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Innovative Food Defense Initiatives

Innovative Food Defense Initiatives. North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services. Joseph Reardon Food Administrator Food and Drug Protection Division.

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Innovative Food Defense Initiatives

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  1. Innovative Food Defense Initiatives North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Joseph Reardon Food Administrator Food and Drug Protection Division

  2. The former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson said, “For the life of me, I cannot understand why the terrorists have not attacked our food supply because it is so easy to do.”Food Safety= Food Defense Importance of Food Defense

  3. Food Safety and Defense Task Force • Developed in 2001 including key state agencies, industry, and academia Supported by Governor Executive Order • Co-chaired by NCDA&CS and Department of Health and Human Services • Coordinated approach to identify vulnerabilities and safeguard food supply • Developed Emergency Programs Division

  4. Multi-Hazard Threat Database • Rapid Response • Fast access to information • Strong visual and analytical capabilities • Risk Assessment • Estimate rates of spread or progression • Establish specific mitigation/protection plans

  5. Benefits of Utilizing GIS Multi-Hazard Database (MHDB) • Improved Management Capabilities • Real-time management of incident • Determine and locate required resources • Improve planning/response capabilities • Facilitate develop recovery plans • Available for federal response needs

  6. Emergency Notification Capabilities of GIS-MHDB

  7. Incident Command Teams • Food and Drug Incident Management Teams Goal: Establish basic response skills • Incident action plan • Situational Report • Task Tracker • Public Information (JIC)

  8. “Highwater” Exercise • ICS Teams must resolve injects: • Employee availability • Farmers requesting on-site visits for embargoes • Wrecks involving transporting of food • Complaint calls from citizens • Retailers selling adulterated food • Exercise identified gaps in preparedness policy and needed resources

  9. Future Initiative • Food Defense • Food defense must be conducted at the state level • State should pilot specific plans • Develop relationships with other state government agencies, federal agencies, and industry for data sharing • Identify food and agriculture vulnerabilities • Link data to GIS and MHTD

  10. Conclusion • ODP funding requires shift from population based to agriculture based • Federal funding needed on multi-year basis for state programs • Over 80% of food security work including inspections, investigation of complaints, and enforcement actions performed at state and local level • Direct financial support required for state departments and laboratories responsible for food safety/defense

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