What’s New from AFDO MFRP Alliance Jim Melvin Assistant Director of Regulatory Programs North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services March 11, :00 AM
New and Improved Building a Food Safety Community where “residents” help neighbors and friends
New and Improved
About the Alliance Where Did it Come From? The Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Alliance (MFRPA) was formed under the Alliance for Advancing a National Integrated Food Safety System (Alliance)’s Cooperative Agreements Program
New and Improved Membership Criteria Voting member: the individual or their delegate with overall management responsibility for a State or Territorial Program enrolled in the MFRPS. Non-voting member: an employee of a State or Territorial Program enrolled in the MFRPS or of an agency responsible for providing supporting services to an enrolled State or Territory. Technical advisor: an employee of the FDA who is responsible for assisting programs in achieving, implementing, or auditing the MFRPS
About the Alliance Goals MFRPA and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will work together to accomplish the following objectives: 1. Establish a Network of State Manufactured Food Program Managers 2. Conduct Surveys of State/Local/Tribal Manufactured Foods Programs 3. Identifying and Tracking of State Laws and Regulations 4. Provide Task-Oriented Guidelines, as Needed 5. Identify and Support Pilot Programs in States as Needed to Support Implementation of MFRPS 6. Community Relations Building/Networking 7. Training and Outreach 8. Update, Enhance and Improve the Directory of State and Local Officials 9. In Support of FSMA, Work with FDA to Establish Operational Partnerships that Assist in the Capacity Building of State and Local Agencies as well as Establishing and Implementing Strategies for Improving State and Local Food Safety Efforts
About the Alliance Establish a Network of State Manufactured Food Program Managers
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About the Alliance Establish a Network of State Manufactured Food Program Managers Your views are important! Complete form to recommend changes to MFRPS Your views are important! Complete form to recommend changes to MFRPS
About the Alliance Establish a Network of State Manufactured Food Program Managers Your views are important! Complete form to recommend changes to MFRPS Your views are important! Complete form to recommend changes to MFRPS
About the Alliance Establish a Network of State Manufactured Food Program Managers Information on your Board of Directors
About the Alliance Establish a Network of State Manufactured Food Program Managers Kimberly Stryker, Chair Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Steven Mandernach, Co-Chair Iowa Department of Inspection & Appeals Natalie Adan, Member Georgia Department of Agriculture Matt Ettinger, Member Virginia State Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Inman, Member Kansas State Department of Agriculture Benjamin Miller, Member Minnesota Department of Agriculture Michael Moore, Member Massachusetts Department of Public Health David Read, Member Minnesota Department of Agriculture Steven Sobek, Member Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, & Consumer Protection Board of Directors
About the Alliance Establish a Network of State Manufactured Food Program Managers Click Here to access a repository where State’s can share MFRPS documents and best practices Click Here to access a repository where State’s can share MFRPS documents and best practices
About the Alliance Establish a Network of State Manufactured Food Program Managers Documents can be accessed either by clicking on a state or a Standard You can add your documents ! Highlighted Documents are used to feature documents You can add your documents ! Highlighted Documents are used to feature documents
About the Alliance Establish a Network of State Manufactured Food Program Managers Click on the document you want to review
About the Alliance Establish a Network of State Manufactured Food Program Managers The document can be downloaded so you can review content or modify to utilize in your own program. “No reason to reinvent the wheel” The document can be downloaded so you can review content or modify to utilize in your own program. “No reason to reinvent the wheel”
About the Alliance Identifying and Tracking of State Laws and Regulations Click on Cottage Foods
About the Alliance Identifying and Tracking of State Laws and Regulations
Click on Cottage Foods
About the Alliance Identifying and Tracking of State Laws and Regulations Click on California
About the Alliance Identifying and Tracking of State Laws and Regulations
About the Alliance Update, Enhance and Improve the Directory of State and Local Officials
About the Alliance In Support of FSMA, Work with FDA to Establish Operational Partnerships that Assist in the Capacity Building of State and Local Agencies as well as Establishing and Implementing Strategies for Improving State and Local Food Safety Efforts Sampling Workshop Help state food safety regulatory programs and state food and feed laboratories learn how to successfully collaborate for food safety surveillance, inspection and compliance activities
Contact Information Jim Melvin Assistant Director of Regulatory Programs NCDA&CS Food and Drug Protection Div.