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

The Role of NC DENR Protect the consumers served by DENR- regulated 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 Department of Corrections 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 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 recalled products Ensure that recalled products are removed from service

What Retail Food Establishments Need to Know Maintain day ‑ to ‑ day awareness of new food product recalls ◦ ◦ ◦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 Recalled Products from your facility ◦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)