NCFPD

Preparedness & Response

FDA - Office of Crisis Management (301) 443-1240

FSIS Technical Service Center (800) 233-3935

• FDA Food Defense & Emergency Response

• Lessons Learned Information Sharing

• Homeland Security State Contact List

• United States Department of Homeland Security

• National Security Council

• National Response Framework

• President's Food Safety Working Group

• Food Emergency Response Network (FERN)

• eLEXNET (Electronic Laboratory Exchange Network) (Member log-in required)

• OSHA Evacuation Planning Matrix

• FEMA - Are you ready? (Preparedness Document)

• EPA Homeland Security Portal

• Drinking Water Security & Emergency Preparedness

• Terrorist Threats to Food: Guidance for Establishing and Strengthening Prevention and Response Systems (WHO)

• National Food Service Management Institute "Handling a Food Recall"

• Ohio Department of Agriculture - Retail Food Preparedness Guide

Legislation

• Presidential Directive 9 (HSPD-9)

• Bioterrorism Act of 2002

• Overview of Bioterrorism Act Establishment and Maintenance of Records Final Rule

• Federal Anti-Tampering Act

• FDA: Counterterrorism-related Legislation

Training

• The Early Responders Distance Learning Center of St. Joseph's University

• Counter-Terrorism Training and Resources for Law Enforcement

• FDA/USDA ORA Online Food Security Course

• FEMA Independent Study

Other Homeland Security Research

• Institute for Homeland Security Solutions

General Information

• Summaries of Competitive Food Defense Research Reports, 2007
• Summaries of Competitive Food Defense Research Reports, 2005
• Keeping America’s Food Safe: A Blueprint for Fixing the Food Safety System at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, released by Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Food Defence Incidents 1950-2008: A Chronology and Analysis of Incidents Involving the Malicious Contamination of the Food Supply Chain
• National Infrastructure Protection Plan 2009
• USDA Agricultural Projections to 2018
• USDA Congressional Research Service 2009 Farm Sector Income Forecast
• FDA Food Protection Plan One-Year Progress Summary
• FDA 2008 Sector CIKR Protection Annual Report for the Food and Agricultural Sector
• USDA 2008 Sector CIKR Protection Annual Report for the Food and Agricultural Sector
• FDA: Food Defense and Terrorism
• Center for Veterinary Medicine and Counterterrorism
• FEMA: Terrorism
• CDC (Lists of biological and chemical agents)
• ASTDR (Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry) ToxFAQ Info Sheets
• Minimal Risk Levels
• The Biological and Toxin Weapons Threat to the United States
• Early Warning Systems for Hazardous Biological Agents in Potable Water
• Recovery from Terrorist Attacks: A Catalog of Selected Federal Assistance Program

Resources from The Food Industry Center and The National Center for Food Protection and Defense

• Food Thought Blog

• Westlund/Hallmark 2008 Beef Recall (.pdf)

• Natural Selection Case Study (.pdf)

• Castleberry's Case Study (.pdf)

• Food Defense Diagnostic Tool

• Working Paper #06-01 How Should America's Anti-Terrorism Budget Be Allocated? Findings from a National Survey of Attitudes of U.S. Residents about Terrorism

• Working Paper #06-03 A Segmentation of U.S. Consumers on Attitudes Relating to Terrorism and their Communication Preferences: Findings from a National Survey of Attitudes of U.S. Residents about Terrorism

• Working Paper #07-02 Defending the Food Supply Chain: Retail Food, Foodservice and their Wholesale Suppliers.

• A Global Chronology of Incidents of Chemical, Biological, Radioactive and Nuclear Attacks: 1950-2005

Assessment

• Food Defense Assessment Tool and Resource List: Developed by The Institute of Food Technologists under contract with the Education Team of the National Center for Food Protection and Defense, this assessment tool aids in the understanding of food defense issues and best practices. The resource list is composed of governmental and non-governmental food defense related websites.

• Assessment Tool [PDF]

• Resource List [PDF]

• FSIS Industry Self-Assessment Checklist for Food Security

• AIB (American Institute of Baking) Food Security Assessment

• Guidance Documents

• ALERT

• USDA/FSIS/APHIS The Guide for Security Practices in Transporting Agricultural and Food Commodities

• FSIS Food Security Directives

• USPS: Security of the Mail

• How to Transport Infectious Substances