Regulators and Health Inspectors

Spotlights
FoodSHIELD Homepage

FoodSHIELD.

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.
Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards -April 2009- Standard 5: Foodborne Illness and Food Defense Preparedness and Response

FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

Program developed to detect, collect and investigate complaints and emergencies related to both intentional and unintentional food contamination. Descriptions of investigative, reporting and trace-back procedures are provided about this program as well as data review and analysis.
Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards

FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

Summarizes program standards, which were established to investigate and respond to complaints and emergencies associated with foodborne illness and intentional and unintentional food contamination, for food defense and response.
Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners - Food Security

DHHS. CDC. National Center for Environmental Health.

Provides specific details on how to prepare, plan and respond to foodborne outbreaks and to other emergency situations, such as the occurrence of natural disasters, in regards to food safety. Shares surveillance information on foodborne infections and diseases related to parasitic, viral, bacterial and noninfectious agents.
Interstate Food Transportation Assessment Project Seminar (PDF | 3.08 MB)

Michigan State University. National Food Safety and Toxicology Center.

Presentation of a pilot study conducted on interstate food transporters. In effort to improve both food defense and food safety and to protect consumers, inspections were randomly conducted on several food transporters traveling through nine different state corridors to assess food safety compliance.
The Counterfeit Food Scope and Threat Online Seminar

Michigan State University. National Food Safety & Toxicology Center.

The purpose of the packaging for food and product protection initiative is to inform the public of the risks associated with counterfeit products. This seminar presentation explores how products are counterfeited, how counterfeiting affects companies and consumers and the risks associated with the use of counterfeit products.
Precautions Against the Sabotage of Drinking-Water, Food, and Other Products (PDF | 74 KB)

World Health Organization.

Defining principles to preventing all sources of contamination, including chemical, biological and radioactive agents is essential in food defense and safety. Details precautions against sabotaging various resources and following the guidelines of prevention, detection and response.