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.
Topic(s): Food Safety.
The intent of this article is to summarize the Recordkeeping and Records Access Final Rule and explore the implications for food processing professionals. Specifically the article examines who is subject to the rule, what foods are included in the rule, and what records must be established and maintained by non-transporters.
Author: Lance Reeve
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.aibfooddefense.org/resources/articles/FoodSecurity2005.pdf
This report examines a draft plan, prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency, that identifies critical security issues for drinking water and wastewater and outlines related research and technical support needs. It also recommends increased attention to interagency coordination and encourages additional consideration of current restrictions on the dissemination of secure information.
Author: National Academies Press
Format: Online
URL: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10772.html
This awareness level satellite broadcast program provides viewers with information concerning the risks of agro-terrorism and recent changes in food production designed to increase food safety at the state and national level. Bruce L. Akey, BS, MS, DVM, Assistant Director of Animal Industry and Assistant Veterinarian for the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets shares his expertise relating to the issues surrounding the susceptibility of our food sources to agro-terrorism.
Author: Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: Online
URL: http://media1.acs.albany.edu:8080/ramgen/cellar/sph/food_terrorism/foodterrorism.rm
This paper reviews the nature and threat of agricultural bioterrorism, examines present national capabilities and plans to meet the threat, and proposes a USDA-led federal strategy, including partnerships with key public and private organizations, that could strengthen American ability to prevent, respond to, and remediate biological attacks against national food and agriculture infrastructures.
Author: National Defense University
Format: Online
URL: http://www.ndu.edu/inss/McNair/mcnair65/01_toc.htm
The ALERT initiative is intended to raise the awareness of state and local government agency and industry representatives regarding food defense issues and preparedness. It is generic enough to apply to all aspects of the farm-to-table supply chain and is designed to spark thought and discussion with a variety of stakeholders. ALERT identifies five key points that industry and businesses can use to decrease the risk of intentional food contamination at their facility.
Author: Food and Drug Administration
Format: Online
URL: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/alert.html
This course is for individuals who work at every level of our food and agriculture system, throughout government and the private sector. Federal, state, and local food regulatory officials are the primary audience. They should understand the risk that intentional contamination presents to food establishments, and what factors affect that risk. They should also be able to encourage food security awareness in the employees and management of food industry establishments.
Author: Food and Drug Administration
Format: Online
URL: http://www.fda.gov/ora/training/orau/FoodSecurity/startpage.html
This audio tutorial, presented by Pam Jenkins, MSN, EdD, Foodborne Disease Nurse Epidemiologist at the NC Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, gives the viewer an introduction to epidemiological investigations of foodborne disease outbreaks.
Author: North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.sph.unc.edu/nccphp/training/anatomy/certificate.htm
This backgrounder provides detailed information on the outbreak of Mad Cow Disease in the United States. This site links you to other helpful resources.
Author: Purdue Extension
Format: Online
URL: http://www.ces.purdue.edu/madcow/
Information pertaining to the disease, frequently asked questions and expert advice.
Author: Purdue Extension
Format: Online
URL: http://www.ces.purdue.edu/eden/disasters/agro/AI/index.html
The definition of avian influenza, its modes of transmission, infection with humans, symptoms and signs of the disease, food safety issues, and vaccinations and treatment options.
Author: Supercourse
Format: Powerpoint presentation
URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec22721/index.htm
An overview of risk communication practices related to public health preparedness for food and agricultural emergencies.
Author: University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.sph.umn.edu/img/assets/8805/BestPracticesRiskComm.pdf
Forty-five PowerPoint presentations with speaker notes and fact sheets developed by the Center for Food Security and Public Health for veterinarians and the public.
Author: Iowa State University Center for Food Security and Public Health
Format: Online
URL: http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/DiseaseInfo
This course is part of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (PH 460) course series. These courses can be taken separately and in any sequence desired. The overall PH 460 series provides an introduction to public health emergency preparedness and response by examining the purpose, history, organization, functions, tools, activities and results. Case studies and a variety of practice-related exercises serve as a basis for learner participation in real world public health problem-solving simulations. The various components of these courses serve to stimulate interactions among learners and instructors around important problems and issues facing public health. Since computers and the Internet's World Wide Web are now basic tools for public health practitioners, these courses also seek to foster and enhance skills related to the use of technology for accessing and using information and for communicating with colleagues.
