Workshop "Food Security: Make It Your Business"
Let's Complete a Self-Assessment

Food Security Guidelines

• FSIS Food Security Guidelines for Food Processors - May 2002
  • Provide plants with guidance on ensuring security of their operation
• Web site: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/food_security_and_emergency_preparedness/security_guidelines/

Industry Self-Assessment

• Checklist
  • Based on the Food Security Guidelines and FSIS vulnerability assessments
  • Tool for plants to use to assess the security of their operations
  • NOT Regulatory

Checklist

• Nine Sections
  • Series of Yes/No questions
  • "N/A" can be checked for questions non-applicable to an establishment

Checklist Responses

• "Yes" Responses
  • Adequate preventive measures
• "No" Responses
  • Determine vulnerability or weakness

Elements of the Checklist

• Plan Management
• Outside Security
• Inside Security
• Slaughter and Processing Security
• Storage Security
• Shipping and Receiving Security
• Water and Ice Security
• Mail Handling Security
• Personnel Security

It's Easy

• The assessment is the basis of your Food Security Plan
• Outside Security exercise

Outside Security (Three photos: a security camera, lock on the back of a truck, and fence around perimeter of plant)

Use of the checklist

• Provides establishments way to assess security of operations
  • Protects establishment
  • Protects public health

Any Questions?