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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
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The Division of Human and Animal Food East 2 (HAFE2) encompasses Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

**Delaware**

The state of Delaware does not currently perform inspections under FDA contract, though FDA engages with the Delaware Department of Agriculture and the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services on numerous public health topics and regulatory guidance. State employees maintain active pocket credentials or certificates of commissioning.   The DDA also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Produce inspections
	Annual meetings
	Regulatory guidance
	Inventory and operational status requests
	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
	Product recallsAdditional Resources

Delaware Department of Agriculture
	Delaware Department of Health and Social Services

**District of Columbia**

The District of Columbia does not currently perform inspections under FDA contract, though FDA engages with the District of Columbia Department of Health to integrate food safety resources.**Areas of Collaboration**

Training to augment the Retail Food Safety Program
	Joint inspections of facilities when needed
	Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
	Inventory and operational status requests
	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
	Product recallsAdditional Resources

District of Columbia Department of Health**Maryland**

The FDA engages with the Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland Department of Agriculture to perform contract inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in acidified foods, hazard analysis critical control point systems, current good manufacturing practices, and preventive controls inspections in the human food program area. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining federal credentials. Maryland 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
	Joint inspections of pharmacies engaged in compounding human and animal drugs
	Communicating on produce safety to include sharing of inventory, sampling results, or need for joint inspection in response to an outbreak
	Rapid Response Team
	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
	Product recallsAdditional Resources

Maryland Department of Health
	MDH Office of Food Safety
	MDA Office of Plant Industries State Chemist Section
	MDH Board of Pharmacy
	MDA Animal Health**New Jersey**

The FDA engages with the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDH) and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) to perform contract inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in Seafood hazard analysis critical control point systems, current good manufacturing practices (cGMP), and preventive controls (PC) inspections in the human food program area, and the NJDA 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 facilities under FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. The NJDA also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Produce inspections
	Public warning letters
	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
	Product recalls**Additional Resources******

New Jersey Department of Health
	New Jersey Department of Health Food and Drug Safety
	New Jersey Department of Agriculture
	New Jersey Department of Agriculture Produce Safety
	New Jersey Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health
	New Jersey Board of Pharmacy**Pennsylvania**

The FDA engages with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) to perform contract inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) and preventive controls (PC) inspections in the human food program area, Part 507 cGMP, Full PC, VFD traceback inspections, and 100% of medicated feed mill inspections in the animal food area. Pennsylvania’s human food regulations meet or exceed those enforced by FDA, and as such, PDA employees enter and inspect facilities under their own jurisdiction. State inspectors of the animal food program maintain active pocket credentials. The PDA also participates the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement Program.

In October 2023, the FDA announced the signing of a partnership agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Food Safety & Laboratory Services that will focus on inventory reconciliation, reducing foodborne illness risk, and minimizing duplication of work.

**Areas of Collaboration**

Joint inspections of facilities when needed
	Public warning letters
	Sharing compliance activities
	Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
	Work planning sessions
	Rapid Response Team
	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
	Product recallsAdditional Resources

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA)

**Virginia**

The FDA engages with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) Office of Dairy and Foods to perform contract inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in Seafood hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), Juice HACCP, Acidified Foods, current good manufacturing practices (cGMP), and preventive controls inspections in the human food program areas. The VDACS Office of Plant Industry Services performs Licensed Medicated Feed, Non-Licensed Medicated Feed, Part 507 GMP, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy inspections in the animal foods program area. State employees enter and inspect facilities under FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. The VDACS also participates the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement Program.

In October 2022, the FDA signed a domestic mutual reliance partnership agreement with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
	Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
	Sharing sample analyses to remove violative products from the market
	Sharing compliance activities
	Joint inspections of facilities when needed
	Food Safety Task Force
	Public warning letters
	Rapid Response Team
	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
	Product recallsAdditional Resources:

Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
	VDACS - Dairy & Foods
	VDACS - Animal Health
	VDACS - Produce Safety
	Virginia Department of Health (VDH) - Food Safety
	Virginia Board of Pharmacy**West Virginia**

The FDA engages with the West Virginia Department of Agriculture and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau of Public Health to perform contract inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in acidified foods, hazard analysis critical control point systems, current good manufacturing practices, and preventive controls inspections in the human food program area. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining federal credentials. West Virginia also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement. ****

Areas of Collaboration

Training
	Joint activities, including inspections of manufacturers and warehouses
	Sharing of facilities inventory, inspection history, and compliance activities
	Annual joint work planning sessions
	Joint inspections of pharmacies engaged in compounding human and animal drugs
	Communicating on produce safety to include sharing of inventory, sampling results, or need for joint inspection in response to an outbreak
	Voluntary Rapid Response Team
	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
	Product recallsAdditional Resources



WVBPH
	WVDA Animal Health
	WVDA Food Products and Aquaculture Licenses
	West Virginia Produce Safety

                                                                                  Content current as of:
      10/04/2023Domestic 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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