Maintenance of S.C. DHEC's Manufactured Food Regulatory Program for Continued Conformance with all Ten MFRPS, including the Development and Maintenance of a Rapid Response Team.

如果这项合作协议被授予，卫生和环境控制部（DHEC） 将努力保持其全面实施所有10个制成品监管计划的状态 与南卡罗来纳州农业部（SCDA）合作， 建立并维持快速反应小组（RRT）。这些总体的、广泛的目标对于实现 实现DHEC的愿景：利用标准化方法进行食品行业监管，保护公众 健康，并确保南卡罗来纳州的食品供应安全。 DHEC已全面实施了所有10个MFRP和之前阻碍合规性的缺陷 标准6已得到纠正。在此合作协议期间，DHEC将完成维护 每个标准的任务。这些常规任务将包括但不限于自我评估、方案 修订，继续教育，监督检查和审计，确定长期违规和违规者， 以及参加外展活动。所有发现的合规差距都将得到迅速解决。 DHEC和SCDA将与食品和药物管理局亚特兰大地区办事处合作， 卡罗莱纳肉禽检验部门和SC应急管理部门建立了一个多 该机构，多学科团队，以应对人类和动物食品（HAF）事件。DHEC和SCDA RRT 协调员将共同努力，召集两个机构的主要人员开会， 使用能力评估工具（CAT）进行初始能力评估。CAT中确定的缺陷将 并将为这两个机构制定一项战略计划。 SC RRT协调员将使用RRT最佳实践手册中的相关概念来建立RRT能力 和发展应对能力的框架。人权委员会与儿童和青少年事务国务委员会每月举行面对面会议 RRT协调员和与关键机构人员的季度会议将确保合作和 各机构之间的沟通贯穿全年，而不是仅仅针对HAF 事件和爆发。从合作协议的第2年开始，SC RRT将至少进行一次 每年进行一次演习，评估RRT合作伙伴应对HAF事件的能力 指挥系统（ICS）原则，包括及时通知FDA和其他国家合作伙伴， 采取有效的控制措施。行动后报告（AAR）将用于确定政策， 需要改进的程序。每个机构的主要人员将提高他们的知识和技能 通过完成FDA ORAU课程，提高环境采样和追溯能力， 程序，并出席有关会议和讲习班。在维护阶段，关键资金 人员将通过国家资金的补充从全额补助过渡到部分补助，和/或 替代资金来源;这种资金过渡促进了DHEC和SCDA的SC RRT的可持续性。

If this cooperative agreement is awarded, the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) will strive to maintain its status of full implementation of all ten Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) and, in collaboration with the South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA), will develop and maintain a Rapid Response Team (RRT). These overarching, broad objectives are essential for the realization of DHEC’s visions: utilizing standardized approaches for food industry regulation, protecting public health, and securing the safety of South Carolina’s food supply. DHEC has achieved full implementation of all ten MFRPS and the prior deficiency hindering conformance with Standard 6 has been corrected. During this cooperative agreement, DHEC will be completing maintenance tasks for each standard. These routine tasks will include, but are not limited to, self-assessments, protocol revisions, continuing education, monitoring inspections and audits, identifying chronic violations and violators, and attending outreach activity events. All identified gaps in conformance will be swiftly addressed. DHEC and SCDA will collaborate with the Food and Drug Administration Atlanta District Office, South Carolina Meat-Poultry Inspection Department, and SC Emergency Management Division to build a multi- agency, multi-disciplinary team to respond to human and animal food (HAF) incidents. DHEC and SCDA RRT Coordinators will work together to convene a workgroup of key personnel from both agencies and complete an initial capability assessment using a Capability Assessment Tool (CAT). Shortcomings identified in the CAT will be addressed and a strategic plan will be developed for both agencies. SC RRT Coordinators will use relevant concepts from the RRT Best Practices Manual to build RRT capacity and framework for developing response capability. Monthly in-person meetings between the DHEC and SCDA RRT Coordinators and quarterly meetings with key agency personnel will ensure that collaboration and communication between the agencies occurs throughout the year, as opposed to only in response to HAF incidents and outbreaks. Beginning in Year 2 of the cooperative agreement, SC RRT will conduct at least one annual exercise to assess the capability of the RRT partners in response to a HAF incident using Incident Command System (ICS) principles, including timely notification to the FDA and other state partners and implementation of effective control measures. An after action report (AAR) will be used to identify policies and procedures that require improvement. Key personnel from each agency will enhance their knowledge and skills by completing FDA ORAU courses, developing proficiency in environmental sampling and traceback procedures, and attending relevant meetings and workshops. During the maintenance phase, funding for key personnel will be transitioned from full-grant to partial-grant through supplementation of state funds and/or alternate funding source(s); this funding transition promotes sustainability of the SC RRT for DHEC and SCDA.