Food Safety. Topics of Discussion. Food Safety. Minimizing Risk While Maximizing Control 11/21/2013. The Ten Worst Human Fears (in the U.S.

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While Maximizing Control Ed Hosoda 48 million people (1 in 6 Americans) get sick every year 128,000 are hospitalized 3,000 die Food Safety Modernization Act Signed into law January 4, 2011 Food

1 While Maximizing Control Ed Hosoda 48 million people (1 in 6 Americans) get sick every year 128,000 are hospitalized 3,000 die Food Safety Modernization Act Signed into law January 4, 2011 Food Safety 2 Food Safety Modernization Act Topics of Discussion Enables FDA to focus on prevention rather than reaction Provides FDA with enforcement authority Enables FDA to respond to and contain problems when they occur Food Safety is the Goal Ways to Reduce Risk Ways to Maximize Control Putting It All Together RISK BENEFIT 3 4 The Ten Worst Human Fears (in the U.S.) 10. Dogs 9. Loneliness 8. Flying 7. Death 6. Sickness 5. Deep Water 4. Financial Problems 3. Insects 2. Heights 1. Speaking Before a Group Food Safety 5 6 1

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2 Hot Topic Salmonella Facility Inspections 7 8 Hot Topic Salmonella Presence of Salmonella Cattle manure 10-25% Poultry manure 29% Rodents can be heavily infected Birds (pigeons) 2% of pigeon feces Cardinal Professional Products 9 10 How Do We Reduce Risk? Education First & Foremost (After Getting Management Support!!!) Learn about Integrated Pest Management Many resources available Management Support Education IPM

3 Pest Management Eliminate Food, Water & Harborage Sanitation Evaluation IPM Monitoring Exclusion Using Pest Mgmt. Tools Exclusion

4 3/7 4/18 8/1 8/20 5/11 8/27 9/5 9/17 10/1 10/17 10/31 11/18 11/30 5/20 7/7 11/21/2013 Monitoring Using Pest Mgmt. Tools = Minimizing Pesticides Low Impact Pesticides Using Pheromones Using Pest Mgmt. Tools What is the Public s Perception of Pesticides? CIDETRAK Applications CIDETRAK IMM Trial in Cocoa Beans??? 1600 Insecticide Treatments 2008: 1400 Insecticide 1200 Treatments 2009: C I D E T R A K January February March April May June July AugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

No. Moths/Week/Trap 11/21/2013 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Cadra cautella 1 Trap/9,360 ft 3, 3,567,320 ft 3 Total, Test Period 8/94-6/98 MD Devices Placed 0 May-90 Aug-90 Nov-90 Feb-91 May-91 Jul-91 Oct-91

5 No. Moths/Week/Trap 11/21/ Cadra cautella 1 Trap/9,360 ft 3, 3,567,320 ft 3 Total, Test Period 8/94-6/98 MD Devices Placed 0 May-90 Aug-90 Nov-90 Feb-91 May-91 Jul-91 Oct-91 Jan-92 Apr-92 Jul-92 Oct-92 Jan-93 Apr-93 Jul-93 Oct-93 Jan-94 Apr-94 Jul California Success Stories CIDETRAK Users Large dried fruit warehouse Mid-size almond processor in Modesto area Bean warehouse in Modesto area Results Excellent IMM control Reduced pesticide use Reduced labor for applications Mitigation of potential exposure to workers and food products Green application $ Saved Source: Phillip Nickson et al., CSIRO Using Fumigants Phosphine Fires Transitioning Methyl Bromide History

6 Remember the Deformed Frogs? Bald Eagle, Endangered Species Why? Cardinal Professional Products Delta Smelt Declining Population Minimizing Risk 35 Cardinal Professional Products 36 6

7 37 38 Sanitizing Mats 39 Birds Birds carry many diseases pigeon ornithosis (psittacossis) Newcastle disease aspergillosis pseudotuberculosis pigeon coccidiosis toxoplasmosis Encephalitis Salmonella found in 2% of pigeon feces

