Helpful Links

• Counterterrorism-Related Legislation

• FDA Guidance for Industry
• Food Producers, Processors, and Transporters
• Importers and Filers: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance
• Dairy Farms, Bulk Milk Transporters, Bulk Milk Transfer Stations and Fluid Milk Processors: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance
• Cosmetics Processors and Transporters of Cosmetics Security Preventive Measures Guidance
• Retail Food Stores and Food Service Establishments: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance

• Contacts
• FDA Contacts
• FSIS Contacts
• Homeland Security State Contacts
• United States Department of Homeland Security
• National Response Plan (PDF)
• USDA Food Security and Emergency Preparedness
• Counter-Terrorism Food Emergency Response Network (FERN)
• eLEXNET (Electronic Laboratory Exchange Network)
• OSHA Evacuation Planning Matrix
• FEMA Are you ready? (Preparedness document)(PDF)
• EPA Homeland Security Strategy
• EPA Drinking Water Security and Emergency Preparedness (PDF)
• WHO - Terrorist Threats to Food: Guidance for Establishing and Strengthening Prevention and Response Systems (PDF)
• NGFA Facility for Grain, Feed and Grain Processing

• Risk Assessment for Food Terrorism and other Food Safety Concerns
• FSIS Industry Self-Assessment Checklist for Food Security (PDF)
• USPS Security of the Mail
• HAZMAT (Office of Hazardous Materials Safety) - Guidelines for Transporting Anthrax and Anthrax Contaminated Objects and Materials
• HAZMAT (Office of Hazardous Materials Safety) - How to Transport Infectious Substances
• IDFA (International Dairy Foods Association) - Biosecurity

• AIB Training
• Office of Domestic Preparedness (ODP) - Training courses
• The Early Responders Distance Learning Center of St. Joseph's University
• Counter-Terrorism Training and Resources for Law Enforcement
• FDA/USDA ORA Food Security Awareness - Free online course!
• ALERT, a food defense awareness program

• Private Sector Resources Catalog
• FoodSafety.gov
• Food Defense for Warehouses and Distribution Centers (PDF)
• Food Defense Acronyms, Abbreviations and Definitions
• Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and Counterterrorism
• FEMA Factsheet on Terrorism
• CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• ASTDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)
• ToxFAQ info sheets
• Minimum risk levels
• The Food Recall Manual (University of Florida, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition)
• The Biological and Toxin Weapons Threat to the United States (PDF)
• Early Warning Systems for Hazardous Biological Agents in Potable Water
• Recovery from Terrorist Attacks: A Catalog of Selected Federal Assistance Programs (PDF)
• The New FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
• FDA Food Defense & Emergency Response
• FDA Prior Notice of Imported Foods

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