Food Safety and Defense for Food Processors

Food Processing Facility Registration

• Iowa State University Extension Press Release
• HHS Issues New Rules to Enhance Security of the U.S. Food Supply - Press Release (October 9, 2003)
• Online Registration URL: http://www.fda.gov/furls/
  Available October 16, 2003

Help for filling out Registration Form 3537

• Applicable Food Product Categories (21 CFR 170.3) - (Acrobat file)

Fact Sheets on FDA's New Food Bioterrorism Regulations

• Interim Final Rule - Registration of Food Facilities
• Interim Final Rule - Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments

Food Defense for Retail Foodservices

Food Defense for the Small Retail Operation

Interim Final Rules - Federal Register notices

• Registration of Food Facilities (Acrobat file)
• Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments (Acrobat file)

FDA Background Information

• Bioterrorism Act of 2002
• Protecting the Food Supply: FDA Actions on New Bioterroism Legislation
• FDA Bioterrorism Resources
• FDA Food Safety and Terrorism Resources
• FDA Guidance Publications- http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/guidance.html
  • Necessity of the Use of Food Product Categories in Registration of Food Facilities - July 17, 2003
  • Dairy Farms, Bulk Milk Transporters, Bulk Milk Transfer Stations and Fluid Milk Processors Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance - July 11, 2003
  • Food Producers, Processors, and Transporters: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance - March 21, 2003
  • Importers and Filers: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance - March 21, 2003

Iowa Homeland Security Resources

• Iowa Homeland Security Web Site - http://www.iowahomelandsecurity.org/
  • Iowa Homeland Security Initiative (Acrobat file)
  • Summary of Iowa Homeland Security (Acrobat file)
• Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division - http://www.state.ia.us/emergencymanagement/

For more information or questions, contact:

Retail/Institutional Food Service Food Safety and Management

Catherine H. Strohbehn, PhD, RD, CFSP
HRIM Extension Specialist
Adjunct Associate Professor
Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa, 50011-1121 USA
Email: cstrohbe@iastate.edu

Consumer and Processing Food Safety and Science

Sam Beattie, PhD
Food Safety Extension Specialist
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Iowa State University Extension
122A MacKay Hall
Ames, Iowa, 50011-1121 USA
Email: beatties@iastate.edu

• Article History
• Revision Date: 4/16/2007

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