1. MFRPS “LESSONS LEARNED” Steve Stich New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets San Diego, CA March 9-13, 2015

2. MFRPS “LESSONS LEARNED” Standard 1 – Regulatory foundation Standard 2 – Training Standard 4 – Auditing programs Standard 5 - Response

3. 1 - Regulatory Foundation Not all CFRs adopted by reference Department priorities Support from Counsel’s Office Adoption lag/lack of “auto-adoption” Annual Departmental submissions Federal reg adoption process (SOP)

4. 2 - Training Training records for veteran inspectors Training inspections (retail/mfg) Development of training database Continuing education tracking Training Officer Training program SOP

5. 4 – Audit Program Separation of retail/mfg foods Audit criteria Audit SOPs Document control Expansion of audit program areas Consumer complaints Inspector daily (activity) reports Enforcement actions

6. 5 - Response Separation of MFRPS and RRT Re-evaluation of MOUs Standard Operating Procedures Illness investigations Traceback/forward Environmental sampling Recalls

7. Other Challenges If there isn’t a record, it didn’t happen Document control Establishing timelines Standard Operating Procedures Corrective actions I.T. Systems Collateral pressures Establishing sustainability

8. The Road to MFRPS 2007 – Sign me up! 2008 – Wait, what did we sign up for? 2010 – CSOs - Implementation branch of OP 2012 – 1 st Performance measures assessment 2012 – MFRPS grant 2013 – New hires under the grant 2015 – The sustainability experience