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Food Defense Policy and Actions

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 2006 Program Priorities Workplan outlining CFSAN's high priority areas for 2006, including: Ensuring Food Defense; Ensuring Food Safety; Improving Nutrition; Ensuring Dietary Supplement and Cosmetic Safety and Management Services; and, Priority Ongoing Activities. Resulting from a prior Request for Comments. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, May 3, 2006 Publication Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2006	May 3, 2006
	Division of Compliance Policy, Office of Enforcement, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration	Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff: Guidance for Records Access Authority Provided in Title III, Subtitle A, of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002: Final Guidance Guidance regarding FDA's authority to access and copy records under the Bioterrorism Act. Deadline: Friday, November 18, 2005 Publication Month: November 2005	Nov 18, 2005
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Guidance for Industry: Food Producers, Processors, and Transporters: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance Guidance regarding the kinds of preventive measures that might be useful to operators of food establishments in minimizing the risk of tampering or other malicious, criminal, or terrorist actions. (more) Deadline: Thursday, November 3, 2005 Publication Date: Friday, March 21, 2003	Nov 3, 2005
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Guidance for Industry: Importers and Filers: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance Guidance for food importing establishments, storage warehouses, and filers regarding preventive measures to help minimize the risk of tampering or malicious, criminal, or terrorist actions. (more) Deadline: Thursday, November 3, 2005 Publication Date: Friday, March 21, 2003	Nov 3, 2005
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Guidance for Industry: Dairy Farms, Bulk Milk Transporters, Bulk Milk Transfer Stations and Fluid Milk Processors Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance: Final Guidance Guidance for operators of dairy farms, bulk milk transportation operations, bulk milk transfer stations, and fluid milk processing facilities regarding preventive measures to help minimize the risk to fluid milk of tampering or malicious, criminal, or terrorist actions. (more) Deadline: Thursday, November 3, 2005 Publication Date: Friday, July 11, 2003	Nov 3, 2005
	Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	FSIS Security Guidelines for Food Processors Guidelines for plants that produce meat, poultry, and egg products on improving security. Deadline: Thursday, November 3, 2005 Publication Month: May 2002	Nov 3, 2005
	Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Keep America's Food Safe Guidance for transporters, warehouses, distributors, retailers, and restaurants regarding ways to enhance their food security programs. (more) Deadline: Thursday, November 3, 2005 Publication Month: August 2003	Nov 3, 2005
	Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	FSIS Model Food Security Plans Model food security plans for egg processing facilities, import establishments, and meat and poultry processing and slaughter facilities. (more) Deadline: Thursday, November 3, 2005 Publication Month: April 2005	Nov 3, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration	Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 Final rule that confirms the interim final rule (68 FR 58894 as corrected in 69 FR 29428) regarding registration of food facilities. Includes discussion of comments received regarding economic impacts of the final rule. (more) Deadline: Friday, October 7, 2005 Publication Date: Monday, October 3, 2005	Oct 7, 2005
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Guidance for Industry: Questions and Answers Regarding Establishment and Maintenance of Records (Edition 2): Final Guidance Guidance document regarding the implementation of the Establishment and Maintenance of Records Final Rule. Deadline: Friday, September 9, 2005 Publication Date: Thursday, November 10, 2005	Sep 9, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration	Bioterrorism Act E-mail group for updates on FDA activities related to the Bioterrorism Act. Deadline: Monday, August 15, 2005	Aug 15, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration	What You Need to Know About Administrative Detention of Food Guidance for food manufacturers, processors, packers, transporters, importers, and exporters regarding the administrative detention bioterrorism regulation. (more) Publication Month: November 2004	Apr 2, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration	What You Need to Know About Establishment and Maintenance of Records Guidance regarding the establishment and maintenance of records requirements under the Bioterrorism Act. Publication Month: December 2004	Apr 2, 2005
	Fraser, Leslye M.	Overview of Bioterrorism Act Establishment and Maintenance of Records Final Rule HTML or PowerPoint summary of 69 FR 71561. A table of contents and French and Spanish versions are available. Publication Date: Thursday, January 13, 2005	Jan 13, 2005
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Sending Gifts to Your Friends and Family: Prior Notice Policy Explanation of FDA policy regarding prior notice for shipped gifts of food. Publication Month: December 2004	Jan 10, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration	Establishment and Maintenance of Records Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 Final rule requiring the establishment and maintenance of records under the Bioterrorism Act. Includes discussion of changes to the proposed rule, comments on the proposed rule and FDA's responses, the regulatory impact analysis, and more. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, December 9, 2004	Dec 10, 2004
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Fact Sheet on FDA's New Food Bioterrorism Regulation: Establishment and Maintenance of Records Questions and answers regarding the final rule that requires the establishment and maintenance of records under the Bioterrorism Act. (more) Publication Month: December 2004	Dec 10, 2004
