Advancing Connecticut's Conformance with the FDA Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards

项目摘要 康涅狄格州公共卫生部（CT DPH）食品保护计划 (FPP)旨在通过提高食品质量来降低食源性疾病的风险， 地方卫生部门对食品服务机构进行检查。一 食品法规缺乏统一的应用已经得到国家和 在康涅狄格州由FPP，当地卫生部门和食品行业。联邦 美国食品和药物管理局（FDA）制定了自愿国家零售食品 监管计划标准，以提高监管计划之间的一致性， 负责执行食品保护法。该项目的目标是实现 符合标准#4，统一检查程序，通过开发自我- 地方卫生部门使用的评估和质量保证计划 和FPP。 有了一名兼职工作人员，FPP将有必要的资源用于 制定、审查、试行和促进地方政府的自我评估方案， 卫生部门。当地卫生部门将利用该计划审查 检查数据，重点是查明违反风险因素的频率， 食源性疾病重点往往是完成的检查次数 而不是检查的质量，这对确保 查明并纠正最常导致食源性疾病的违规行为。当地 卫生部门主管将利用该计划与工作人员合作， 注意到的缺陷。 FPP还将制定和使用质量保证计划，以审计 地方卫生部门进行自我评估，以确保认识到不足之处 并由当地卫生部门处理。FPP可以帮助当地的健康 各部门通过制定和提供 程序供其使用。

Project Summary The Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH) Food Protection Program (FPP) seeks to reduce the risk for foodborne disease by improving the quality of inspections of food service establishments conducted by local health departments. A lack of uniform application of food regulations has been recognized both nationally and in Connecticut by the FPP, local health departments, and the food industry. The Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) developed the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards to improve uniformity among regulatory programs with responsibility for enforcing food protection laws. The goal of this project is to achieve conformance with Standard #4, Uniform Inspection Program, by developing self- assessment and quality assurance programs to be used by the local health departments and the FPP. With a part-time staff person, the FPP will have the resources necessary to devote to the development, review, pilot, and promotion of a self-assessment program for local health departments. The program will be utilized by local health departments to review inspection data with a focus on the frequency of identification of risk factor violations for foodborne disease. Too often the focus is on the number of inspections completed rather than the quality of inspections that can have the most impact on ensuring the violations that most often cause foodborne illness are identified and corrected. Local health department supervisors will use the program to work with staff to address any noted deficiencies. A quality assurance program will also be developed and used by the FPP to audit the local health department self-assessments to ensure that deficiencies are recognized and addressed by the local health departments. The FPP can assist local health departments in improving the uniformity of inspections by developing and providing this program for their use.