of traceback importance and procedures
• Discuss expectations and legal/statutory basis for records collection
• Add industry QA/Food Safety Directors’ contacts to your Std. 5 contact list
Resource: Best Practices ManualTracebacks Chapter
• Regulatory and informational tracebacks• Typical problems and potential solutions• Resources list complete with URL links• Great examples for TB diagrams,
timelines, and data collectiontools
Tip: Create flow diagrams for your SOPs and procedures
Tip: Add templates and job aids to SOP
Developed by MI Dept. of Agriculture & Rural Development
Tip: Use legal references in all commun- ications
Additional Resources• References– FDA Investigations Operations Manual 8.3.5.5– FDA Guide to Traceback of Fresh Fruits and
Vegetables– CIFOR Guidelines
• Training– ORA U traceback courses– FDA ER220 traceback course
National Initiatives• Improving traceback coordination in multi-
state outbreak investigations– Palantir pilot w/FDA and States– FoodSHIELD pilot w/FDA and States (PFP Recalls
& Response WG project)• Setting industry standards for
traceability – IFT Global Food Traceability Center– GS1
Questions?
Contact Information
Carrie Rigdon
Rapid Response Team Supervisor
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Email: [email protected]