Food Safety and Defense for Food Processors

• HHS Issues New Rules to Enhance Security of the U.S. Food Supply
• Food Facility Online Registration
  

Help for filling out Registration Form 3537

• Applicable Food Product Categories (21 CFR 170.3)

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 
• Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments

FDA Background Information

• Bioterrorism Act of 2002
• Protecting the Food Supply: FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation
• FDA Food Defense and Terrorism Resources
• FDA Guidance Publications
  • 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 - October 2007
  • Food Producers, Processors, and Transporters: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance - October 2007
  • Importers and Filers: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance - October 2007

Iowa Homeland Security Resource

• Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division

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
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
Ames, Iowa, 50011-1121 USA
beatties@iastate.edu

• Article History
• Revision Date: 3/18/2009