New FDA Tool Helps Facility Operators Develop Food Defense Plans
The Food and Drug Administration released a new tool to help owners and operators of food facilities -- ranging from production and manufacturing to retail and transportation -- develop customized plans to minimize the risk of intentional contamination at their…
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individual food facilities. The Food Defense Plan Builder helps facility operators implement the optional plans through a series of questions about the user’s facility and associated food, FDA said. The plans include a vulnerability assessment, broad and focused mitigation strategies, and an action plan, it said. The content in the tool is based on FDA’s food defense guidance documents, and so are consistent with FDA’s current thinking on the issue, the agency said.