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Food and Agriculture Security: Are They on the Radar Screens of Our State Homeland Security Directors?. Answer: Not unless you put them there!. IN Food Security Project Funding.
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Food and Agriculture Security: Are They on the Radar Screens of Our State Homeland Security Directors?
IN Food Security Project Funding • Received public health preparedness funding through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) • Funding is also available for public health response efforts through DHS-Office of Domestic Preparedness
CDC Grant Objectives • Ensure the performance of risk and vulnerability assessments of food and water to include assessments of production, processing, and/or distribution facilities
CDC Grant Objectives • In coordination with the appropriate state and local agencies responsible for food, water, and air safety, develop or ensure the capacity of the public health system to respond in a timely and appropriate manner to a food-,water-, or airborne illness or threat
IN Food Security Task Force • A Food Security Task Force was created to help guide the Food Defense Specialists in accomplishing the grant objectives • Task Force meetings also provide a forum for discussion between members on current food, water, and air security issues as well as public health all-hazards preparedness
IN FS Task Force Membership: Government • Indiana State Department of Health-6 • Food Defense • Food Safety • Epidemiology • Zoonotic Disease • Public Health Preparedness • Laboratory
IN FS Task Force Membership: Government • Indiana Board of Animal Health-3 • State Veterinarians • Biosecurity and Preparedness Planner • Meat & Dairy Safety and Security Program
IN FS Task Force Membership: Government • Indiana Dept of Homeland Security-3 • State Emergency Management Agency • State Fire Marshall • Director or Representative
IN FS Task Force Membership: Government • Indiana Dept of Agriculture-2 • Agroterrorism Specialist • IN Agriculture Statistics • Direct links to crop/livestock farming community
IN FS Task Force Membership: Government • Indiana Dept of Natural Resources-2 • Wildlife Disease Specialist • Crop Biosecurity Specialist
IN FS Task Force Membership: Government • Indiana State Egg Board-1 • Director • Indiana State Chemist-1 • Feed, Grain, and Pesticide Director
IN FS Task Force Membership: Government • IN Dept of Environmental Management-3 • Counter-terrorism Coordinator • Water Quality Branch Chief • Emergency Response Section Chief
IN FS Task Force Membership: Government • USDA- Food Safety and Inspection Service-3 • District Veterinarian • Compliance Officer • Program Investigator
IN FS Task Force Membership: Government • Food and Drug Administration-1 • ORA-Supervisory Investigator
IN FS Task Force Membership: Academia • Purdue University-4 • Professor of Veterinary Clinical Science • Professor of Food Science • Professor of Environmental Science • Extension Disaster Education Network • Communication Specialist • Indiana University-1 • Environmental Health Specialist
IN FS Task Force Membership: Industry • Trade Associations: • IN Grocers Association • IN Restaurant & Hospitality Assoc • IN Convenience Store Assoc • IN State Poultry Assoc
IN FS Task Force Membership: Industry • Coca Cola • Pen Products • IN Packers Corporation • Red Gold • Butterfield Foods • Sysco Foods • Archer Daniels Midland-Trucking
IN FS Task Force Membership: Industry • CBC Bakeries • Harlan Bakeries
How Can We Connect? • Focus on Common Goals • Establish a Committee or Task Force for Stakeholders to Come Together and Develop a Plan/Strategy for Protecting Food and Agriculture • Exercise Together- Tabletops Provide an Excellent Opportunity
Stay Focused! • Set goals and objectives for the committee/task force and focus on making progress • Don’t bite off more than you can chew • Address key areas of Food Defense • Prevention • Preparedness • Response • Recovery
Need Help? Let us know! • The AFDO Food Security Committee is committed to making progress in all these areas- If you need help or need to get in touch with subject matter experts in these areas- contact us! • Travis Goodman, IN Food Defense Program Coordinator, 317-233-3081, tgoodman@isdh.state.in.us