Author: University of Illinois at Chicago Public Health Preparedness Center
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.asph.org/acphp/detail.cfm?ResourceID=201
This strategic plan is an update of the 2004-2009 CSREES Strategic Plan to reflect the priorities of the Department as described in the USDA Strategic Plan for FY 2005-2010. It updates the key policy and management objectives that integrated within CSREES budget priorities and accounted for through evaluations of portfolios of Agency programs and by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in its Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). Central to the plan is effective management of the Agency’s limited resources to best address USDA education and research needs. As noted in the USDA strategic plan, research (which provides the foundation for modern agriculture) is a key to success in meeting the Department’s goals. Extension assures the timely transfer of scientifically valid knowledge and information to producers, managers, and other citizens. Education programs provide the foundation upon which research and extension rely by building the scientific and agricultural literate human resource capacity. CSREES continues to advance the strength of its programs through emphasizing a greater interdisciplinary focus and by integrating research, education, and extension activities, where appropriate. The goal of these approaches is to apply the best and brightest thinking from multiple disciplinary backgrounds to increasingly complex problems and to facilitate the transfer of information and technology from the researcher to public benefit.
Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format: Online
URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/about/offices/pdfs/csrees_stratic_plan.pdf
This report discusses security measures that water utilities have implemented since September 11, 2001 to shield the nation's water supply from a terrorist attack.
Author: American Water Works Association
Format: Online
URL: http://www.awwa.org/Advocacy/pressroom/pr/index.cfm?ArticleID=163
This template will help states develop a food emergency response plan (FERP). It should integrate the National Response Plan (NRP) using National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles during a large-scale food emergency response, and integrate with local emergency response plans.
Author: National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
Format: PDF file
This page provides valuable information regarding the outbreak of BSE in the United States, the risk to humans, and the federal initiatives to combat this disease.
Author: Extension Disaster Education Network
Format: Online
URL: http://eden.lsu.edu/Issues_View.aspx?IssueID=3d9f5165-6e27-4eaa-aa8c-87717aff5f6e
This training was developed to clarify the Michigan role in foodborne illness surveillance and investigation, promote collaboration between state agencies and individuals, promote consistency in surveillance and investigative methods and to encourage a multidisciplinary approach various health professions.
Author: Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Format: Online
URL: http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1568_2391_23429---,00.html
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published the final two proposed food safety regulations required by the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 ("The Bioterrorism Act of 2002"), which gave FDA new authority to protect the nation's food supply. Proposed regulations on the establishment and maintenance of records would apply to almost all foreign and domestic food sources and recipients of food destined for U.S. consumption. Other proposed regulations on administrative detention implement FDA's new, self-executing authority to detain any article of food that may pose a threat of serious adverse health consequences or death.
Author: Food and Drug Administration
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2003/NEW00902.html
Occasionally, local health department trainers seek guidance from MDA relative to training procedures for new employees. The ?Training Program for the Professional Food Service Sanitarian? provides an organized approach for teaching technical program information. This document is intended to be a voluntary guide to help trainers provide structure to the field training component.
Author: Michigan Department of Agriculture
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDA_fieldtraining_20453_7.pdf
Various courses relating to food issues including foodborn illnesses, food law, pasteurization, and others.
Author: Michigan Department of Agriculture
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDA_FSSS_Course_Descriptions_71574_7.pdf
Sanitation in relation to processing, handling, and storage of human and animal foods. Emphasis on contaminants, control of causative agents, equipment and plant design, applicable laws and regulations.
Author: Kansas State University
Format: Classroom
URL: http://courses.k-state.edu/catalog/undergraduate/ag/grsc.html#GRSC651
This course will address the reasons and logic, which would focus a terrorist attack on the food supply. The characteristics of the food supply chain will be examined and the links which expose themselves to interruption, explored. Countermeasures on the global /strategic level as well as on the local tactical level will be in the context of their utility and effectiveness. The nature and characteristics of specific bacterial and chemical agents will be examined and the specific clinical presentations of disease expounded. Specific procedural and operational countermeasures for preparation and/or attack response will be examined. The anticipated clinical course and prognosis of the specific disease agents in human or animal victims will be examined and therapeutic and remedial options explored.
