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strategic plan for conference action. We have begun appointing the committee and
notifications will be mailed immediately following the Charleston meeting.
(2)
(3)
At this year’s annual meeting, the voting delegates endorsed FDA’s seafood
HACCP initiative, and an ISSC committee will soon begin a series of activities
which include:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Preparation of issues for the 1995 annual meeting which would ensure
consistency between the NSSP manual of operations language and
final language of the seafood haccp regulation and the “fish and fishery
products hazards and controls guide”.
Development, in consultation with FDA, of model shellfish haccp
plans.
Development of haccp training courses targeted for the shellfish
industry and state regulatory agencies.
Development of a schedule for ISSC actions regarding the proposed
regulations.
The conference established a committee to review “critical”, “key”, and
“other” designations associated with the standardized processing plant
inspection form.
(4) The conference endorsed the FDA retail food code requirement for providing
consumer information messages on all potentially hazardous foods.
(5) The conference established a non-voting position of the executive board for
the Indian treaty tribes of Western Washington.
(6) The executive board supported the development of a petition to FDA for an
irradiation process for molluscan shellfish.
The 1994 summary of actions which includes all recommendations adopted
at this year’s annual meeting will be submitted for FDA review in early October. There
will not be a 1994 printing of the Manual of Operations . All 1994 manual changes
will become effective with the printing of the 1995 manual unless otherwise specified.
The conference referred several issues to committees for recommendations.
The 1995 committees will include:
Biotoxin Epidemiological Investigation Criteria
Certification Foreign Relations
Depuration Haccp Review
Education Identity of Origin