Developing a Comprehensive Food and Feed Program Rapid Response Team for Pennsylv

RRT摘要 宾夕法尼亚州农业部（PDA）的核心使命是开发和维护 快速有效地应对可能对环境造成不利影响的事件的能力 宾夕法尼亚州的食品和饲料供应库存。宾夕法尼亚州提供食物、纤维和燃料， 12.5有60 000个收获后粮食设施，价值为 464亿美元。 食品安全是一个公共卫生和经济问题，必须加以管理， 解决当今自然和故意的粮食系统威胁。PDA的任务是继续 加强在监管方面的工作，同时建立和加强合作努力 这些组织将机构、非政府组织和私营部门团体聚集在一起， 加强粮食供应的安全和保障。正是这一使命驱使PDA 改进现有食品安全议定书并使之现代化， 和食品安全。在这种借口下，PDA已经实施了一些倡议和计划， 加强宾夕法尼亚州的食品系统。其中一些举措包括食品安全 基于目标的应对战略和程序;机构内和机构间沟通; 食品员工认证计划;以及，继续了解紧急情况 支持主要由PDA管理的功能11响应协议。

RRT Abstract A core mission of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA is to develop and maintain the ability to rapidly and efficiently respond to incidents that may adversely impact Pennsylvania's food and feed supply inventory. Pennsylvania provides food, fiber, and fuel to 12.5 million citizens and is represented by 60,000 post-harvest food facilities, and is valued at $46.4 billion. Food safety represents a public health and economic concern which must be managed to address today's natural and intentional food system threats. PDA has a mandate to continue to enhance the work done on the regulatory front while creating and growing collaborative efforts that bring agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private sector groups together to enhance the safety and security of the food supply. It is this mandate that drives PDA to improve and modernize existing food safety protocols and to be proactive on both food security and food safety. Under this pretense, PDA has implemented initiatives and programs to help strengthen the Pennsylvania food system. Some of these initiatives include food safety response objective-based strategies and procedures; intra and inter-agency communications; the Food Employee Certification Program; and, continued understanding of Emergency Support Function 11 response protocols which are primarily managed by PDA.