Author: South Central Public Health Partnerships
Format: Online
URL: http://lms.southcentralpartnership.org/scphp?productID=prdct000000000001002
An education module addressing identification of vulnerabilities in retail food supply and development of countermeasures for food defense was developed by Amy Brock-Martin, PhD, a research assistant professor in the Department of Health Services Policy and Management at the Arnold School of Public Health and Deputy Director of the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center.
Author: University of South Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: Online
URL: http://sph.sc.edu/acphp/Trainingproducts.htm
Participants in this course tap into a wealth of resources from experts working within the food system and industries in order to develop the necessary tools to help prepare for and solve the challenges of food protection and defense. Students become familiar with criminal justice, emergency management, the food and hospitality business industry, and the public-private approach toward team building and communication.
Author: Michigan State University
Format: Online
URL: http://www.foodsafe.msu.edu/education/proms/index.htm
A column on the importance of safeguarding our food & agricultural supply from threats of intentional contamination. Included is a checklist offering advice on preventative steps food producers can implement.
Author: Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Format: Online
URL: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/commissioner/columns/2003mar.htm
This guide encourages consumers to look out for signs of intentional food contamination and to report cases of suspected food tampering to the local police or through the USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline.
Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format: Online
URL: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/topics/foodsec_cons.htm
This is a dynamic presentation combining a lecture discussing foodsafety and bioterrorism with an interactive tabletop exercise. This hands?on experience will allow participants to interact with other responders in their community and prepare for the possibility of a bioterrror attack.
Author: Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: Online
URL: http://www.asph.org/acphp/detail.cfm?ResourceID=1034
Foodborne diseases continue to be a major public health problem. Current systems of food production cannot deliver a risk-free food supply. Risk assessment tools provide a basis for managing risks in an informed way in terms of production and regulation of the food supply. This course examines strategies in managing risk for specific food across food systems.
Author: University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.sph.umn.edu/img/assets/8740/HedbergPubH7215-101.pdf
Foodborne diseases continue to be a major public health problem. Current systems of food production cannot deliver a risk-free food supply. Risk assessment tools provide a basis for managing risks in an informed way, both from the standpoint of production and regulation of the food supply. This course examines strategies for managing risk for specific foods and across the food system.
Author: University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.sph.umn.edu/img/assets/8740/HedbergPubH7216-101.pdf
Online listing of resources for training & education within food safety, public health & other areas.
Author: Michigan Department of Agriculture
Format: Online
URL: http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1568_2391_2446-59691--,00.html
This report analyzes the safety and quality of the U.S. food supply and compares it to the consolidated food safety systems of Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05212.pdf
This article discusses the history of the bioterrorism act and the subsequent government actions to increase food protection and defense since the act was passed in 2002. The article also outlines the history of food threats and analysis.
Author: Wayne Ellefson and Ron Weiss
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.covance.com/docs/food_jun05.pdf
This is a graduate degree program. Students should have taken as undergraduates or will take during the M.S. degree program at least one Food Science course in three of the four program areas to insure that they have obtained a broad, well-rounded background in Food Science. The four program areas and examples of courses included in each area are: Food Processing and Engineering - FSC 430, 431, 432, 433, and 860 Food Chemistry - FSC 401, 455, 801, 802, and 850 Food Safety and Microbiology - FSC 407, 440, 807 and 840 Nutrition - HNF 311, 461, 462, 463, 840, 843, 935, 936, 937, and 938 Plus: FSC 892 (seminar, 1 credit) and 899 (research, 6-10 credits) In addition to completion of the course work requirement for the M.S. degree, students are required to complete at least 24 research credits and 2 credits of FSC 892. A PhD is also available from Michigan State University in Food Science
Author: Michigan State University
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.msu.edu/unit/fshn/grad/fsc.html
Powerpoint presentation on difference between food safety & food security, the challenges presented by the prevention of food attacks, assessing vulnerabilities, and the need for partnerships.
Author: Michigan Department of Agriculture
URL: http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1568_21390-68104--,00.html
Guidelines suggesting measures food establishments may employ to minimize the risk of product tampering or intentional contamination.
Author: U.S Department of Health and Human Services & U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Format: PDF file
URL: http://agri.idaho.gov/Categories/InspectionsExams/Documents/secguid6.pdf
This course offers an introduction to food security for state and local sanitarians, USDA FSIS field inspectors, and HHS FDA field inspectors. With the current threat of terrorism against the US, it is critical that the food industry – from growers to retail – be aware of the threat and of the guidance materials available from regulatory agencies to help address food security concerns. Food Security and training experts from FDA and USDA wrote and approved the course.
