NEHA's Partnering Activities with the Food and Drug Administration

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NEHA's leadership has been working diligently with leadership of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and several other agencies and organizations to provide input for an Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) being developed in the U.S. NEHA's board of directors has engaged this initiative and assigned over a dozen representatives from across the country to participate in the Partnership for Food Protection (PFP).

PFP was established to complete projects recommended at the 2008 50-State Workshop held in St. Louis, Missouri. PFP is a group of dedicated food safety professionals from federal, state, tribal, and local governments who convened to build the foundation of an IFSS. In January 2011, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was passed, which calls for enhanced partnerships and provides a legal mandate for developing an IFSS.

NEHA was well represented at the 2008 50-State Workshop, as well as at PFP's subsequent 50-State Workshops in 2010 (Denver, Colorado) and 2012 …