Food Defense

7/21/2019 Food Defense

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What Is Food Defense?



Why Be Concerned

o Intentional contamination has happened and can happen again.

o Oranges with mercury – Israel, 1978

o Salad bars with Salmonella – Oregon, 1984

o oo!ies with needles, St. "ouis, 1984

o #ast $ood with rat poison, hina, %&&%

o 'round bee$ with nicotine – (ichigan, %&&)



Who Would Do This?

o *errorists or +ctiists

o ompetitors

o-isgruntled employees



Why?

o +nger oer national, business, or personaldi$$erences

o See!ing changes in culture

oSee!ing economic disruption

o See!ing harm to others



Imagine—What If?

oeople are ill, in/ured, or een dying.

o0our company name and product are inoled.

o+ recall is initiated.

oroduction is halted/obs lost.o#inancial losses occur

You are asked, “What did you do toprevent this?”



Food defense measures

o Outside Security (easures

o Inside Security (easures

o ersonnel Security (easures

o Incident 2esponse Security (easures



Outside Security Measures

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*o preent unauthori3ed access bypeople, or entry o$ unapproed materialsto the $acility.



Outside Security Measures-hysical security

olant boundaries are clear and secured to preent unauthori3ed entry

ontrances are secured

olant perimeter is periodically monitored $or suspicious actiity

oOutside lighting is present to deter unauthori3ed actiities

oOther access points such as windows and ents are secured

oOutside storage on the premises is protected $rom unauthori3ed access



ossi!le Measuresfor Food Defense

onsure proper lighting to monitor the establishment outdoors at

night and early morning.oInstall sel$5loc!ing doors and6or alarms on emergency eits.

onsure the $ollowing are secured with loc!s, seals, or sensors whenunattended a$ter hours6wee!ends to preent unauthori3ed entry:

Outside doors and gates

;indows

2oo$ openings

<ent openings

"oading ports

o2egularly conduct and document security inspections o$ storage$acilities, including temporary storage ehicles.

o2estrict outdoor access to water wells6sources.



Outside Security Measures -Shi""ing#$ecei%ing Security

oIncoming shipments are eamined $or potential tampering

oIncoming and outgoing ehicles are eamined $or suspicious actiity

o"oading and unloading actiities are scheduled and6or monitored

o"oading doc! access is controlled

oIncoming shipments are secured with loc!s or seals

oOutgoing shipments are loc!ed or sealed




olosely monitor loading and unloading o$ ehicles transporting raw materials,$inished products or other materials used in $ood processing.oontrol access to loading doc!s to aoid uneri$ied or unauthori3eddelieries.o2e=uire adance noti$ication $rom suppliers $or all delieries.

oImmediately inestigate suspicious changes in shipping documents.o>old unscheduled delieries outside establishment premises pendingeri$ication.oI$ o$$5hour deliery is accepted, re=uire prior notice o$ the deliery and anauthori3ed person to be present to eri$y and receie the deliery.ohec! partial load shipments $or content and condition.

o2e=uire incoming shipments o$ ingredients and $inished products to be sealedwith tamper5eident seal and eri$y the seals prior to entry.oamine returned goods at a separate location $or eidence o$ tamperingo(aintain records o$ disposition o$ returned goods.o2e=uire driers or deliery personnel to proide identi$ication,o(inimi3e the time a truc! is unloc!ed during loading or deliery.



Inside Security Measures

GOAL

To protect product from intentionalcontamination throuhout the productionprocess!



Inside Security Measures - &eneralInside Security

oSuspicious pac!ages are reported to appropriate personnel

o2estricted areas o$ the establishment are clearly identi$ied

oreiously unattended materials are chec!ed be$ore use

o?nepected changes in inentory product or e=uipment are reportedto appropriate personnel

omergency lighting is in place

o+n emergency alert system is identi$iable, tested, and reiewed withemergency contacts




oInstall and monitor security cameras.

oIncrease isibility within the establishment $or e.g.,

improe lighting, openness, increase superision, addcameras.

o2egularly ta!e inentory o$ !eys to secured 6sensitieareas o$ the establishment.



Inside Security Measures -rocessing 'rea Security

o+ccess to ingredients and pac!aged product isrestricted

o+ccess to process control e=uipment is restricted

oIngredients are eamined $or possible tampering

o2ecords ensure traceability




o(aintain records to allow e$$icient trace bac!ward or$orward o$ materials and $inished product.

o2educe the time an area is le$t unmonitored.

o2educe access to product containers or processinge=uipment.

o-o not allow unnecessary personal items within theproduction area.



