Building upon Arizona’s Progress towards Conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS)

项目总结/摘要 该项目旨在继续全州的努力，以符合食品和药物管理局的 (FDA)自愿性国家零售食品监管计划标准（VNRFRPS）。该项目的重点是 更新亚利桑那州的零售食品监管基础，通过采用2017年FDA食品法典， 正式的规则制定过程。这将导致一个全州一致的监管环境， 造福行业、监管机构和亚利桑那州的公民。提供一致的零售食品监管 结合最新科学的环境，更加注重预防食源性疾病 通过积极的管理控制来控制风险因素，并强调制定战略 纠正失控的食源性疾病风险因素，最终预防食源性疾病 亚利桑那州的疫情，有助于全国范围内努力减少食源性疾病的负担， 并推进全国一体化粮食系统的努力。 该项目的其他重要方面包括对VNRFRPS标准2和5的支持。下 标准2，训练有素的监管人员，将分配资源组织全州范围的培训活动 为监管人员提供与零售食品监管机构会面和合作的机会， 其他州分享最佳实践和创新方法，以符合VNRFRPS。下 标准5，疫情应对，将分配资源继续建立系统， 确保在食源性疾病爆发时作出迅速和全面的反应。 作为遵守VNRFRPS的州领导者，ADHS将继续与亚利桑那州合作 县和部落合作伙伴分享，创建和实施政策，程序和指导， 结果符合VNRFRPS，并进一步支持开发强有力的证据， 以预防为重点的零售食品监管计划，保护公众健康， 确保国家粮食供应安全。

Project Summary/Abstract This project aims to continue statewide efforts to conform with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS). The project focuses on updating Arizona’s retail food regulatory foundation by adopting the 2017 FDA Food Code through a formal rule making process. This would result in a regulatory environment that is consistent statewide, benefiting industry, regulators, and the citizens of Arizona. Providing a consistent retail food regulatory environment that incorporates the latest science, places greater focus on preventing foodborne illness risk factor violations through active managerial control, and emphasizes the development of strategies to correct out-of-control foodborne illness risk factors that will ultimately prevent foodborne illness outbreaks in Arizona, contribute to the nationwide effort to reduce the burdens of foodborne illness, and advance efforts for a nationally integrated food system. Other important aspects of this project include support for standards 2 and 5 of the VNRFRPS. Under Standard 2, Trained Regulatory Staff, resources will be allocated to organize statewide training events for regulatory staff and provide opportunities to meet and work with retail food regulatory agencies in other states to share best practices and innovative ways to gain conformance with the VNRFRPS. Under Standard 5, Outbreak Response, resources will be allocated to continue the creation of systems that ensure a rapid and comprehensive response to foodborne illness outbreaks when they occur. As a state leader on conformance with the VNRFRPS, ADHS will continue to collaborate with Arizona counties and tribal partners to share, create, and implement policies, procedures, and guidance that result in conformance with the VNRFRPS and that further support the development of strong, evidence- based, and prevention-focused retail food regulatory programs statewide that protect public health and ensure the safety of the national food supply.