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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
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          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
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          Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Division of West Coast Imports (DWCI) Home
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The Division of Human and Animal Food West 1 (HAFW1) encompasses Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.  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.

Minnesota

The FDA partners with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) for the completion of inspections performed under FDA contract. MDA has been awarded FDA contracts in their manufactured food program and commercial feed program. Their manufactured food program complies with the manufactured food regulatory program standards (MFRPS) and performs contract inspections under Minnesota state authority. Their commercial feed program complies with the animal food regulatory program standards (AFRPS) and performs contract inspections under FDA authority. Accordingly, all state animal food inspectors have been issued FDA pocket credentials.

In March 2022, the FDA announced the signing of a domestic mutual reliance partnership agreement with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture – the first such agreement to include both human and animal food. The work will focus on data and information sharing, official establishment inventory reconciliation and maintenance, and establishing key metrics.

Areas of Collaboration

Emergency response actions, including product recalls and emerging incidents
	Joint facility inspections
	Compliance actions (when necessary)
	Required training opportunities
	On-the-job education opportunities
	Inspector auditing
	Inventory reconciliation
	Monthly program meetings
	Annual contract work-planning meetings
	Industry information sharingAdditional Resources

Minnesota Department of Agriculture
	Minnesota Department of HealthNorth Dakota

The FDA engages with the North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) in animal food operations.  NDDA is contracted to conduct current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, risk-based preventive controls, and inspections of food for animals in conjunction with licensed medicated feed, veterinary feed directives, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy inspections. NDDA enters and inspects under FDA authority, therefore maintaining active FDA credentials. NDDA also participates in the produce safety cooperative agreement program.  The FDA engages with the North Dakota Department of Health in human food operations.  NDDoH does not maintain a contract with the FDA but communicates and coordinates with the agency as needed to protect the public health.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
	Regulated industry information sharing
	Joint inspection of facilities when needed
	Joint inspection of produce farms when needed
	Utilization of state inspectional data to assist with casework
	Regulatory meetings with FDA to discuss non-compliant firms and bringing those firms into voluntary compliance
	Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement Program – Education, outreach, and technical assistance
	Emergency and incident response coordination
	Investigation of consumer complaints
	Meetings as neededAdditional Resources:

North Dakota Department of Agriculture
	North Dakota Department of Health
	Food and Lodging | Health and Human Services North DakotaSouth Dakota

Although the FDA and South Dakota do not currently partner in any shared regulatory responsibilities at this time, the agency maintain open lines of communication for recalls, compliance issues, and emerging incidents.

**Areas of Collaboration**

Emergency/emerging incidents
	Product recalls
	Compliance issues (where applicable)Additional Resources:

South Dakota Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources
	South Dakota Department of HealthWisconsin

The FDA engages with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) in human and animal food operations. DATCP is contracted to conduct current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, and risk-based preventive controls inspections of human food and conducts these inspections under state authority. DATCP is in full conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards and participates in other programs with the FDA such as cooperative agreement and pilot programs. DATCP’s engagement with the FDA demonstrates their continued effort in an integrated food safety system.

In September 2021, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Division of Food and Recreational Safety 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**

Work planning sessions
	Regulated industry information sharing
	Inventory reconciliation
	Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards
	Training, to include on-the-job training, for state partners
	Education for local regulatory partners
	Joint inspection of facilities when needed
	Investigation of consumer complaints
	Sharing compliance activities
	Rapid Response Team
	Product recalls
	Produce Safety
	Dairy Partnership Pilot
	Partnership Agreement
	Non-contracted inspection data sharing
	Long-Term Information Sharing Agreement
	Laboratory capacity, analysis, and reporting
	Laboratory Flexible Funding Model Cooperative Agreement Program
	Utilization of state inspectional data to assist with casework
	Regulatory meetings with FDA to discuss non-compliant firms and bringing those firms into voluntary compliance
	Monthly meetingsAdditional Resources:

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

	Division of Food and Recreational Safety

                                                                                  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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