New Tools for Food Defense
and Risk Reduction
Jason P. Bashura, MPH, RS
Senior Food Defense Analyst
Food Defense and Emergency Coordination Staff
CFSAN / Office of Analytics and Outreach
Quotable Quotes:
“Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.”
Winston Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965)
“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower (14 October 1890 – 28 March
1969)
“I love it when a plan comes together.”
- Col. John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, The A-Team (1984ish?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan
Quotable Quotes from the last few days:
“Create or obtain educational materials that are appealing to our operators.”
“We don’t want to duplicate efforts and reinvent the wheel.”
“Delivery of actionable, relevant information to interested stakeholders.”
“FSMA FOT is an example of good govt., as there’s an acronym within an acronym.”
“We’re all so busy that we didn’t have time to work on these charges.”
“We can’t keep reinventing the wheel.”
“People were still getting sick after the recall. We obviously have to do a better job.”
“Collaboration accelerates innovation.”
“She’s a 5’1” tall 81 y/o Italian woman. I’m not sure what she says to these guys, but
they pay.”
“Counterfeiters attend anti-counterfeiting conferences.”
“Obtain and analyze more data faster.”
But, my favorite was…..
“… like a wheelbarrow full of frogs.”
Bob Ehart
Resources (tools) and Training
Food Defense Plan Builder Tool
Food Defense 101
Food Defense Awareness Workshops
Food Related Emergency Exercise – Bundle:
New scenario content
Recent Workshop Grant Awards
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Food Defense Plan Builder
Background: Why FDPB?
• 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (Sec 103, 105, 106)
• Identify and evaluate hazards that may be intentionally
introduced, including by acts of terrorism
• 2009-2012 FDA/USDA international workshops
• Microsoft Excel version field tested and used by
government, industry, and academic partners
internationally
Food Defense Plan Builder
• User-friendly, stand-alone desktop application
• Guides users through the steps to develop a Food
Defense Plan
• Company Information
• Broad Mitigation Strategies
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Focused Mitigation Strategies
• Emergency Contacts
• Action Plan
• Supporting Documents
Food Defense Plan Builder
• FDA will not track or have access to documents or any
content saved by users of the Food Defense Plan
Builder
• Drafts a formatted Food Defense Plan and stores
supporting documents in a single application
• Content will align with FDA guidance and regulations, as
appropriate
• Tool can be used to develop templates for certain
commodities or facilities
• Individual companies can customize content with
company-specific requirements
Content
• Harnesses existing FDA tools and resources into
one single application
• Food Defense Guidance
• CARVER + Shock Vulnerability Assessment Tool
• Mitigation Strategies Database
Initial Industry Feedback
• Two industry focus groups were held to get feedback on
the beta Food Defense Plan Builder
– November 1, 2012 in Minneapolis, MN
– December 12, 2012 in Washington, DC
Food Defense Domestic Workshops
The goal of the full-day workshop is to provide the food
industry with an understanding of food defense, the tools
and resources available, and to walk participants through a
series of exercises on how to create a food defense plan.
Much of the day will be spent introducing the FDA’s Food
Defense Plan Builder software program.
Completed Workshops:
May 28, 2013 – Pleasanton, CA
May 30, 2013 – Fresno, CA
June 4, 2013 – San Juan, PR
MORE COMING SOON…
Chicago, Las Vegas, Nashville, New Mexico,
Colorado and others still being finalized.
Food Defense 101
Food Defense 101
A virtual, self-paced FREE training on Food Defense.
Helping our industry stakeholders with understanding the tools
and resources that are available, and
To help them to gain awareness on Food Defense resources,
Providing food defense regulation overview and,
Practical ways to reduce the risk of intentional contamination.
Food Defense 101
Food Defense 101
Courses contained within the FD 101 include:
1.) Food Defense Awareness for the Food Professional
This course provides an understanding of food defense and guidance for
professionals in the food industry. The course modules progress through food
defense planning including broad mitigation strategies, vulnerability assessments,
focused mitigation strategies, and food defense plans.
2.) Food Defense Awareness for Front-line Employees
This course provides guidance specific to front-line workers and simple procedures
for these employees to follow in food defense.
3.) FDA Regulations
This course presents the three FDA Regulations that have been developed to
address the safety of our nation's food supply and their impact on the food industry.
(BT Act, FSMA and the RFR)
4.) ALERT
ALERT has been updated to include FSMA guidance and provides specific examples
on ways to protect a firm from the threat of intentional contamination.
Food Defense 101
As Food Defense is EVERYONE’s BUSINESS – by
encouraging your colleagues to complete this virtual
training, you’ll gain awareness of the tools and resources
that are available to help reduce the risk of intentional
contamination of the food supply.
Food Related Emergency Exercise – Bundle:
Helping to CONNECT THE DOTS in
food emergency response planning
Food Related Emergency Exercise Bundle
FREE-B Workshops
FDA is seeking to evaluate the use of the
FREE-B to improve / modify the tool moving
forward.
FDA issued funds to support 19 ‘exercises’
utilizing the FREE-B tool in 2013, on the heels
of 9 last year.
FREE-B Workshops
 Based on feedback received from workshops completed:
 3 new scenarios to be developed: feed, water and recovery
based scenarios.
 Existing content will be re-evaluated: question mapping,
objectives connected to other national strategies, such as the:
 National Preparedness Goal (PPD-8)
 Public health emergency preparedness contracts,
 National Health Security Strategy (NHSS), as well as the
 MFRPS,
 CIFOR and other related efforts
Innovative Food Defense Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=1GSTRQspfCzKyTmzTN8yWp9syWh2pqV3mJ18XgLy2qL9BhwF7r
rd!-309707781
The description from the GRANTS.gov site reads:
Innovative Food Defense Program (IFDP) grants are designed to
generate food defense tools and resources that are easily replicated
and can complement, aid in the development of, or improve State,
local, Tribal and territorial (SLTT) food defense programs.
As the Food Safety Modernization Act recognizes the evolution of the
relationship between food safety and food defense, it is critical that
these programs be integrated to the maximum extent possible in
order to ensure the most efficient use of resources, as well as to
optimize response to an incident or event
Completed projects are available @ www.FDA.gov/FoodDefense
When we have strategically planned enough,
and we’ve gotten in to the habit of…
Strategically DOING –
It will soon become evident that….
Some Food Defense Tools and Resources are
available – please take 1 of each, so there’s
enough for everyone.
Additional materials can be ordered – in bulk –
by visiting www.FDA.gov/FoodDefense
www.FDA/gov/FoodDefense
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