	Food and Drug Administration	Draft Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff: Draft Guidance for Records Access Authority Provided in Title III, Subtitle A, of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002: Draft Guidance Draft guidance for industry and FDA staff regarding FDA's access to records under the Bioterrorism Act. The final guidance is now available. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, December 9, 2004	Dec 10, 2004
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Importing Gift Packs and Prior Notice Information regarding FDA's policy for the submission of prior notice for gift packs. Publication Month: November 2004	Nov 19, 2004
	Office of Regulatory Affairs, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, and Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration	Compliance Policy Guide: Guidance for FDA Staff: Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 Guidance document for FDA personnel regarding compliance policy for the interim final rule for Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002. (more) Publication Month: November 2004	Nov 5, 2004
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Prior Notice of Imported Foods: Sending Food through International Mail: Selected Excerpts from the Prior Notice Interim Final Rule, Guidance Documents, and Fact Sheets This fact sheet discusses the application of the Prior Notice Interim Final Rule to various categories of food sent through international mail. (more) Publication Month: October 2004	Oct 29, 2004
	Food and Drug Administration	Administrative Detention of Food for Human or Animal Consumption Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 Final rule regarding the administrative detention of food that may present a threat to humans or animals. Includes an overview of the rule, comments to the proposed rule and FDA's responses, the regulatory impact analysis, and more. (more) Publication Date: Friday, June 4, 2004	Aug 23, 2004
		Federal Anti-Tampering Act U.S. law regarding the consequences of tampering with consumer products. Publication Year: 2000	Aug 23, 2004
	Food and Drug Administration	Bioterrorism Act of 2002 This page provides access to information on the Bioterrorism Act of 2002, including the text of the act, plans for implementing the act, access to online applications, related regulatory documents, press releases, fact sheets, and more. (more)	Feb 27, 2004
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Guidance for Industry: Questions and Answers Regarding Registration of Food Facilities (Edition 4) Questions and answers regarding implementation of the Registration of Food Facilities Interim Final Rule. Publication Month: August 2004	Jan 20, 2004
	Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration/Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration	Compliance Policy Guide: Guidance for FDA Staff: Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 Guidance document for FDA personnel regarding compliance policy for the registration of food facilities under Section 305 of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002. A revised version of this document is available at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~furls/cpgreg2.html. (more) Publication Month: December 2003	Dec 23, 2003
	Food and Drug Administration	What You Need to Know About Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments Guidance document that restates in simplified language the requirements for prior notice of imported food set forth in 21 CFR 1.276 through 1.285 under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002. (more) Publication Month: November 2003	Dec 17, 2003
	Food and Drug Administration	What You Need to Know About Registration of Food Facilities Guidance document that restates in simplified language the requirements for the registration of food facilities set forth in 21 CFR 1.225 through 1.243 under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002. (more) Publication Month: November 2003	Dec 17, 2003
	Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration/Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration	Guidance to Industry: Prior Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers Guidance document that answers questions regarding the prior notice requirement of the Bioterrorism Act. Includes discussion of background, definitions, scope, requirements, and consequences. (more) Publication Month: December 2003	Dec 17, 2003
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Guidance for Industry: Retail Food Stores and Food Service Establishments: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance Guidance for operators of retail food stores and food service establishments on how to minimize the risk that food will be subject to tampering or other malicious, criminal, or terrorist acts. Includes recommendations regarding management, staff, the public, the facility, and operations. (more) Publication Month: November 2003	Dec 17, 2003
	Office of Regulatory Affairs, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, and Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security	Compliance Policy Guide: Guidance for FDA and CBP Staff: Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 This guidance document addresses FDA’s and CBP’s strategy for the enforcement of the interim final rule requiring prior notice for imported foods. There is a link from this page to the earlier version of this document. (more) Publication Month: November 2005	Dec 16, 2003
	Food and Drug Administration	FDA and CPB Bolster Safeguards on Imported Food Release regarding a memorandum of understanding signed by FDA and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that allows the FDA to commission CBP officers to inspect imported foods. A link to the memorandum is provided. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2003	Dec 4, 2003
	European Commission	US Bioterrorism Act EC page regarding the U.S. Bioterrorism Act. Includes access to EC comments on certain measures of the act.	Nov 17, 2003
