Defending the safety of our food supply through education
FPE is collaborative multi-institution public and private partnership within the DHS National Center for Food Protection and Defense. Resources are provided to enhance our nation's intellectual capacity to prepare for, protect, respond to and recover from incidences of intentional contamination of our food supply.
Occupation(s): Psychology.
This report analyzes the gaps found in federal controls for protecting agriculture and the food supply. Recommendations call for strengthening import checks for mad cow and foot-and-mouth diseases, enforcing the feed ban, and improving security at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York.
Author: U.S. General Accounting Office
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04259t.pdf
The handbook is intended to help victims of terrorism understand their reactions to an act of mass violence. The handbook describes the emotional responses to terrorism and suggests practical coping ideas to help victims begin to heal.
Author: Office for Victims of Crime
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/cat_hndbk/NCJ190249.pdf
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