Cardinal Professional Products 43 44 Pesticide News Pesticide News

Organic Foods Pesticide News No synthetic inputs Pesticides

8 Cardinal Professional Products Pesticide News Pesticide News Cardinal Professional Products 45 Cardinal Professional Products 46 Organic Foods Pesticide News No synthetic inputs Pesticides Fertilizers GMO s Irradiation Food additives Cardinal Professional Products

Bacillus thuringiensis Beauveria bassiana Botanical products Diatomaceous earth Garlic Limonene Orange oil Vitamin D 3 OMRI List Neem cake Neem extract oils Pheromones Pyrethrum Soaps Spinosad Sticky

9 Bacillus thuringiensis Beauveria bassiana Botanical products Diatomaceous earth Garlic Limonene Orange oil Vitamin D 3 OMRI List Neem cake Neem extract oils Pheromones Pyrethrum Soaps Spinosad Sticky traps Carbon dioxide OMRI List National Organic Program 7CFR Part 205 Pest Management Basics: 51 Cardinal Professional Products 52 Insects Have Enormous Reproductive Capacity! 1 pair of Drosophila (fruit fly) can have 25 generations/yr. Under ideal conditions (no predators, extreme conditions) can generate offspring (a bug ball 96 million miles in diameter) Cardinal Professional Products 53 Population Growth of Flour Beetles 400 eggs/female, 50% males and females Months Total Eggs Total Females Total Insects ,000 14,400 28, ,760,000 1,728,000 3,456,000 Cardinal Professional Products

10 Insects Are Remarkable! Preservation of Food Quality Annual losses in the US by insects = $3.5 billion Cardinal Professional Products 55 Cardinal Professional Products 56 Pesticide Facts 1 in 20,000 chemicals get registered Chemicals are subjected to more than 120 separate tests EPA approval takes 8-10 years Costs manufacturers $35-50 million for each product Pesticides & Food Safety According to the National Cancer Institute, there is no scientific evidence that ingestion of pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables causes cancer in humans Wide pesticide residue safety margins are maintained; a 150 lb. adult would have to eat 3,000 heads of lettuce each day for the rest of his or her life to ingest the amount of a pesticide found to cause health problems in laboratory mice Cardinal Professional Products 57 Cardinal Professional Products 58 Recent Quotes (From a 140 pg. Report Issued by the National Research Council) Eat and Enjoy Fat Riskier than Pesticides Rich Diets Bigger Threat than Chemicals National Research Council, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences More Quotes The thrust of the report is that excess calories, fat and alcohol are far greater threats for cancer in humans than known natural or synthetic carcinogens that exist in the food supply. O Robert Earl of the International Food Information Council in Washington, D.C. Cardinal Professional Products

More Facts From The Report Consumer Fears Over Food Safety There are 6,000 man-made or natural chemicals that are added to food There are 1,000,000 naturally occurring compounds found in food Natural

37 Percent of Pubic Concern Spoilage/germs 22 Tampering 18 17 Improper Packaging Pesticide Residues 11 Chemicals Percentage 61 62 Food Safety Concerns By Region Raley s Supermarket Percent of Public

11 More Facts From The Report Consumer Fears Over Food Safety There are 6,000 man-made or natural chemicals that are added to food There are 1,000,000 naturally occurring compounds found in food Natural mycotoxins generated by fungi are associated with elevated levels of cancer in humans Aroma from coffee contains 1,000 chemicals Caffeine causes cancer in laboratory animals Percent of Pubic Concern Spoilage/germs 22 Tampering Improper Packaging Pesticide Residues 11 Chemicals Percentage Food Safety Concerns By Region Raley s Supermarket Percent of Public Concern East Midwest South West Spoilage Tampering Improper Packaging Pesticide Residues Chemicals Cardinal Professional Products Raley s Supermarket Comparative Mammalian Toxicity IGR's Tempo Salt Pyrethrin Aspirin 1000 Diazinon 400 Deodorant 280 Dursban 280 Caffeine 250 Lacquer 100 Kerosene 50 Saccharin // 36,000 Oral LD Cardinal Professional Products

