Food Defense Preparedness and Recall Exercise Package (FD-PREP) 

FD-PREP is a compilation of scenarios based on potential intentional food contamination events. FD-PREP is designed to help establishments test and validate their food defense and recall plans.

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Food Defense Plan: Security Measures for Food Defense 

Provides a template for industry to document measures to protect food and food production processes from intentional contamination.

• English
• Chinese
• French
• Korean
• Spanish
• Vietnamese

Food Defense Plan: Security Measures for Food Defense for Siluriformes Fish Farmers and Processors

Provides a template for industry to document measures to protect Siluriformes fish and Siluriformes fish production processes from intentional contamination.

• English
• Chinese
• Thai
• Vietnamese

Food Defense Risk Mitigation Tool 

Identifies countermeasures that companies could implement, as part of their food defense plan, to better protect their business, employees, and customers.

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Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET) (DHS)
Instructions for downloading the CSET desktop software tool, which guides users through a systematic process for assessing the cyber security posture of their industrial control system and enterprise information technology networks. A video tutorial is also available online.

Food Defense Plan Builder (FDA)
The Food Defense Plan Builder is a user-friendly software program designed to assist owners and operators of food facilities with developing personalized food defense plans for their facilities. This user-friendly tool harnesses existing FDA tools, guidance, and resources for food defense into one single application.

Food Emergency Response Plan Template (NASDA)
This template is designed to assist states with developing a food emergency response plan, utilizing the National Incident Management System principles.

Food Related Emergency Exercise Bundle (FREE-B) (FDA)
Designed with the intention of assisting government regulatory and public health agencies in assessing existing food emergency response plans, protocols and procedures that may be in place, or that they are in the process of revising or even developing. The FREE-B is designed to allow for multiple jurisdictions and organizations (medical community, private sector, law enforcement, first responder communities) to "play" with the host agency, or, quite simply, for an individual agency to test their own plans, protocols and procedures independently.

Insider Threat Awareness Toolkit (DoD)
Free online set of resources that focus on insider threat awareness as an essential component of a comprehensive security program.

Water Emergency Response Tool for Food Processors (Penn State Cooperative Extension)
This tool consists of a set of questions that can help food processors, food manufacturers, and other large-volume water users to be better prepared for a water shortage or water contamination emergency.

Keep America's Food Safe 

This guidance is designed to assist transporters, warehouses, distributors, retailers, and restaurants with enhancing their security measures to protect the food supply from contamination due to criminal or terrorist acts. 

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Food Defense for In-Commerce Firms

Provides resources and information on food safety and food defense for in-commerce firms.

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Food Defense Guidelines for the Transportation and Distribution of Meat, Poultry, and Processed Egg 

Guidance for enhanced food defense security practices within the transportation industry.

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Food Defense in FSIS-Regulated Establishments

Provides an overview of food defense and results from the annual food defense plan survey, and highlights tools and resources that are available to help your company implement a successful food defense program.

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Food Defense in Meat and Poultry Slaughter and Processing Plants 

Guidelines to assist establishments that slaughter and process meat and poultry, in identifying ways to strengthen food defense measures.

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Food Defense in Warehouse and Distribution Centers

Provides key information for developing a food defense plan in warehouse and distribution centers.

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• View the Brochures in English, Chinese and Spanish

Food Defense Guidelines for Siluriformes Fish Production and Processing 

A compilation of best practices specifically developed to assist federally-inspected fish facilities. (“Fish” is defined as “all fish of the order Siluriformes.”)

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Commercial Facilities: Food Defense Awareness and Outreach (FBI) 
This brochure informs the commercial facilities sector, and their associated food service vendors, of the importance of implementing food defense, what indicators to look for, and what actions they can take to prevent an incident of intentional contamination at their venue.

Criminal Investigation Handbook for Agroterrorism (FDA, FBI, USDA)
This handbook is intended for law enforcement and food/agriculture regulatory agencies' investigative personnel to facilitate communication and coordination in the event of a potential or actual agroterrorism incident.

Cyber Resilience Review (DHS) 
A no-cost, voluntary, non-technical assessment to evaluate an organization’s operational resilience and cybersecurity practices. The CRR may be conducted as a self-assessment or as an on-site assessment facilitated by DHS cybersecurity professionals. The CRR assesses enterprise programs and practices across a range of ten domains including risk management, incident management, service continuity, and others. The assessment is designed to measure existing organizational resilience as well as provide a gap analysis for improvement based on recognized best practices.

Cybersecurity Framework (NIST)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. The Framework consists of standards, guidelines, and practices to promote the protection of critical infrastructure and help owners and operators of critical infrastructure manage cybersecurity-related risk.

Guide for Security Practices in Transporting Agricultural and Food Commodities (USDA, AFTC, ATA)
This guide is a result of a voluntary cooperative effort of the USDA and the Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference (AFTC) of the American Trucking Associations (ATA). It provides voluntary guidance for enhanced security practices within the transportation industry.

Guidelines for the Disposal of Intentionally Adulterated Food Products and the Decontamination of Food Processing Facilities (FSIS, FDA, EPA)
Serves as a resource guide for FSIS and FDA field personnel located in District Offices and at food processing facilities.

“If You See Something, Say Something^TM” (Food and Agriculture Government and Sector Coordinating Councils, to include DHS, USDA, and FDA) 
Campaign engages the public in protecting our homeland through awareness–building, partnerships, and other outreach.

Trucking Counterterrorism Guide (TSA) 
This guide is intended to provide an awareness of specific counterterrorism issues to help prevent, protect, and respond to a security incident in the trucking industry, with a special section on food defense for food transporters.