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Source: USDA FOOD SAFETY & INSPECTION SERVICE, 2/7/14
FSIS has developed a new tool for use by the FSIS-regulated industry
known as the Food Defense and Recall Preparedness: A Scenario-Based
Exercise Tool. This scenario-based tool highlights the importance of
having a voluntary functional food-defense plan and written recall
procedures. The tool identifies key components of a food-defense plan
and recall procedures that are relevant to an organizations’ business.
The exercise is designed to be completed within an hour’s time.
FSIS
is hosting webinars for industry to explain the purpose of the tool and
to demonstrate how to use it. The planned dates for the webinars are as
follows:
• Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, 10 a.m. ET
• Friday, March 14, 2014, 11 a.m. ET
Participants
can register for the webinars at https://webtraining.rti.org/fsis.
Questions regarding the tool and webinars can be directed to
nick.bauer@fsis.usda.gov.
The
tool is available for free download at
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-defense-defense-and-emergency-response.
It is also located in FSIS’ Guidance Documents at
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-defense-and-emergency-response/preparation-and-prevention/guidance-documents.
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