North Carolina Food Protection Rapid Response Team and Program Infrastructure Improvement Prototype Project (U18)

项目摘要/摘要 北卡罗来纳州是一个快速增长的州，目前人口在全国排名第九。北卡罗来纳州 农业和消费者服务部食品和药物保护部(FDPD)拥有监管机构 和司法当局，以确保这些人口的公共健康，包括保护免受 从制造到分销再到零售的食品供应链。快速反应小组计划是一项 这是食品保护过程的重要组成部分。自该计划实施以来，北卡罗来纳州一直是RRT州 成立于2009年，我们正在提出一个为期两年的项目，将加强我们现有的食品安全和防御 活动。这项提议的重点是通过与我们的合作伙伴合作，继续加强应对努力 各机构进行演习和培训，以提高综合食品安全系统的能力。我们有 成功地将伙伴监管机构纳入RRT，包括以下内容：FDPD Food 北卡罗来纳州卫生与人类部，饲料计划，乳品计划和实验室 服务(流行病学和环境卫生科)、NCDA和CS(应急计划、肉类和 家禽、公共事务)和FDA区。根据这项合作协议提案，我们将开展一项 与故意污染事件有关的演习，以测试我们的反应系统的能力。这个 演练将使用事件指挥结构来快速识别和有效响应 污染事件和将受污染或掺假的食品从商业中移除。这项练习将 强调如何通过以下方式成功地缓解对所有危害的粮食紧急情况的综合反应 所有伙伴机构的参与。RRT能力课程研讨会将帮助确定和定义 RRT人员的知识、技能和能力。最终产品将是一个帮助培训RRT人员的工具， 外加可用于支持其他RRT的国家计划改进的最佳实践。这个 NC RRT多年来取得的进展使我们能够专注于提高成熟度和 维持我们的计划，因为我们努力稳步增加可持续发展计划。

Project Summary/Abstract North Carolina is a rapidly growing state, currently ranked ninth in the nation in population. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Food and Drug Protection Division (FDPD) has the regulatory and jurisdictional authority to ensure public health of this population, including protection from threats in the food supply chain at manufacturing through distribution to retail. The Rapid Response Team program is an instrumental part of the food protection process. North Carolina has been an RRT state since the program’s inception in 2009 and we are proposing a 2 year project that will enhance our existing food safety and defense activities. The focus of this proposal is to continue strengthening response efforts by engaging our partner agencies in exercises and trainings to improve the capabilities of an integrated food safety system. We have successfully integrated partner regulatory agencies into the RRT which consist of following: FDPD Food Program, Feed Program, Dairy Program and Laboratory, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (Epidemiology and Environmental Health sections), NCDA&CS (Emergency Programs, Meat & Poultry, Public Affairs), and the FDA District. Under this cooperative agreement proposal we will conduct an exercise concerning an intentional contamination event to test the capabilities of our response systems. The exercise will use an Incident Command Structure to rapidly identify and effectively respond to the contamination event and removal of contaminated or adulterated food from commerce. This exercise will highlight how an integrated response to an all-hazards food emergency can be successfully mitigated by the engagement of all partner agencies. RRT competency curriculum workshops will help identify and define knowledge, skills, and abilities for RRT personnel. The end product will be a tool to help train RRT personnel, plus a best practice which can be used to support national program improvement for other RRTs. The progress the NC RRT has made through the years allows us to focus on improving the maturity and maintenance of our program as we strive to steadily augment sustainability plans.