	Food and Drug Administration	Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 Interim final rule that requires the registration with the FDA of food facililties that manufacture/process, pack, or hold food for human or animal consumption in the U.S. The comment period for this interim final rule was reopened in 69 FR 19766. A technical amendment was published in 69 FR 29428. The final rule has been issued in 70 FR 57505. (more) Publication Date: Friday, October 10, 2003	Oct 14, 2003
	Food and Drug Administration	Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 Interim final rule that requires prior notice to the FDA of food or feed imported or offered for import into the U.S. Corrections were published in 69 FR 4851 and 69 FR 8330. The comment period for this interim final rule was reopened in 69 FR 19763, and extended in 69 FR 28060. (more) Publication Date: Friday, October 10, 2003	Oct 14, 2003
	Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	FSIS Safety and Security Guidelines for the Transportation and Distribution of Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products This document presents voluntary guidelines to prevent the contamination of meat, poultry, and egg products during transportation and storage. It is designed to assist small facilities and shippers in preventing physical, chemical, radiological, or microbiological contamination (including contamination from criminal or terrorist actions). (more) Publication Date: Monday, August 4, 2003	Aug 4, 2003
	Food Safety Department, World Health Organization	Terrorist Threats to Food - Guidelines for Establishing and Strengthening Prevention and Response Systems Document that provides guidance on food terrorism response and prevention programs. Includes background information about the potential for food terrorism, information on prevention, surveillance, and response, and information about the role of the WHO in responding to food safety emergencies. There is also an appendix entitled "Specific Measures for Consideration by the Food Industry". (more) Publication Year: 2002	Feb 27, 2003

Other Food Defense Resources

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Food and Drug Administration/U.S. Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Department of Agriculture/Federal Bureau of Investigation	First Year Status Report, Strategic Partnership Program Agroterrorism Initiative Report on the first year of the Strategic Partnership Program Agroterrorism (SPPA) Initiative and the status and results of the series of assessments of the food and agricultural sector. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, August 9, 2006 Publication Month: July 2006	Aug 9, 2006
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Food Defense and Terrorism Web site consolidating CFSAN's materials on food defense and bioterrorism, including pages on FDA's "Food Defense Programs," "Training Materials and Announcements," "Food and Cosmetic Security Preventive Measures Guidance," and more. Also includes a section on the new initiative: ALERT: The Basics. (more) Deadline: Thursday, August 3, 2006 Publication Month: July 2006	Aug 3, 2006
	Office of Food Safety, Defense, and Outreach, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Summaries of Competitive Food Defense Research Reports, 2005 Summary of vulnerability assessments with industry evaluating a variety of foods, including dairy products, fruit juices, infant formula, water, and disinfectants. (more) Deadline: Saturday, July 1, 2006 Publication Month: June 2006	Jul 1, 2006
	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA and DHS Announce New Cooperative Center of Excellence for Research on Microbial Risk Assessment for Homeland Security Release regarding the new Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA) based at Michigan State University. The center will focus on filling gaps in microbial risk assessment related to bioterrorism risk from environmental exposures. (more) Deadline: Monday, December 5, 2005 Publication Date: Monday, October 24, 2005	Dec 5, 2005
	Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Industry Self-Assessment Checklist for Food Security Checklist for use by food establishments in assessing the security of their operations. Includes a list of resources with security guidelines as an appendix. (more) Deadline: Thursday, November 3, 2005 Publication Month: April 2005	Nov 3, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration/U.S. Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Department of Agriculture/Federal Bureau of Investigation	SPPA Questions and Answers Questions and answers regarding the Strategic Partnership Program Agroterrorism (SPPA) initiative. Deadline: Friday, October 21, 2005 Publication Date: Friday, September 23, 2005	Oct 21, 2005
	Risk Crisis Communication Project, North Dakota State University	Risk Crisis Communication Project Research and classroom materials highlighting the use of ethical, efficient communication during risk or crisis situations. (more) Deadline: Monday, October 10, 2005	Oct 10, 2005
	Aldoory, Linda, et al.	The Impact of Risk Messages about Food Bioterrorism on Attitudes and Behaviors Presentation given at the Research Presentation Symposium held November 18, 2004. Deadline: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Publication Date: Thursday, November 18, 2004	Aug 10, 2005
	Hansen, J. Norman; Ali, Laila H.	Study of Nisin and Sublancin: A Strategy for Protection of the United States Food Supply from Pathogenic Bacterial Spores Introduced through Bio-terrorism Presentation given at the Research Presentation Symposium held on November 18, 2004 on a study of nisin and sublancin as inhibitors of germination and outgrowth of bacterial spores. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Publication Date: Thursday, November 18, 2004	Aug 10, 2005
	Water Security Division, Environmental Protection Agency	Water Security EPA website related to the security of drinking water and wastewater infrastructures in the U.S.	Jul 21, 2005
