Tribal Food Safety Alliance - Native American Tribes Outreach, Education, and Training to Enhance Food Safety and FSMA

项目概要/摘要 通过这一项目，哥伦比亚大学的土著粮食和农业倡议（IFAI） 阿肯色州、部落间农业理事会（IAC）和联邦承认的部落 亚利桑那大学的推广计划（FRTEP）将建立全国第一个部落 食品安全联盟（NFSA）。这三个组织将共同解决独特的， 美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民（AIAN）食品生产者和食品的特殊需求 企业，提供有关食品安全的培训和教育，并确保印度国家 获得具有食品安全专业知识和文化能力的可靠培训师队伍， 深入了解《食品安全现代化法案》（FSMA）规则将如何 影响他们的业务。通过与美国食品和药物管理局的合作协议， 根据美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）的规定，联盟建议实现以下主要目标： 1)就颁布的规则向印度国家利益相关者提供培训、教育和宣传 FDA根据FSMA，特别关注产品安全规则， 人类食品控制规则、动物食品预防控制规则和卫生 人畜食品运输规则; 2)确定对这一利益攸关方受众的培训差距，并制定综合课程 以及填补这些空白的监管指南;以及 3)促进确定对文化敏感的技术援助提供者， 为印度国家提供合格的食品安全培训师。 这个本土食品安全联盟的建立将有助于FDA建立一个全国性的 综合食品安全系统，但在某种程度上，使某些文化习俗，围绕食品 在培训中考虑和尊重土著食品科学的原则， 实施.

Project Summary/Abstract Through this project, the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) at the University of Arkansas, the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC), and the Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program (FRTEP) at the University of Arizona will establish the nation’s first Tribal Food Safety Alliance (NFSA). Together, these three organizations will address the unique, specialized needs of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) food producers and food businesses, providing training and education on food safety and ensuring that Indian Country has access to a reliable bench of culturally competent trainers with food safety expertise and a thorough understanding of the way that the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules will impact their operations. Through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Alliance proposes to achieve the following primary objectives: 1) provide training, education, and outreach to Indian Country stakeholders on rules promulgated by FDA pursuant to FSMA, with a particular focus on the Produce Safety Rule, Preventative Control for Human Food Rule, Preventative Controls for Animal Food Rule, and Sanitary Transportation of Human & Animal Food Rule; 2) identify gaps in training for this stakeholder audience and create comprehensive curriculum and regulatory guides to fill those gaps; and 3) facilitate the identification of culturally sensitive technical assistance providers and build a bench of competent food safety trainers for Indian Country. The creation of this Native Food Safety Alliance will help FDA build towards a nationally integrated food safety system, but in a way that makes certain that cultural practices around food and principles of indigenous food science are accounted for and respected in training and implementation.