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FDA Food Defense Tools and Resources

FDA Food Defense Tools and Resources. http://www.fda.gov/fsma . Tools & Resources. Developed under voluntary food defense framework Based on FDA current thinking and best practices Alternate approaches, tools, and resources available . Tools & Resources. Preventive Measures guidance

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FDA Food Defense Tools and Resources

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  1. FDA Food Defense Tools and Resources http://www.fda.gov/fsma

  2. Tools & Resources • Developed under voluntary food defense framework • Based on FDA current thinking and best practices • Alternate approaches, tools, and resources available

  3. Tools & Resources • Preventive Measures guidance • CARVER + Shock Vulnerability Assessment software • Mitigation Strategies database • Food Defense Plan Builder (FDPB) • Food Defense 101 and ALERT training • Employees FIRST training • Food-Related Emergency Exercise Boxed Set (FREE-B)

  4. Preventive Measures Guidance • Food producers, processors and transporters • Importers and filers • Retail food stores and food service establishments • Dairy farms, transporters, processors • Cosmetic processors and transporters

  5. CARVER + Shock Vulnerability Assessment Software

  6. FDA Mitigation Strategies Database

  7. Food Defense Plan Builder

  8. Background • 2009-2012 FDA/USDA international workshops • Microsoft Excel version field tested and used by government, industry, and academic partners internationally • Industry outreach/technical assistance • FSMA

  9. Food Defense Plan Builder • User-friendly, stand-alone desktop application • Guides users through the steps to develop a food defense plan • Company information • Broad mitigation strategies • Vulnerability assessment • Focused mitigation strategies • Emergency contacts • Action plan

  10. Company Information

  11. Broad Mitigation Strategies

  12. Vulnerability Assessment

  13. Mitigation Strategies

  14. Emergency Contacts

  15. Action Plan

  16. Food Defense Plan

  17. Food Defense 101

  18. Food Defense 101

  19. Employees FIRST Training Employee training program designed to educate front line workers FIRSTline of defense in preventing intentional contamination of the food supply

  20. FREE-B Stealthy Situation - cluster of illness is associated with a foodservice establishment How Sweet It Is(n’t) – traceback investigation after product testing shows that a food product contains excessive levels of a contaminant, as well as a recall of contaminated food Wilted Woes - epidemiological investigation process - unintentional contamination of produce with E. coli O157:H7. High Plains Harbinger - intentional infection of cattle with Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) virus Insider Addition - intentional aspect of contamination of a raw meat product at the processor with a chemical agent

  21. Comments? Adequacy of FDA’s tools and resources (including training) to assist industry Need for revision? Need for new tools and resources? FDA’s tools and resources are available free of charge at: http://www.fda.gov/fooddefense

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