Emergency Contacts for Pennsylvalia Food Processors
Compiled by the Penn State Department of Food Science 4/29/08
http://foodsafety.psu.edu/FoodDefense/FoodDefenseList08Aprr2.pdf
Registration of Food Facilities
Penn
State Guidance on FDA Registration Requirements for Manufacturers of
Food for Human or Animal Consumption
http://foodsafety.psu.edu/bioterror/FDA_Registration.htm
Self-inspection checklists
Conduct
your own self-audit
National Food Processors Association Security Checklist
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/ENVIRONMENT/community/foodsurveillance/resource_docs/food_processors_checklist.pdf
Industry Self-Assessment Checklist for Food Security
USDA FSIS, Revised April 2005
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Self_Assessment_Checklist_Food_Security.pdf
Government
Sites
CARVER + SHOCK
Download site for FDA self-assessment prioritization software tool
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/vltcarv.html
ALERT - The Basics
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/defterr.html
The
Bioterrorism Act of 2002
The events of Sept. 11, 2001, reinforced the need to enhance the security of the United States.
Congress responded by passing the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and
Response Act of 2002 (the Bioterrorism Act), which was signed into law
June 12, 2002.
http://www.fda.gov/oc/bioterrorism/bioact.html
Keeping
America's Food and Agriculture
Safe
USDA Bioterrorism page
http://www.usda.gov/homelandsecurity
Developing
a Food Defense Plan for Meat and Poultry Slaughter and Processing Plants
This guide
provides an easy, practical and achievable three-step method for creating
a food defense plan. USDA FSIS. 2007
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Food_Defense_Plan.pdf
FDA
Food Defense and Terrorism: Alert - The Basics
ALERT initiative is intended to raise the awareness of state and local
government
agency and industry representatives regarding food defense issues and
preparedness.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/alert.html
FDA
Counterterrorism page
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/bioterrorism.html
CDC bioterrorism
site
http://www.bt.cdc.gov
CDC Responds:
Risk Communication and Bioterrorism December 6, 2001
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn/bio1206.asp
Pre-Harvest
Security Guidelines and Checklist
2006 Guidelines to help agricultural producers enhance security at the
farm level.
http://www.usda.gov/documents/PreHarvestSecurity_final.pdf
March 2006
Food
Producers, Processors, Transporters, and Retailers:
Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/secguid6.html
GUIDANCE
FOR INDUSTRY
GUIDANCE
FOR INDUSTRY
Importers and Filers: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/secguid7.html
GUIDANCE
FOR INDUSTRY
Dairy Farms, Bulk Milk Transporters, Bulk Milk Transfer Stations and
Fluid Milk Processors - Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/secguid8.html
GUIDANCE
FOR INDUSTRY
Necessity of the Use of Food Product Categories in Registration of Food
Facilities
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/secguid9.html
GUIDANCE FOR INDUSTRY
Retail Food Stores and Food Service Establishments:
Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/secgui11.html
Compliance
Policy Guide - Guidance for FDA Staff
Registration
of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness
and Response Act of 2002
http://foodsafety.cas.psu.edu/bioterror/Bioterror.html
Revised August 2006
Frequently
Asked Consumer Questions About Food Safety and Terrorism
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fsterrqa.html
COMPREHENSIVE
GOVERNMENT FOOD SAFETY SITE LINKS BIOTERRORISM INFORMATION
November 13, 2001 A group of government food safety and public health
agencies has created an on-line gateway to federal and state information
on countering bioterrorism and other threats to the food supply. The gateway
includes information about possible biological threats, actions taken
to protect against them and information about hoaxes. For more information,
go to
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/bioterr.html
Agricultural
Bioterrorism
(By Dr. David Franz, Vice President, Chemical and Biological Defense,
Division Southern Research Institute)
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/training/ss_2000/pdf/agr-bioterrorism.pdf
Agricultural
Counterterrorism
(By Dr. David Huxsoll, USDA, ARS, Plum Island Animal Disease Center) http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/training/ss_2000/pdf/agr-counterterrorism.pdf
Industry
Sites
Heads
Up for HACCP from National Meat Association
http://www.nmaonline.org/files/headsup10.15.01.htm
National
Meat Association Addresses Biosecurity in Teleconference
http://www.nmaonline.org/files/pr10.11.01.htm
Other
Sites of Interest
Penn State
On-the-Farm Biosecurity Resources
http://www.vetsci.psu.edu/Ext/Biosecurity/BioMain.htm
Federation
of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org/bwc/agr/main.htm
Agrodefense
Information Resource
(Humanitarian Resource Institute)
http://www.humanitarian.net/eidnet/fmd/agroterrorism.html
Agro-Terrorism
(Monterey Institute of International Studies, Center for Nonproliferation
Studies)
http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/agromain.htm
Johns
Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense:
http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org
Emergency
Response Pages:
CDC Public
Health Emergency Preparedness & Response Page
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/
Pennsylvania
Department of Health Preparedness & Response Page
http://webserver.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=171&Q=229813
Johns
Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense:
http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org
Contacts
and Procedures for Health Emergencies:
Directory of PA State Health Officials
http://www.fda.gov/ora/fed_state/State_Directory_Files/pennsylvania.html
Notification
Procedures for State and Local Public Health Officials
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/EmContact/Protocols.asp |
