FoodSHIELD is a web-based
platform designed to create
community between the
various laboratories and
regulatory agencies that
make up our nation's food
and agricultural sectors.
Through secure, integrated
resources such as detailed
agency profiles, departments
of agriculture and health, as
well as laboratories, have the
ability to communicate
and coordinate with their
peers in other states.

Food Defense Resources

Preparedness & Response • Assessment • Legislation • General Information • Training

Preparedness & Response

FDA - Office of Emergency Operations     (301) 443-1240

FSIS Technical Service Center (800) 233-3935

FDA Food Defense Guides
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/defguids.html

Lessons Learned Information Sharing
https://www.llis.dhs.gov/index.do

Homeland Security State Contact List
http://www.dhs.gov/xgovt/editorial_0291.shtm

United States Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/index.shtm

National Security Strategy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss/2006/index.html

National Response Plan
http://www.dhs.gov/xprepresp/committees/editorial_0566.shtm

Food Security Incident Guidelines (Tennessee Department of Agriculture)
http://www.state.tn.us/agriculture/security/fsig.html

Counter-Terrorism Food Emergency Response Network (FERN)
www.crcpd.org/Homeland_Security/Food_Emergency_Response_Network.pdf

eLEXNET (Electronic Laboratory Exchange Network) (Member log-in required)
https://www.elexnet.com/elex/

OSHA
Evacuation Planning Matrix
http://www.osha.gov/dep/evacmatrix/index.html

FEMA
Are you ready? (Preparedness Document)
www.fema.gov/pdf/areyouready/terrorism.pdf

EPA
Homeland Security Strategy
http://www.epa.gov/homelandsecurity/htm/ohs-sp.htm

Drinking Water Security & Emergency Preparedness
http://www.epa.gov/region1/eco/drinkwater/pdfs/drinkingH2Ofactsheet.pdf

Terrorist Threats to Food: Guidance for Establishing and Strengthening Prevention and Response Systems (WHO)
www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/general/en/terrorist.pdf

National Food Service Management Institute "Responding to a Food Recall"
www.nfsmi.org/Information/recallmanual.pdf

Ohio Department of Agriculture - Retail Food Preparedness Guide
http://www.ohioagriculture.gov/foodsafety/RetailFoodDefensePreparednessGuide.stm


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]

Risk Assessment for Food Terrorism and Other Food Safety Concerns
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/rabtact.html

FSIS Industry Self-Assessment Checklist for Food Security
www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Self_Assessment_Checklist_Food_Security.pdf

National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, Food Security
http://www.nraef.org/foodsecurity/

AIB (American Institute of Baking)
Food Security Assessment
https://www.aibonline.org/auditservices/foodsafety/foodsecurityaudits/

IDFA (International Dairy Foods Association)
Biosecurity
http://www.idfa.org/membonly/login/login.cfm?requestedDocument=/membonly/reg/biosecur.cfm
(IDFA, MIF, NCI and IICA member log-in required)

FDA
The Bioterrorism Act of 2002
http://www.fda.gov/oc/bioterrorism/bioact.html

Guidance Documents
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fsbtact.html

ALERT
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/alert.html

USDA/FSIS/APHIS
The Guide for Security Practices in Transporting Agricultural and Food Commodities
http://www.usda.gov/homelandsecurity/aftcsecurguidfinal19.pdf

FSIS Food Security Directives
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/5000_Series-Program_Services/index.asp

USPS
Security of the Mail
http://www.usps.com/communications/news/security/welcome.htm

HAZMAT
GUIDELINES FOR TRANSPORTING ANTHRAX AND ANTHRAX-CONTAMINATED OBJECTS AND MATERIALS
http://hazmat.dot.gov/training/rmgmt/guide_anthrax.htm

How to Transport Infectious Substances
http://hazmat.dot.gov/training/rmgmt/InfectSubstances.pdf

Password Security (University of Michigan)
http://www.umich.edu/~policies/pw-security.html


Legislation

Presidential Directive 9 (HSPD-9)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/02/20040203-2.html

Bioterrorism Act of 2002
http://www.fda.gov/oc/bioterrorism/bioact.html

Overview of Bioterrorism Act Establishment and Maintenance of Records Final Rule
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fsbtac25.html

Federal Anti-Tampering Act
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/fedatact.htm


General Information

FDA: Food Defense and Terrorism
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/defterr.html

Countering Bioterrorism and Other Threats to the Food Supply (foodsafety.gov)
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/bioterr.html

Center for Veterinary Medicine and Counterterrorism
http://www.fda.gov/cvm/counterterror.htm

FEMA Terrorism
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/terrorism/index.shtm

CDC (Lists of biological and chemical agents)
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/index.asp

ASTDR (Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry)
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html (ToxFAQ info sheets)
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mrls/index.html (minimum risk levels)

Food Marketing Institute
http://www.fmi.org/foodsafety/bio_security.htm

Disaster Response
http://www.fmi.org/foodsafety/disaster.htm

The Biological and Toxin Weapons Threat to the United States
http://www.nipp.org/Adobe/Toxin%20Weapons2.pdf

Early Warning Systems for Hazardous Biological Agents in Potable Water
http://www.ehponline.org/realfiles/docs/2000/108p993-995foran/foran-full.html

Recovery from Terrorist Attacks: A Catalog of Selected Federal Assistance Programs
http://carper.senate.gov/acrobat%20files/RLfiles/RL31125.pdf


Training

Office of Domestic Preparedness (ODP) - Training courses
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/training.htm

The Early Responders Distance Learning Center of St. Joseph's University
http://erdlc.sju.edu/

Counter-Terrorism Training and Resources for Law Enforcement
http://www.counterterrorismtraining.gov/pubs/food.html

FDA/USDA ORA on-line food security course
http://www.fda.gov/ora/training/orau/FoodSecurity/default.htm

FEMA independent study
http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp