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