for Integrated Food Safety System Development July 15, 2015 The National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD) proposes to continue the development and operations of the collaborative suite of online tools that reside on the CoreSHIELD Information Technology (IT) platform. Capabilities in the suite include portals, customized working groups, and tools that support a range of stakeholders from the Food and Agriculture (FA) Sector. Collectively the CoreSHIELD suite of tools is a sustainable model for continued collaboration, communication and information sharing. This proposal focuses on two main objectives: 1. Leveraging among Federal, State, Local Tribal and Territorial Partners 2. Facilitating Information Sharing and communication for enhanced public health CoreSHIELD tools allow professionals working at the federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local regulatory agencies and pubic health agencies to work together despite differences in legislative authorities, objectives, and priorities. This collaboration is a critical requirement as the state, territorial, tribal, and local regulatory agencies are responsible for the inspection and oversight of one million food establishments. And along with the federal authorities oversee the nation's farms. Work funded under this cooperative agreement will initiate new capabilities and improve existing portals and tools to continuously improve the ability of the FA sector partners, at all levels, to effectively leverage opportunities within the platform. Work conducted under this cooperative agreement will be committed to supporting the partnerships, cooperative agreements, and memorandums within the regulatory network to effectively provide protection and oversight of the domestic food supply.
Research Strategy for Integrated Food Safety System Development July 15, 2015 In support of the Integrated Food Safety Development, the research strategy for this cooperative agreement consists of three elements: CoreSHIELD (New and Enhanced) Development, Operations & Maintenance, and Research. Operations & Maintenance include efforts to support existing portals and workgroups including Animal Feed Network, Retail Risk, Proficiency Test (PT), RRT Capability Assessment Tool, the State Task Force Websites, and a portion of FoodSHIELD. New Development and Research will be based on FDA direction and available funds after Operations and Maintenance costs have been covered. The approach for new development from requirements generation to task completion encompasses Planning, Design, Development and Implementation iterations that take place on an annual cycle with milestones including a 1) Proposal, 2) Work plan, 3) Kickoff Meeting, 4) Progress Reports, 5) Transition Plan, 6) Training and 7) Support. Work funded under this cooperative agreement will initiate new capabilities and improve existing portals and tools to continuously improve the ability of the Food and Agriculture Sector sector partners, at all levels, to effectively leverage opportunities within the platform. This virtual partnership minimizes barriers in geographic separation and interoperability. Work conducted under this cooperative agreement will be committed to supporting the partnerships, cooperative agreements, and memorandums within the regulatory network to effectively provide protection and oversight of the domestic food supply. All efforts on the development of new and existing capabilities, work to overcome the challenges related to the integration of resources and information sharing that need to be addressed for the multitude of agencies and professionals in the sector to deliver an integrated food safety system.
