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                Domestic Mutual Reliance

Domestic Mutual Reliance

                        Domestic Mutual Reliance Benefits for Industry and Consumers
          FDA and State Counterparts
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food East Division 1
          Domestic Mutual  Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food East Division 2
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food East Division 3
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food East Division 4
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food East Division 5
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food East Division 6
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food West Division 1
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food West Division 2
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food West Division 3
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food West Division 4
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food West Division 5
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food West Division 6
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Division of West Coast Imports (DWCI) Home
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The Division of Human and Animal Food West 2 (HAFW2) encompasses Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. State counterparts perform contract inspections in both human and animal food facilities.

For more information on Rapid Response Teams, Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards, and other programs, please see FDA and State Counterparts.

Iowa

FDA engages with Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals and Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) to perform contract inspections. FDA relies on the state’s expertise in juice, current good manufacturing practices (cGMP), and preventive controls (PC) inspections in the human food program area. State employees enter and inspect under their authority for human food inspections. IDALS performs Part 507 GMP, full PC, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and veterinary feed directive inspections in the animal food program area, as well as egg inspections. State animal food employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining federal credentials. Iowa also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

In July 2022, the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals signed a domestic mutual reliance partnership agreement with the FDA to expand collaboration and commitment to protecting public health, as well as enhance the relationship between the agencies as they work together toward an Integrated Food Safety System.

Areas of Collaboration

Training
	Joint inspections of facilities when needed
	Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
	Inventory and operational status requests
	Sharing compliance activities
	Work planning sessions
	Communicating on produce safety to include sharing of inventory
	Rapid Response Team
	On-the-job training for state inspectors
	Regulated industry information sharing
	Product recalls
	Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
	Laboratory
	Warning Letters
	Food Safety Task ForceAdditional Resources

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
	Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory
	Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals & Licensing
	Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

Kansas

FDA engages with Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) to perform contract inspections. FDA relies on the state’s expertise in current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) and preventive controls (PC) inspections in the human food program area. KDA performs Part 507 GMP, full PC, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and veterinary feed directive inspections in the animal food program area. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining federal credentials. Kansas also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Training
	Joint inspections of facilities when needed
	Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
	Inventory and operational status requests
	Sharing compliance activities
	Work planning sessions
	Communicating on produce safety to include sharing of inventory
	Rapid Response Team
	On-the-job training for state inspectors
	Regulated industry information sharing
	Product recalls
	Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
	Laboratory
	Warning Letters
	Food Safety Task ForceAdditional Resources

Kansas Department of Health and Environment
	Kansas Department of Agriculture

Missouri

FDA engages with Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to perform contract inspections. FDA relies on the state’s expertise in acidified foods, current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) and preventive controls (PC) inspections in the human food program area. State employees enter and inspect under their authority for human food inspections. MDA performs Part 507 GMP, full PC, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and veterinary feed directive inspections in the animal food program area. State animal food employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining federal credentials. Missouri also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Training
	Joint inspections of facilities when needed
	Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
	Inventory and operational status requests
	Sharing compliance activities
	Work planning sessions
	Communicating on produce safety to include sharing of inventory
	Rapid Response Team
	On-the-job training for state inspectors
	Regulated industry information sharing
	Product recalls
	Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
	Laboratory
	Warning Letters
	Food Safety Task ForceAdditional Resources

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
	Missouri Department of Agriculture

Nebraska

FDA engages with Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) to perform contract inspections. FDA relies on the state’s expertise in current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) in the human food program area. NDA performs Part 507 GMP, full PC, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and veterinary feed directive inspections in the animal food program area. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining federal credentials. Nebraska also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Training
	Joint inspections of facilities when needed
	Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
	Inventory and operational status requests
	Sharing compliance activities
	Work planning sessions
	Communicating on produce safety to include sharing of inventory
	On-the-job training for state inspectors
	Regulated industry information sharing
	Product recalls
	Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
	Laboratory
	Warning Letters
	Food Safety Task ForceAdditional Resources

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
	Nebraska Department of Agriculture

                                                                                  Content current as of:
      09/01/2023Domestic Mutual Reliance

          
                        Domestic Mutual Reliance Benefits for Industry and Consumers
          FDA and State Counterparts
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food East Division 1
          Domestic Mutual  Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food East Division 2
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food East Division 3
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food East Division 4
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food East Division 5
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food East Division 6
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food West Division 1
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food West Division 2
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food West Division 3
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food West Division 4
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food West Division 5
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food West Division 6
          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Division of West Coast Imports (DWCI)
 
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