12 Toxicity of Common Items Toxicity of Common Items Common Table Salt LD 50 = 3,000 mg/kg Aspirin LD 50 ~ 1,000 mg/kg Toxicity of Common Items The Actual Risks Causing Death Pesticides 1 Vaccinations 10 Scholastic Football 23 Contraceptives 50 Home Appliances 200 Caffeine LD 50 =250 mg/kg Hunting Bicycles Swimming Motorcycles 800 1,000 3,000 3,000 Deaths/Yr Electric Power 14,000 Alcoholic Beverages 100,000 Smoking 443, , , , , ,000 Cardinal Professional Products 70 Cardinal Professional Products parts per. Food Tolerances (MRL's) Food Safety ppm ppb ppt 1 inch in 16 miles 1 minute in 2 years 1 inch in 16,000 miles 1 second in 32 years 1 inch in 16 million miles 1 second in 320 centuries IGR Application Rates of ppm!!! 40 CFR Recent Issue With Pistachios Piperonyl Butoxide Pyrethrin Check For Tolerances Specific For Your Commodity

www.mrldatabase.com Food Defect Action Levels* *CFR, Title 21, Part 110.110 Frozen broccoli = 60 or more aphids per 100 grams of broccoli (0.22 lbs.

13 Food Defect Action Levels* *CFR, Title 21, Part Frozen broccoli = 60 or more aphids per 100 grams of broccoli (0.22 lbs.) Cinnamon = 400 or more insect fragments or 11 or more rodent hairs per 50 grams Food Defect Action Levels* *CFR, Title 21, Part Ground pepper 475 insect fragments and 2 rodent hairs per 50 grams is OK! Sauerkraut 2 tablespoons can contain 15 thrips!!! Jar of Pizza Sauce can contain 220 fruit fly eggs!!! 10 oz. box of frozen spinach can contain 22 caterpillars Did you know about these regulations??? Food Defect Action Levels* *CFR, Title 21, Part Cocoa Beans 10 mg of mammalian excreta per pound is OK! Hops = 2,500 aphids per 10 grams is OK! Jar of Peanut Butter 4 rodent hairs is OK! 18 oz. jar, 150 insect fragments is OK! Fig Newtons 13 insect heads per 100 grams is OK! How Do We Maximize Control? Minimizing Pesticide Use Effective Education Training Putting IPM to Work Program Evaluation Sanitation Evaluation Monitoring Using Pest Mgmt. Exclusion Tools Resistance Low Dose Repetitive Applications Poor Application Long-Term Control Using Effective Products Good Applications Appropriate Dose

Minimizing Pesticide Use Going Green Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover Effective Resistance Long-Term Control 79 80 Going Green: Commitment to

Humane Issues Killing Birds Treatments 5% Treatments Pest-Proofing Sanitation Inspections Tracking/Analyzing Humane Issues Treatments Education Training

14 Minimizing Pesticide Use Going Green Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover Effective Resistance Long-Term Control Going Green: Commitment to Non-Conducive Conditions Inside & Out Putting It All Together Pest-Proofing (Exclusion) Sanitation Routine Inspections Tracking (Monitoring) & Analyzing Humane Issues Killing Birds Treatments 5% Treatments Pest-Proofing Sanitation Inspections Tracking/Analyzing Humane Issues Treatments Education Training Food Safety Integrated Pest Management Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover The Future: Grocery Shopping Commensal Rodents??? Cardinal Professional Products

15 The End Thank You Very Much! 15

STORED GRAIN PEST MANAGEMENT: TRENDS AND NEW TECHNOLOGY. Jerry Heath

STORED GRAIN PEST MANAGEMENT: TRENDS AND NEW TECHNOLOGY Jerry Heath Fumigation Remains an Essential Tool for Food Processing and Commodities Nothing else is so versatile for reaching into harborages of