About the course

Introductory knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the concept of a national collaborative and cooperative network of federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial feed and food protection agencies working in concert to protect the U.S. feed and food supply.

 

Goal: Participants will be able to recognize how collaborative interrelationships of regulatory agencies promote and protect public health in a global environment. It is designed for basic level regulators.

Scope: Topics in this course include Foundations of an Integrated Food Safety System, Stakeholders of an IFSS, Supporting Stakeholder Collaboration, and Program Standards and the Importance of Sustaining.

Course Objectives:

Foundations of an Integrated Food Safety System

• Define relevant terminology,
• Define the concept of the IFSS,
• Recall the development of the IFSS,
• Recognize the relationship between the IFSS and FSMA,
• Recognize the IFSS role throughout the global human and animal food supply, and
• Recognize the IFSS sustainability.

Stakeholders of an IFSS

• Identify stakeholders,
• Recognize the roles for each stakeholder,
• Recognize how stakeholders influence public policy, and
• Recognize the role of human and animal food safety alliances.

Supporting Stakeholder Collaboration

• Identify collaboration activities,
• Discuss the use of funding vehicles to support collaboration,
• Identify examples of collaboration, and
• Discuss the relationship between formal agreements and the IFSS.

Program Standards and the Importance of Sustaining

• Identify the rationale for regulatory program standards,
• Recognize the importance of continuous improvement systems,
• Recognize the relationship between international standards and domestic human and animal food safety, and
• Recognize how data sharing could enhance regulatory activities.

Duration (2 hours):

• Unit 1: Foundations of an Integrated Food Safety System – 32 minutes
• Unit 2: Stakeholders of an IFSS – 37 minutes
• Unit 3: Supporting Stakeholder Collaboration – 28 minutes
• Unit 4: Program Standards and the Importance of Sustaining – 20 minutes