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                Domestic Mutual Reliance

Domestic Mutual Reliance

                        Domestic Mutual Reliance Benefits for Industry and Consumers
          FDA and State Counterparts
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The Division of Human and Animal Food East 3 (HAFE3) encompasses Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

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.



**Georgia**

The FDA engages with the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) to perform contract food and feed inspections. GDA conducts inspections for acidified food, juice hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), seafood HACCP, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and Preventive Controls (PC) inspections in the human food program. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD), Licensed Medicated Feed Mill, Non-Licensed Medicated Feed Mill, Traceback/Trace Forward, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and Preventive Controls (PC) inspections are in the animal food program. State employees enter and inspect under GDA’s authority. Regulated establishments include human and animal food. The Georgia Department of Agriculture also participates in the Produce Safety, Laboratory Flexible Funding Model, and Flexible Funding Model Cooperative Agreement Program. In addition, the FDA, in conjunction with GDA, established a recall shadowing program that is being mirrored nationwide. GDA is in full conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards and enrolled in the Animal Foods Regulatory Program Standards.

**Areas of Collaboration**

Work planning sessions
	Data exchange/information sharing
	Sharing compliance activities
	Joint inspections of facilities when needed
	Food Safety Task Force
	Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
	On-the-job training for state inspectors
	Regulated industry information sharing
	Roundtable discussions including academia discussing new and emerging trends & challenges
	Rapid Response Team
	Annual meetings
	Regulatory guidance
	Inventory and operational status requests
	Field staff training
	Industry and consumer education
	Sample collection and laboratory capacity, analysis, and reporting
	Investigation of outbreaks and complaints
	Product recall oversight and effectiveness/audit checks
	Animal Food Contract Inspection Program
	Human Food Inspection Contract Inspection Program
	Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards
	Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards**Additional Resources**

Georgia Department of Agriculture
	Georgia Department of Public Health
	Food Safety Task Force

**North Carolina**

The FDA engages with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) to perform contract food and feed inspections. NCDA conducts inspections for acidified food, juice hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), seafood HACCP, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and Preventive Controls (PC) inspections in the human food program. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD), Licensed Medicated Feed Mill, Non-Licensed Medicated Feed Mill, Traceback/Trace Forward, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and Preventive Controls (PC) inspections are in the animal food program. State employees enter and inspect under NCDA’s authority. Regulated establishments include human and animal food. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture also participates in the Produce Safety, Laboratory Flexible Funding Model, and Flexible Funding Model Cooperative Agreement Programs. In addition, NCDA is participating in a recall shadowing program that is being mirrored nationwide. NCDA is in full conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards and enrolled in the Animal Foods Regulatory Program Standards.

**Areas of Collaboration**

Work planning sessions
	Data exchange/information sharing
	Sharing compliance activities
	Joint inspections of facilities when needed
	Food Safety Task Force
	Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
	On-the-job training for state inspectors
	Regulated industry information sharing
	Rapid Response Team
	Annual meetings
	Regulatory guidance
	Inventory and operational status requests
	Field staff training
	Recall Effectiveness Checks
	Animal Food Contract Inspection Program
	Human Food Contract Inspection Program
	Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards
	Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards**Additional Resources**

North Carolina Division of Public Health
	North Carolina Department of Agriculture

**South Carolina**

The FDA engages with the South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) to perform contract food and feed inspections. SCDA conducts inspections for acidified food, juice hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), seafood HACCP, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and Preventive Controls (PC) inspections in the human food program. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD), Licensed Medicated Feed Mill, Non-Licensed Medicated Feed Mill, Traceback/Trace Forward, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and Preventive Controls (PC) inspections are in the animal food program. State employees for the food program enter and inspect under SCDA’s authority and the feed program enters an inspects under FDA’s authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. Regulated establishments include human and animal food. The South Carolina Department of Agriculture also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement Program. SCDA is in full conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards and enrolled in the Animal Foods Regulatory Program Standards.

The FDA engages with The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Controls to perform contract food inspections of manufactured dairy product firms, wholesale ice firms, bottled water firms, beverage bottling firms and warehouses and Preventive Controls (PC) inspections in the human food program. State employees enter and inspect under FDA’s authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. SCDHEC is in full conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards and participates in the Laboratory Flexible Funding Model Cooperative Agreement.

**Areas of Collaboration**

Work planning sessions
	Data exchange/information sharing
	Sharing compliance activities
	Joint inspections of facilities when needed
	Food Safety Task Force
	Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
	On-the-job training for state inspectors
	Regulated industry information sharing
	Rapid Response Team
	Annual meetings
	Regulatory guidance
	Inventory and operational status requests
	Field staff training
	Animal Food Contract Inspection Program
	Human Food Inspection Contract Inspection Program
	Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards
	Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards**Additional Resources**

South Carolina Department of Agriculture Consumer Protection
	South Carolina Department of Agriculture Food Safety
	South Carolina Food Safety Task Force
	South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
	South Carolina Feed Safety Compliance

                                                                                  Content current as of:
      03/10/2023Domestic 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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