Educational tools and resources for emergency preparedness and management due to natural or man-made disasters for the food and agricultural sector.
FDA Food Protection Plan DHHS. Food and Drug Administration. Addresses both food safety and food defense for domestic and imported products using science and modern technology systems.
CARVER + Shock Software Tool U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Software to help growers, packers, processors, manufacturers, warehousers, transporters, and retailers in the food industry determine the vulnerability of individual food facilities to biological, chemical, or radiological attack.
Emergency Preparedness Fact Sheets USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service. Provides fact sheets for consumers on emergency preparedness. Also includes videos and audio files.
Food and Agriculture Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) Food Marketing Institute. An information and analysis service that enables the food industry to report, identify and reduce its vulnerabilities to malicious attacks and to recover from any attacks as quickly as possible.
Food Biosecurity Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. University of Minnesota. Webpage that provides updated news articles on food biosecurity.
Food Protection Education Resource Database National Center for Food Protection and Defense. A database of food defense resources provided by a center of the Department of Homeland Security.
Food Defense and Terrorism FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Highlights pertinent information for the consumer about the risks associated with the tampering of, or terrorist actions on the food and cosmetic supply. Includes descriptions of food and cosmetic defense programs and training sessions.
Crisis Center American Meat Institute. AMI's Crisis Management Team assists companies facing challenges. Sample press statements, tips on preparing for media interviews, and information on a variety of tools is also provided.
Food Defense and Emergency Response USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service. Provides information about USDA, Food Safety Inspection Service's surveillance activities to safeguard the food supply from intentional contamination.
An Introduction to Food Security Awareness Food and Drug Administration; United States Department of Agriculture. A course for individuals who work at every level of the food and agriculture system, throughout government and the private sector.
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.
National Center for Food Protection and Defense National Center for Food Protection and Defense. Addresses the vulnerability of the nation’s food system to an attack through intentional contamination with biological or chemical agents.
Food Defense Resource Center AIB International. Provides and sells information and services on reducing the risk of intentional harm in the food industry by modeling solutions based on best practices.
Crisis Management Primer National Restaurant Association. Provides an overview for businesses on how to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a crisis.
National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense As a Department of Homeland Security National Center of Excellence, the FAZD Center is focused on protecting America from exotic and engineered animal diseases that threaten public health and economic stability.
Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) FERN integrates the nation's food-testing laboratories at the local, state, and federal levels into a network that is able to respond to emergencies involving biological, chemical, or radiological contamination of food.