# Presentation: 902162

## FSIS-State Partnership

**Exercise Program**

**Ron Graham**
**Senior Emergency Response Specialist & FSIS Exercise Coordinator**
**Food Defense Technical Staff**
**Office of Food Defense and Emergency Response**

***On Behalf Of***
***Dr. Richard Raymond, MD – Undersecretary for Food Safety***
***Alfred Almanza – FSIS Administrator***
***Dr. Carol Maczka, PhD – OFDER Assistant Administrator***

## The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged. 

***Office of Field Operations – 15 District Offices***
***Office of Program Evaluation , Enforcement and Review – 5 Regional Offices***
***Office of International Affairs – 4 Regional Offices***
***Office of Public Health Services – 3 Laboratories + FERN Labs***
***Office of Food Defense and Emergency Response***
***Office of Public Affairs, Education, & Outreach***
***Office of Policy, Program, & Employee Development – Technical Service Center***
***Office of Management***

**The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged. **

## Objectives

**To exercise and test the coordination of non-routine incident emergency response actions among:**
**FSIS program offices and associated field staffs**
**State and local agriculture and public health agencies**
**Primary federal emergency response organizations**
**Food industry – Associations, Consumer Groups, Retailers, Processors, etc.**

## Exercise Program & Focus

** ****The roles of federal, state and local government agencies and the food industry to work together to detect, respond to, and recover from a non-routine emergency incident involving the food supply. **
** ****Emphasis during the exercise is on the team approach to incident response, coordination, integration of capabilities, risk communications, problem identification, and resolution through preparation, response, recovery, and multi-agency coordination**

_**Exercise Program & Focus**_

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County and Local Level - Public Health, Sheriff, Emergency Mgmt, Hospitals, & Environmental 

State Level – Ag, PH, Emergency Mgmt, Public Affairs, & Environmental

Other Feds – EPA, FDA, USDA OIG, DHS, & FBI

Tribal Nations 

Industry - National Turkey Federation, National Chicken Council, United Egg Producers, National Meat Association, AHold, retailers, processors, etc.

Associations - National Association of  County and City Health Officials, National Association of State Depts. of Agriculture, The Association of State and Territorial Health Official, National Restaurant Association, etc. 

Consumer Groups - Safe Tables Our Priority, Center for Science in the Public Interest, etc.

**County and Local Level - Public Health, Sheriff, Emergency Mgmt, Hospitals, & Environmental **
**State Level – Ag, PH, Emergency Mgmt, Public Affairs, & Environmental**
**Other Feds – EPA, FDA, USDA OIG, DHS, & FBI**
**Tribal Nations **
**Industry - National Turkey Federation, National Chicken Council, United Egg Producers, National Meat Association, AHold, retailers, processors, etc.**
**Associations - National Association of  County and City Health Officials, National Association of State Depts. of Agriculture, The Association of State and Territorial Health Official, National Restaurant Association, etc.**
**Consumer Groups - Safe Tables Our Priority, Center for Science in the Public Interest, etc.**

_**Food Defense Partnerships**_

## Scenario

_**Day 1**_** *****(8-hours-USDA-FSIS Only)***
**Phase 1:**
**Human Pandemic**
**Federal Emergency Response Network (FERN)**
**Non-Routine Incident Report (NRIR)**
**FSIS Emergency Management Committee (EMC) Activation**
**FSIS Incident Command System (ICS)**
_**Day 2**_** *****(8 hours-USDA, Other Feds, State, County, Tribal, City, & Industry)***
**Phase 2:  Public Health Notification**
**Phase 3:  Sample Collection/Laboratory Operations**
**Phase 4:  Recall and Response**
**Phase 5:  Product Disposal and Recovery**

## Past Exercises

***9 Food Defense Exercises - Alameda (CA), Raleigh (NC & SC), Minneapolis (MN), Chicago (IL), Albany (NY, CT, VT, & RI), Dallas (TX), Madison (WI), Beltsville (MD), & Philadelphia (PA)***
***1 Illegal Import & High Risk Shipment Workshop (CBP & USDA)***
***2 Public Health Exercises – Avian Influenza (Industry, USDA, OH, MD, VA, & NC) & Human Pandemic (USDA)***
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_**Past Exercises**_

## Upcoming Exercises

**  ****Atlanta FD – June 5, 2008**
**  ****G8 Food Security – May 27-29, 2008**
**  ****Des Moines FD – Partner Mtg June 24, 08 – Exercise July 24, 2008**
**  ****Denver FD – Partner Mtg August 20, 08 – Exercise September 25, 2008**
**  ****Public Health Risk – September 2008**
**  ****Human Pandemic (external) – October 9 , 2008**
**  ****Springdale FD – Partner Mtg November 4, 08 – Exercise December 4, 2008********
**  ****Lawrence FD – Partner Mtg January 6, 09 – Exercise February 5, 2009********
**  ****Jackson FD – Partner Mtg March 4, 09 – Exercise April 9, 2009********
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_**Upcoming Exercises**_
***(Tentative Dates)***

## Coordination

**How to better coordinate with States and other local organizations**
**National Exercise Schedule**
**Single POC**
**State FD or Agroterrorism Task Forces**
**Other**

## Exercise Results

**Public Affairs Coordination**
**Product Recall and Effectiveness Checks *****Food Distribution List and MOU between State & USDA-FSIS***
**Product Disposal**
**	*****USDA Product Disposal Guidelines***
**Incident Command System Structure**

## Questions

**Ron Graham**
- _[ron.graham@fsis.usda.gov](mailto:ron.graham@fsis.usda.gov)_
**Office: 202-690-6450**
**BB: 202-431-1820**