The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a checklist to assist human and animal food operations during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The checklist is useful for firms growing, harvesting, packing, manufacturing, processing, or holding human and animal food regulated by the FDA when assessing or restarting operations during the pandemic.

The first section of the checklist focuses on employee health and social distancing, which includes considerations for employee wellbeing, employee screening, and operation configuration for social distancing to prevent or minimize the spread of COVID-19. The second section of the checklist focuses on food safety, which includes considerations when restarting operations after a shutdown, and reassessing operations to make changes due to COVID-19 such as changes to personnel, suppliers, and incoming ingredients, on food safety or Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan, as well as current good manufacturing practices (CGMPs).

Session Highlights:-

• Food Safety and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• USDA and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Agriculture Workers and Employers Interim Guidance
• Meat and Poultry processing workers and employer Interim guidance
• Protecting Seafood processing workers from COVID-19 Interim guidance
• How to report a temporary closure or significantly reduced production by a Human Food Establishment and Requesting FDA assistance during the COVID-19 public health emergency
• FDA’s Re-opening Best Practices Checklist and Infographic for retail food establishments that closed or partially closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Who Should Attend:-

• Regulatory personnel
• Quality Assurance personnel
• OSHA Professionals
• EHS Personals
• CEOs, VPs, and Directors in food supply companies      
• Food safety and quality specialists
• Compliance officers
• Transportation managers
• Human Resource Professionals
• Food processors, distributors, retailers, transporters, distributors, and restaurant chains