AFDO 112th Annual Educational Conference
June 7-11, 2008
EXHIBITOR LISTING
Department of Homeland Security National Infrastructure Protection Plan
#1. Department of Homeland Security National infrastructure Protection Plan - The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) and supporting Sector-Specific Plans (SSPs) provide a coordinated approach to critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) protection roles and responsibilities for federal, state, local, tribal, and private sector security partners. The NIPP sets national priorities, goals, and requirements for effective distribution of funding and resources which will help ensure that our government, economy, and public services continue in the event of a terrorist attack or other disaster.
The plan is based on the following:
- Strong public-private partnerships which will foster relationships and facilitate coordination within and across CI/KR sectors.
- Robust multi-directional information sharing which will enhance the ability to assess risks, make prudent security investments, and take protective action.
- Risk management framework establishing processes for combining consequence, vulnerability, and threat information to produce a comprehensive, systematic, and rational assessment of national or sector risk.
DHS/NCS GETS/WPS
#2. DHS/NCS GETS/WPS - The NCS provides priority telecommunications services, coordination, information sharing operations, and other related programs to support National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) efforts across Federal, state, and local government, critical infrastructure industry, and other authorized NS/EP organizations under all circumstances, including crisis, disaster, emergency, or attack, from awareness through recovery.
These include the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS), Wireless Priority Service (WPS), Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) program and the Shared Resources (SHARES) High Frequency (HF) radio program.
Contact us at: 1.866.627.2255
NSF International
#3. NSF International was founded in 1944 as an independent, not-for-profit organization to:
- develop national standards
- provide third-party product testing and certification
- deliver public health related education and training
NSF focuses on:
- food safety and food equipment
- water and water treatment and distribution products
- safety, quality and environmental management systems registrations
NSF is widely relied on by regulators and public health officials, product manufacturers, code officials, retailers and the general public, to help make health-based decisions.
NSF has expanded its services to include:
- food safety inspections from farm to fork
- HACCP audits and certifications
- nonfood compound registrations
- dietary supplements and GMP certification
- organic foods certification to NOP
NSF is a WHO Collaborating Center for Food Safety and Water Quality. Hundreds of thousands of NSF certified products can be found listed at www.nsf.org. Look for the NSF Mark!
WinWam Software
#4. WinWam Software - WinWam Software is among the nation's leading field inspection software solutions. WinWam Software provides government and industry with the software tools to effectively promote safety, accurate measures and market equity. WinWam Inspection Software Suite provides solutions for a wide array of inspections:
- Retail Food Inspections
- Meat & Poultry Inspections
- Dairy Farm/Milk Plant Inspections
- Egg Inspections
- Bottled Water Inspections
- Plus many more...
U.S. Department of Agriculture
#5. U.S. Department of Agriculture - Protecting Public Health and Ensuring a Safe and Secure Food Supply
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA’s public health regulatory agency, ensures the commercial supply of meat, poultry, and processed egg products in interstate commerce or exported to other countries is safe, secure, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged. In enforcing the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA), the Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA) and associated laws, FSIS employs 9,500 people around the country, and provides federal inspection at about 6,200 federally inspected slaughter, processing and import establishments.
In advancing its public health goals, FSIS also relies on the work of many people outside FSIS. The safety to consumers of meat, poultry, and processed egg products requires that everyone involved in the food chain, from the farmer to the consumer, do their part. Principal partners in this effort are other federal and state regulatory agencies that also play important roles, in particular the 27 state meat and poultry inspection programs operating under cooperative agreements with FSIS, and state and local food protection agencies responsible for food safety in their jurisdictions. FSIS offers educational resources and other assistance to these state and local agencies, and is proud to have partnered with AFDO in the development and distribution of many of these resources.
Please visit FSIS’ website: www.fsis.usda.gov for more information. A special site is now available for individuals to get answers to specific questions on inspection requirements (http://askfsis.custhelp.com).
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
#6. U.S. Food & Drug Administration -
FDA’s Division of Federal State Relations (DFSR), Division of Human Resource Development (DHRD aka ORA U), the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and the National Retail Food Team (NRFT) in collaboration with our regulatory stakeholders have developed regulatory program standards for building continuous improvement into state, local and tribal regulatory agencies addressing manufactured food and retail food.
DFSR led the development of FDA’s draft Manufactured Foods Regulatory Program Standards http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/06d-0246-gdl0001.pdf that are comprised of ten standards that describe best practices of a high-quality regulatory program in protecting the public from foodborne illness and injury. The goal is to enhance food safety by establishing a uniform basis for measuring and improving the performance of manufactured food programs in the United States. This collection of information has been approved by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and has been assigned OMB control number 0910-0601.
For questions regarding this document contact:
Beverly Kent
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Office of Regional Operations Division of Federal-State Relations
Phone: 716-541-0331
Email: Beverly.kent@fda.hhs.gov
FDA's National Retail Food Team has developed the draft FDA Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ret4toc.html) through ideas and input from federal, state, and local regulatory officials, industry, trade and professional associations, academia and consumers on what constitutes a highly effective and responsive retail food regulatory program. The nine standards apply to the operation and management of a retail food regulatory program that is focused on the reduction of risk factors known to cause or contribute to foodborne illness and to the promotion of active managerial control of these risk factors. A listing of jurisdictions enrolled in the Draft Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ret-jur.html.
ORA U with input from stakeholders has developed a training curriculum under Standard 2 for the retail and manufactured food program standards. ORA U has free online courses for FDA, state, local and tribal regulators to assist our regulatory partners in meeting these training requirements http://www.fda.gov/ora/training/orau/state/welcome.htm. The classroom course schedule and other resources are available at http://www.fda.gov/ora/training/stt/default.htm
The ALERT initiative is intended to raise the awareness of state and local government agency and industry representatives regarding food defense issues and preparedness. It is generic enough to apply to all aspects of the farm-to-table supply chain and is designed to spark thought and discussion with a variety of stakeholders. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/alert.html. Also the CARVER + Shock software is available at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/vltcarv.html for use as an offensive targeting prioritization tool adapted from the military version (CARVER) for use in the food industry to assess the vulnerabilities within a system or infrastructure to an attack.
EJH&Associates
#7. EJH & Associates - "From conception and strategy to design and implementation, EJH & Associates builds premium award-winning web applications for businesses, associations, government, and the Fortune 500. Clear, nimble, and innovative strategy is our cherished trademark. Our web applications power the infrastructure of corporations, federal government and associations around the country. Our network and security monitoring extends our dedication to our clients' success. If your organization's goals or business strategies involves Internet technologies, EJH & Associates is the firm and partner you need. "
Steriycle
#8. Stericycle - Through our strategic alliance with RQA, one of the industry’s top names in retrieval, Stericycle ExpertRETRIEVAL can provide rapid, fact-based risk assessment and turnkey solutions for virtually any type of product retrieval situation. Stericycle ExpertRETRIEVAL services include consumer & store retrieval services, sealed samples, store checks, consumer pack and replacement products. Combined with our high-tech call center and advanced notification and response resources, Stericycle ExpertRETRIEVAL can respond to your needs like no other company in the industry.