Inside Security Measures - StorageSecurity

o+ccess to storage areas is restricted

oStoc! rotation $irst in, $irst out is practiced

o"abels and pac!aging materials are controlled topreent the$t and misuse

oeriodic eaminations $or tampering o$ materials instorage are per$ormed




o(aintain an access log $or product and ingredientstorage areas.

o2egularly chec! the inentory o$ $inished products $oruneplained additions and withdrawals $rom eistingstoc!.

o2estrict access to eternal storage $acilities todesignated employees only.



Inside Security Measures-Ingredients#Water#Ice Security

o2estrict access to storage tan!s $or potable water andto water reuse systems.

o+ccess to lines that trans$er water or ingredients areeamined and restricted

o2estricted ingredients are controlled

oSupplier $ood sa$ety6security in$ormation is re=uested




oamine pac!ages o$ ingredients be$ore use $or eidenceo$ tampering.

o2estrict access to product, ingredient, and pac!agingstorage areas to designated employees only

o;ater is $rom a controlled source

oInspect water lines $or possible tampering per$ormisual inspection $or integrity o$ in$rastructure, properconnections

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Inside Security Measures-Chemical#(a)ardous Material

Control Security

ohemicals6ha3ardous materials are in a restricted areaor secured by a loc!

o(aintain an up5to5date inentory o$ ha3ardousmaterials and chemicals, and inestigate discrepancies.

ootentially ha3ardous waste is controlled and disposedo$ properly




o2estrict access to the in5plant laboratory.

o>ae procedures in place to control receipt o$ samples.

o>ae a procedure in place to receie, securely store,and dispose o$ reagents



Inside Security Measures -Information Security

o+ccess to sensitie in$ormation such as site plans andprocessing details is controlled

o+ccess to computer systems is protected through$irewalls and6or passwords




o*rac! customer complaints6comments $or trends.

o@eep details o$ $ood de$ense procedures con$identialas necessary.

o>ae up5to5date establishment layout $or local lawen$orcement i$ needed.



ersonnel Security Measures

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*o ensure that only authori3ed personnelare in the $acility at any time



ersonnel Security Measures -*m"loyee Security

o+ method to recogni3e or identi$y employees in the$acility is in place

oAac!ground or re$erence chec!s are conducted $ornew hires

omployees hae restrictions on what they can bring inor ta!e $rom the $acility



ersonnel Security Measures -+on-em"loyee Security

o"og o$ non5employees entering the establishment is maintained

o+ method to recogni3e or identi$y non5employees in theestablishment is in place

oBon5employees are accompanied on5site

oBon5employees are restricted to appropriate areas

oBon5employees hae restrictions on what they can bring in or ta!e$rom the $acility



ersonnel Security Measures -Security Training

o+wareness training on security measures is proided tonew employees

o2e$resher awareness training on security measures iso$$ered to employees on a periodic basis

omployees are trained to report suspicious actiitiesor unusual obserations




o+uthori3e appropriate employees to stop a process $or signi$icantconcerns.

oontrol access by employees and non5employees entering theestablishment during wor!ing and non5wor!ing hours

o2estrict temporary employees and non5employees to areas releant totheir wor!.

oImplement system to identi$y personnel

orohibit employees $rom remoing company5proided uni$orms $rom thepremises.

o(aintain an updated shi$t roster $or each shi$t.



Incident $es"onse SecurityMeasures

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*o respond =uic!ly to a productcontamination threat or eent using

planned measures

Incident $es"onse Security



Incident $es"onse SecurityMeasures - In%estigating Security

Concernso>ae procedures to ensure that potentially harm$ul products are held.

oustomer comments are inestigated

o2eporting unusual actiities is encouraged

oIn$ormation is aailable to employees on how to respond to phone orother threats

omployees hae the ability to stop actiities to minimi3e a potential$ood de$ense incident

o2eported security breaches $or eample, alarms, suspicion o$tampering are inestigated

Incident $es"onse Security



Incident $es"onse SecurityMeasures - *mergency Contact

Securityolant personnel contact in$ormation is !ept upto date

omergency contact lists are !ept up to date



Incident $es"onse SecurityMeasures - Other lan Security

o+ product recall plan is maintained and

periodically reiewed

o@ey personnel are trained in product

recall6withdraw procedures




ostablish eacuation procedures and include in $oodde$ense plan.

ostablish procedures $or responding to threats as wellas actual product contamination eents.

ore5establish communication with local and stateincident response personnel $or a more e$$icientresponse.

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