	BT Safety LLC	BT Safety LLC: Building Technologies for Safety Company that builds software systems and predictive modeling tools to facilitate rapid and effective response to food security and food safety threats. Products include the Food Source Identification and Tracking System (FSITS) model which can be used to simulate the effects of a food contamination event and the Food Event Manager (FEM) model which can be used to support government officials in responding to an actual foodborne outbreak. (more)	May 19, 2005
	Archer, Douglas L., et al.	The Food Recall Manual "The Food Science and Human Nutrition Department of the University of Florida has assembled this manual to assist food businesses, at all parts of the food chain, in learning to conduct rapid and effective product recalls". (more) Publication Month: December 2004	May 10, 2005
	U.S. Government Accountability Office	Protection of Chemical and Water Infrastructure: Federal Requirements, Actions of Selected Facilities, and Remaining Challenges Report of a study of security efforts in the chemical and water sectors. Includes discussion of federal security requirements and related agency actions, actions taken and obstacles faced by water systems, the use of a risk management framework, and more. Appendices include "Scope and Methodology," "Number of Community Water Systems," and more. (more) Publication Month: March 2005	May 9, 2005
	Environmental Health Services, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners: Food Security Links to resources from the CDC and other organizations related to food defense.	Apr 27, 2005
	Food and Agriculture Information Sharing and Analysis Center	Food and Agriculture ISAC: Information Sharing & Analysis Center Partnership of food industry associations that works towards preventing terrorist attacks on foods and limiting the effects of an attack should one occur. The website includes news releases, an Incident Reporting Protocol, links to emergency contacts, and more. (more)	Apr 27, 2005
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Food Safety Threats This page links to FAQs and technical overviews on agents that could be intentional threats to food safety.	Apr 19, 2005
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Botulism Information and fact sheets on botulism, including information on infection control, laboratory testing, surveillance, and more. (more)	Apr 19, 2005
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Brucellosis Information and fact sheets on brucellosis, including information on laboratory testing, surveillance, and more.	Apr 19, 2005
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Anthrax Information and fact sheets on anthrax, including information on diagnosis, infection control, laboratory testing, surveillance, and more. (more)	Apr 19, 2005
	Isaacson, Richard E.; Torrence, Mary; Buckley, Merry R.	Preharvest Food Safety and Security Report based on a colloquium held December 5-7, 2003, in Perthshire, Scotland. Includes discussion of current practices and controls (including risk assessment), hazards (including pathogens of concern), research needs, and communication and education. (more) Event Dates: Friday, December 5, 2003 - Sunday, December 7, 2003 Publication Month: February 2005	Apr 4, 2005
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Compliance Information: Registration This page provides compliance information for the registration of food facilities under the Bioterrorism Act. Publication Date: Thursday, November 17, 2005	Sep 24, 2004
	U.S. Department of Agriculture	Homeland Security [USDA] This page links to information on USDA’s homeland security efforts as well as related resources for the food industry. (more)	Aug 24, 2004
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Food Safety and Terrorism This page provides links to CFSAN resources related to food safety and terrorism.	Aug 23, 2004
	Office of Regulations and Policy, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Risk Assessment for Food Terrorism and Other Food Safety Concerns Qualitative assessment of the risks from a terrorist attack on the food supply and from inadvertent food contamination, based on unclassified information. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2003	Aug 23, 2004
	Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Food Security & Emergency Preparedness This page links to consumer and industry information and guidelines, news, policy documents, and other resources related to food security and food safety in emergencies, including weather-related emergencies. (more)	Aug 23, 2004
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Prior Notice Summary Information Summary information and charts on prior notice submissions and compliance. Publication Month: April 2005	Aug 13, 2004
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Ricin Information and fact sheets on ricin, including information on symptoms, diagnosis, laboratory information, and more.	Jul 28, 2004
	Office of the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration	The Food and Drug Administration's Strategic Action Plan: Protecting and Advancing America's Health: Responding to New Challenges and Opportunities FDA's Strategic Action Plan outlines FDA's objectives for efficient risk management, communicating health information to consumers, improving consumer and patient safety through risk identification, analysis, and communication, protecting against terrorism, and strengthening its workforce. (more) Publication Month: August 2003	Aug 22, 2003
	Thomas, Sharon; Kaplan, Stan	On the Use/Applicability Of Bayes' Theorem to Food/Drug Safety This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne Hazards, held in Adelphi, MD on July 24-26, 2002. It derives and explains Bayes’ Theorem, gives examples, provides Bayes’ Theorem for updating dose/response curves, and more. (more) Publication Date: Friday, July 26, 2002	Aug 19, 2002
	Chalk, Peter	Terrorism, Infrastructure Protection, and the U.S. Food and Agricultural Sector Testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, which discusses the potential risks from bioterrorism to the food supply. (more) Publication Month: October 2001	Jun 11, 2002

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