Author: Food and Drug Administration
URL: http://www.fda.gov/ora/training/orau/FoodSecurity/startpage.html
This course focuses on public health preparedness and response related to food system biosecurity. Examines the current status of the food production and processing industries of the U.S. and the impact of ongoing changes on the ability of the food system to respond to threats; whether naturally occurring, accidental or intentional. A systems approach to biosecurity is presented along with several models for systematic evaluation of vulnerabilities (including HACCP and ORM) and the effect of these systems on the health of the community. Problem solving frameworks will be applied to the food and agricultural industries including a public health model, Haddon's Matrix; policy, educational and engineering intervention techniques; and safety and industrial hygiene hierarchies. The role of risk communication and preparedness planning is discussed including the importance of test exercises and contingency planning.
Author: University of Minnesota
Format: Online
URL: http://safety.coafes.umn.edu/pubh7211/index.html
As part of its continuing effort to help protect America's food supply from intentional and unintentional contamination, this report from USDA is designed to help facilities and shippers that handle meat, poultry, and egg products strengthen their food safety and security plans. The guidelines provide recommendations to ensure the security of food products through all phases of distribution.
Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/topics/transportguide.pdf
It is often difficult to communicate agriculture and food related issues to the public without generating misunderstanding. This course is designed to develop communication skills among the agriculture and food science community to effectively disseminate scientific information. Fundamentals of active listening as well as techniques to address misinformation and misunderstanding will be provided. Opportunities through online exercises and homework assignments will give students experience in the application of communication skills. Individual feedback will be provided by the instructors.
Author: Kansas State University
Format: Blended
URL: http://www.k-state.edu/sasw/
A reaction article to the May 2005 New York Times opinion piece on May 30, 2005 that made the claim that a single terrorist could contaminate the milk supply with a lethal toxin by following the instructions in a jihadi manual available on the Internet.
Author: Milton Leitenberg and George Smith
Format: Online
URL: http://www.fas.org/sgp/eprint/milk.html
This news release announces another step in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services comprehensive approach to enhancing food security?the allocation of $5 million to support a new research program that develops technologies and strategies to prevent and minimize potential threats to the safety and security of the nation's food supply.
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Format: Online
URL: http://www.dhhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20030723.html
This study assesses how vulnerable the agricultural sector and the food chain are to a deliberate act of biological terrorism, explores possible outcomes of a successful attack, and outlines the agricultural industry's importance to the U.S. economy.
Author: RAND Corporation
Format: PDF file
URL: http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG135.pdf
U.S. agriculture generates more than $1 trillion per year in economic activity and provides an abundant food supply for Americans and others. Since September 11, concerns have surfaced about the vulnerability of U.S. agriculture to agroterrorism. Several agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and Defense, play a role in protecting the nation against agroterrorism. In this report, the Government Accountability Office examines the federal agencies' roles and responsibilities to protect against agroterrorism, the steps that the agencies have taken to manage the risks of agroterrorism, and the challenges that remain.
Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05214.pdf
Risk Communication is the interactive exchange of information and opinions about hazards and risks, risk-related factors and risk perception. This short course presents the basics of risk communication as it is practiced in the U.S.A. with applications to food safety. Although you may not currently find yourself in the role of the official risk communicator for your organization, a basic understanding of risk communication is essential for all food safety professionals. Students involved in or on many career paths who may purposefully or coincidently find careers in the food industry will also benefit from participation.
Author: Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Format: Classroom
URL: http://www.jifsan.umd.edu/pdf2005
This document examines the reasons to develop a food security plan and provides FSIS tools for this purpose. It also explores food security principles, the elements of a plan, security areas, and additional resources.
Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PPT/Workshop_Food_Security_Plans_alt/index.asp
A student participation course in processing live animals into meat and by-products. Interrelates all phases of modern slaughter and processing techniques, inspection and processing, and related operations.
Author: Kansas State University
Format: Classroom
URL: http://foodsci.k-state.edu/DesktopModules/Display.aspx?CTA=Course_Info&courseid=821
This document addresses the dire need to better equip producers and producer organizations who have been previously overlooked in contingency planning discussions on FMD.
