Food Safety and Inspection Food Safety and Inspection ServiceService

U.S. Department of U.S. Department of AgricultureAgriculture

Homeland Security: Protecting Homeland Security: Protecting the U.S. Food Supplythe U.S. Food Supply

Office of Food Security & Office of Food Security & Emergency PreparednessEmergency Preparedness

CAPT D.W. Chen, M.D., M.P.H.CAPT D.W. Chen, M.D., M.P.H.Acting Assistant AdministratorActing Assistant Administrator

On May 22, 1998, President Clinton ordered the strengthening of the nation's defenses against emerging unconventional threats to the United States to include those involving terrorist acts, weapons of mass destruction, assaults on our critical infrastructures, and cyber-based attacks.

PDD 63 OverviewPDD 63 Overview Presidential Decision Directive 63Presidential Decision Directive 63

GSA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE

President Bush’s February 2003 National President Bush’s February 2003 National Strategy for Physical Protection of Critical Strategy for Physical Protection of Critical

Infrastructures & Key AssetsInfrastructures & Key Assets Food and Agriculture Food and Agriculture WaterWater EnergyEnergy TelecommunicationsTelecommunications Banking and FinanceBanking and Finance Chemical Industry and Hazardous MaterialsChemical Industry and Hazardous Materials Defense Industrial BaseDefense Industrial Base TransportationTransportation Postal and ShippingPostal and Shipping National Monuments and IconsNational Monuments and Icons

White House Homeland White House Homeland Security CouncilSecurity Council

HSC issues Homeland Security HSC issues Homeland Security Presidential DirectivesPresidential Directives

Interagency Food Working Interagency Food Working GroupGroup

Department of Homeland Department of Homeland Security (DHS)Security (DHS)

Prevent terrorist attacks Prevent terrorist attacks within the U.S.within the U.S.

Reduce America’s Reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorismvulnerability to terrorism

Minimize damage and ensure Minimize damage and ensure recovery from attacks that do recovery from attacks that do occuroccur

Homeland Security Advisory Homeland Security Advisory System System

Threat ConditionsThreat Conditions

FSIS Directives 5420 SeriesFSIS Directives 5420 Series

5420.15420.1 — Homeland Security Threat — Homeland Security Threat Condition Response: Food Security Condition Response: Food Security Monitoring Procedures Monitoring Procedures

5420.25420.2 — Homeland Security Threat — Homeland Security Threat Condition Response: Handling of Condition Response: Handling of FSIS Laboratory SamplesFSIS Laboratory Samples

Operation Liberty ShieldOperation Liberty Shield

Enhanced inspection activityEnhanced inspection activityEnhanced surveillance of in-Enhanced surveillance of in-

distribution and import facilitiesdistribution and import facilitiesLaboratory sampling for threat Laboratory sampling for threat

agentsagentsEnhanced surveillance of human Enhanced surveillance of human

illnessillness

Tabletop ExercisesTabletop Exercises

““Crimson Winter” (January 2003)Crimson Winter” (January 2003)

““Crimson Spring” (TBD)Crimson Spring” (TBD)

Deputy Secretaries (USDA, HHS, DHS)Deputy Secretaries (USDA, HHS, DHS)

FSIS Security Guidelines for FSIS Security Guidelines for Food ProcessorsFood Processors

VoluntaryVoluntary

MandatoryMandatory

FSIS Safety and Security Guidelines FSIS Safety and Security Guidelines for the Transportation and for the Transportation and

Distribution of Meat, Poultry, and Egg Distribution of Meat, Poultry, and Egg ProductsProducts

Issued August 2003Issued August 2003VoluntaryVoluntarySmall shippers and Small shippers and

distributorsdistributors

Surety PointsSurety Points

Points at which actions may be taken Points at which actions may be taken to ensure the security of the product.to ensure the security of the product.

May overlap with safety measures.May overlap with safety measures.

Emergency Preparedness and Emergency Preparedness and ResponseResponse

Homeland Security Homeland Security Presidential Directive #5Presidential Directive #5

Secretary, DHS is principal Federal official Secretary, DHS is principal Federal official for domestic incident managementfor domestic incident management

Enhances the ability of the U.S. to manage Enhances the ability of the U.S. to manage domestic incidents by establishing a domestic incidents by establishing a single, comprehensive, national incident single, comprehensive, national incident management systems management systems

Creates a National Response Plan (NRP)Creates a National Response Plan (NRP)

Incident Command System (ICS)Incident Command System (ICS)

Continuity Of OperationsContinuity Of Operations(COOP)(COOP)

“The head of each Federal department and agency shall ensure the continuity of essential functions in any national security emergency by providing for: succession to office and emergency delegation of authority in accordance with applicable law; safekeeping of essential resources, facilities, and records; and establishment of emergency operating capabilities.” — PDD 67