Food and Agriculture Food and Agriculture Security: Security:

Are They on the Radar Are They on the Radar Screens of Our State Screens of Our State Homeland Security Homeland Security Directors?Directors?

Answer: Not unless Answer: Not unless you you put them there!put them there!

IN Food Security Project IN Food Security Project FundingFunding

Received public health Received public health preparedness funding through a preparedness funding through a cooperative agreement with the cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Funding is also available for Funding is also available for public health response efforts public health response efforts through DHS-Office of Domestic through DHS-Office of Domestic PreparednessPreparedness

CDC Grant ObjectivesCDC Grant Objectives

Ensure the performance of risk Ensure the performance of risk and vulnerability assessments of and vulnerability assessments of food and water to include food and water to include assessments of production, assessments of production, processing, and/or distribution processing, and/or distribution facilitiesfacilities

CDC Grant ObjectivesCDC Grant Objectives

In coordination with the appropriate In coordination with the appropriate state and local agencies state and local agencies responsible for food, water, and air responsible for food, water, and air safety, develop or ensure the safety, develop or ensure the capacity of the public health capacity of the public health system to respond in a timely and system to respond in a timely and appropriate manner to a appropriate manner to a food-,water-, or airborne illness or food-,water-, or airborne illness or threatthreat

IN Food Security Task IN Food Security Task ForceForce

A Food Security Task Force was created A Food Security Task Force was created to help guide the Food Defense to help guide the Food Defense Specialists in accomplishing the grant Specialists in accomplishing the grant objectivesobjectives

Task Force meetings also provide a forum Task Force meetings also provide a forum for discussion between members on for discussion between members on current food, water, and air security current food, water, and air security issues as well as public health all-hazards issues as well as public health all-hazards preparednesspreparedness

IN FS Task Force IN FS Task Force Membership: Membership: Government Government Indiana State Department of Indiana State Department of

Health-6Health-6– Food DefenseFood Defense– Food SafetyFood Safety– EpidemiologyEpidemiology– Zoonotic DiseaseZoonotic Disease– Public Health PreparednessPublic Health Preparedness– LaboratoryLaboratory

IN FS Task Force IN FS Task Force Membership: Membership: GovernmentGovernment Indiana Board of Animal Health-3Indiana Board of Animal Health-3

– State Veterinarians State Veterinarians – Biosecurity and Preparedness Biosecurity and Preparedness

PlannerPlanner– Meat & Dairy Safety and Security Meat & Dairy Safety and Security

ProgramProgram

IN FS Task Force IN FS Task Force Membership: Membership: GovernmentGovernment Indiana Dept of Homeland Indiana Dept of Homeland

Security-3Security-3– State Emergency Management State Emergency Management

AgencyAgency– State Fire MarshallState Fire Marshall– Director or RepresentativeDirector or Representative

IN FS Task Force IN FS Task Force Membership: Membership: GovernmentGovernment Indiana Dept of Agriculture-2Indiana Dept of Agriculture-2

– Agroterrorism SpecialistAgroterrorism Specialist– IN Agriculture StatisticsIN Agriculture Statistics– Direct links to crop/livestock farming Direct links to crop/livestock farming

communitycommunity

IN FS Task Force IN FS Task Force Membership: Membership: GovernmentGovernment Indiana Dept of Natural Indiana Dept of Natural

Resources-2Resources-2– Wildlife Disease SpecialistWildlife Disease Specialist– Crop Biosecurity SpecialistCrop Biosecurity Specialist

IN FS Task Force IN FS Task Force Membership: Membership: GovernmentGovernment Indiana State Egg Board-1Indiana State Egg Board-1

– Director Director

Indiana State Chemist-1Indiana State Chemist-1– Feed, Grain, and Pesticide DirectorFeed, Grain, and Pesticide Director

IN FS Task Force IN FS Task Force Membership: Membership: GovernmentGovernment IN Dept of Environmental IN Dept of Environmental

Management-3Management-3– Counter-terrorism CoordinatorCounter-terrorism Coordinator– Water Quality Branch ChiefWater Quality Branch Chief– Emergency Response Section ChiefEmergency Response Section Chief

IN FS Task Force IN FS Task Force Membership: Membership: GovernmentGovernment USDA- Food Safety and Inspection USDA- Food Safety and Inspection

Service-3Service-3– District VeterinarianDistrict Veterinarian– Compliance OfficerCompliance Officer– Program InvestigatorProgram Investigator

IN FS Task Force IN FS Task Force Membership: Membership: GovernmentGovernment Food and Drug Administration-1Food and Drug Administration-1

– ORA-Supervisory InvestigatorORA-Supervisory Investigator

IN FS Task Force IN FS Task Force Membership: Membership: AcademiaAcademia Purdue University-4Purdue University-4

– Professor of Veterinary Clinical ScienceProfessor of Veterinary Clinical Science– Professor of Food ScienceProfessor of Food Science– Professor of Environmental ScienceProfessor of Environmental Science– Extension Disaster Education NetworkExtension Disaster Education Network

Communication SpecialistCommunication Specialist Indiana University-1Indiana University-1

– Environmental Health SpecialistEnvironmental Health Specialist

IN FS Task Force IN FS Task Force Membership: IndustryMembership: Industry Trade Associations:Trade Associations:

– IN Grocers AssociationIN Grocers Association– IN Restaurant & Hospitality IN Restaurant & Hospitality

AssocAssoc– IN Convenience Store AssocIN Convenience Store Assoc– IN State Poultry AssocIN State Poultry Assoc

IN FS Task Force IN FS Task Force Membership: IndustryMembership: Industry Coca ColaCoca Cola Pen ProductsPen Products IN Packers CorporationIN Packers Corporation Red GoldRed Gold Butterfield FoodsButterfield Foods Sysco FoodsSysco Foods Archer Daniels Midland-TruckingArcher Daniels Midland-Trucking

IN FS Task Force IN FS Task Force Membership: IndustryMembership: Industry CBC BakeriesCBC Bakeries Harlan BakeriesHarlan Bakeries

How Can We Connect?How Can We Connect?

Focus on Common GoalsFocus on Common Goals Establish a Committee or Task Establish a Committee or Task

Force for Stakeholders to Come Force for Stakeholders to Come Together and Develop a Together and Develop a Plan/Strategy for Protecting Food Plan/Strategy for Protecting Food and Agriculture and Agriculture

Exercise Together- Tabletops Exercise Together- Tabletops Provide an Excellent Opportunity Provide an Excellent Opportunity

Stay Focused!Stay Focused!

Set goals and objectives for the Set goals and objectives for the committee/task force and focus on committee/task force and focus on making progressmaking progress

Don’t bite off more than you can chewDon’t bite off more than you can chew Address key areas of Food DefenseAddress key areas of Food Defense

– PreventionPrevention– PreparednessPreparedness– ResponseResponse– RecoveryRecovery

Need Help? Let us Need Help? Let us know!know! The AFDO Food Security Committee is The AFDO Food Security Committee is

committed to making progress in all committed to making progress in all these areas- If you need help or need these areas- If you need help or need to get in touch with subject matter to get in touch with subject matter experts in these areas- contact us!experts in these areas- contact us!

– Travis Goodman, IN Food Defense Travis Goodman, IN Food Defense Program Coordinator, 317-233-3081, Program Coordinator, 317-233-3081, tgoodman@isdh.state.in.ustgoodman@isdh.state.in.us

We Are All We Are All Stakeholders!Stakeholders!

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Academia Industry

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