Author: Humanitarian Resource Institute
Format: Online
URL: http://www.pathobiologics.org/avbc_biosecurity2003.html
This model offers guidelines for states developing a plan to respond to agroterrorism and includes information for states that already have plans in place.
Author: National Emergency Management Association
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.nemaweb.org/?68
This degree program was created in response to a marketing research study that revealed an undeniable need on the part of the food industry, government and public health for their employees to be specifically educated in the many aspects of safeguarding our food supply. The program results in a 30-graduate credit master of science degree. The ProMS in Food Safety Program was designed as a "Plan B" program, meaning it is a non-thesis program intended for mid-career/mid-management working professionals.
Author: Michigan State University
Format: Online
URL: http://www.foodsafe.msu.edu/education.html
This paper discusses the biosecurity threat faced by the United States' agricultural resources. It includes information on the agricultural biosecurity threat, potential perpetrators, and potential crop pathogens.
Author: Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy
Format: Online
URL: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/biosecurity/ag-biosec/biofacts/agbiooview.html
A study of the factors that influence animal health and disease control. For students majoring in agriculture and other fields
Author: Kansas State University
Format: Classroom
URL: http://courses.k-state.edu/catalog/undergraduate/ag/asi.html#ASI533
A comprehensive study of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System and its application in the food industry.
Author: Kansas State University
Format: Classroom
URL: http://foodsci.k-state.edu/DesktopModules/Display.aspx?CTA=Course_Info&courseid=746
This progress report outlines the Food and Drug Administration's 10-Point Program for ensuring the safety and security of the food supply.
Author: U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Format: Online
URL: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fssrep.html
A brief article on steps that can be taken to prevent and/or mitigate the potential harm of the intentional contamination of our food supply.
Author: Dietary Managers Association
Format: Online
URL: http://www.dmaonline.org/fppublic/connect36.html
This report profiles 17 drinking water utilities that are incorporating watershed management and protection as an integral part of their business of providing safe drinking water to their customers.
Author: Environmental Protection Agency
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/swp/swpcases.pdf
This report discusses the federal requirements for the security of the chemical and water sectors, both of which are defined as critical infrastructure systems and assets by the USA PATRIOT Act.
Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05327.pdf
This audio tutorial presentation by Dr. Fred Angulo, Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, gives the viewer an introduction to the public health burden of foodborne disease.
Author: North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.sph.unc.edu/nccphp/training/foodborne/certificate.htm
Fact sheet offering recommendations for processors & farmers on the safe production & handling of dairy foods
Author: Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/dairyfood/alertdairy.pdf
Checklist of security procedures for pork producers for enhanced on-farm security.
Author: National Pork Board
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.biosecuritycenter.org/content/security.pdf
A two-page self-inspection checklist offering guidance on food security management, plant personnel, inside security, external security, raw materials & finished product. The checklist is intended as a guide for prevention, improving food security & reducing liability.
Author: Massachusetts Division of Food and Drugs
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.mass.gov/Eeohhs2/docs/dph/environmental/foodsafety/brochure_food_security_survey.pdf
This document provides policy guidance for integrating consideration of deliberate acts of sabotage of food into existing prevention and response programs. Establishing and strengthening systems to address food terrorism, including disease outbreak surveillance and investigation, precautionary measures and emergency response systems gives basic capacity to prevent and manage food safety emergencies.
Author: World Health Organization
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/general/en/terrorist.pdf
The Office of Science and Technology, in conjunction with the RAND Corporation, convened a panel in 2003 to organize a future research and development agenda for combating biological acts of agro-terrorism directed against U.S. livestock and related produce. This report contains the papers submitted for the conference and provides an overview of the findings and recommendations of the forum.
Author: RAND Corporation
Format: PDF file
URL: http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF193/CF193.pdf
This Powerpoint describes differences between food protection & food safety, examining strategies for food supply protection. Includes examination of the importance of vulnerability assessments & the application of the CARVER+Shock assessment tool.
Author: U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Format: Powerpoint presentation
URL: http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/03/slides/4001s1_02_Brackett%20.ppt
This report discusses the views of nationally recognized experts on key issues concerning wastewater security, including the potential vulnerabilities of wastewater systems, activities that most warrant federal support to mitigate the risk of terrorism, and criteria for allocating and distributing federal funds.
Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Format: PDF file
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