Food Safety and Inspection Service

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Food Safety and Inspection Service
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
The BIG Picture
Jamie L. Whitten Building (Administration
Building)
FY 08
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USDA Headquarters
USDA Headquarters Complex
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American Consumers
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Meat and Poultry
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Where can we fit in this framework

• Food Inspectors
• Consumer Safety Inspectors
• Compliance Officers
• Food Technologists
• Microbiologists
• Chemists
• Epidemiologists
• Toxicologists
• Public Health Specialists

• Management Analysts
• Program Analysts
• Statisticians
• Computer Specialists
• Budget Analysts
• Public Affairs Specialists
• Contract Specialists
• Human Resources Specialists
• Etc.

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Where I fit

• USDA/FSIS/OOEET
• Regional Public Health Trainer
• Responsibilities
• To train Online/Offline Employees/Inspectors on
  Agency Policy
• Enforcement Investigative Analyst Officer (EIAO)
• Front Line Supervisors
• Inspector in Charge
• Consumer Safety Officers
• Public Health Veterinarians

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Food Safety and Inspection Service
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREMission
Statement
Provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural
resources, and related issues based on sound
public policy, the best available science, and
efficient management.
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Food Safety
Mission Area

• Ensures that meat, poultry, and egg products are
  safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and
  packaged.
• Key role in the President's Council on Food Safety

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Food Safety and Inspection Service

• Administers the Federal meat , poultry and egg
• products programs
• - Federal Meat Inspection Act
• - Poultry Products Inspection Act
• - Egg Products Inspection Act
• Educates industry and consumers about food
• safety

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Food Safety and Inspection System(FSIS)

• a public health
• regulatory agency

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Public Health

• Improving health status
• Protecting
• Promoting
• Enhancing

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Regulatory Agency

• Federal Meat Inspection Act
• Poultry Products Inspection Act
• Egg Products Inspection Act

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Vision

• Build FSIS into a world-class
• public health agency
• that is a model for other public health
• institutions

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Achieving our Vision
Collectively 1. Assessment 2. Policy
development 3. Assurance Individually
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Food Safety and Inspection Service
A public health regulatory agency within the
United States Department of Agriculture that is
responsible for ensuring that the Nations
supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is
safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and
packaged.

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Office of the Administrator

• Office of the Special Assistant for Civil Rights
• U.S. Codex Office
• Nine program areas
• Office of Food Defense and Emergency Response
• Office of Program Evaluation, Enforcement and
  Review
• Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Education
• Office of International Affairs
• Office of Public Health Science
• Office of Management
• Office of Field Operations
• Office of Policy and Program Development
• Office of Outreach, Employee Education and
  Training

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Special Assistant for Civil Rights

• Direct link between the Administrator and Agency
  employees
• Advises and serves as civil rights spokes- person
  for the Administrator

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U.S. Codex Office
U.S. contact point for

• Major international mechanism for promoting
  health.
• Created in 1962 by two U.N. organizations.
• Provides a forum.
• Over 160 member countries.

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Office of Food Defense and Emergency
Response(OFDER)
Manages all homeland security activities within
FSIS.
Ensures policy makers, scientists, field staff
and management are prepared to prevent and
respond to any food security threat.
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Office of Program Evaluation, Enforcement
Review (OPEER)
Reviews, investigates, assesses, and evaluates
FSIS programs.
Provides a proactive alert of any potential or
harmful compromise or failure of FSIS programs
or operations.
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Office ofPublic Affairs and Consumer Education
(OPACE)
Conducts public communications programs to inform
and educate a variety of audiences
Develops and conducts the Agencys consumer and
food handler food safety education campaigns and
programs
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Office ofInternational Affairs(OIA)
Manages for all FSIS activities related to import
and export
Assures importing countries inspection systems
are equivalent to U.S.
Negotiates with over 100 foreign countries
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Office ofPublic Health Science(OPHS)
Provides scientific leadership to FSIS and USDA
to reduce or eliminate foodborne illness
Operates FSIS Field Service Laboratories

• Develops scientific and public health information
  

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Office of Management(OM)
Supports the Agency in the areas of -
budget - finance - information technology
- telecommunications

• - personal and real property
• - human resources
• - civil rights
• - health and safety
• - labor and employee relations
• - workforce transition
• - etc.

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Office ofField Operations(OFO)
Manages inspection and enforcement activities
nationwide ensuring that domestically produced
meat, poultry, and egg products are wholesome ,
safe, and properly labeled.
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Office of Field Operations Regulatory and
Enforcement Activities
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Office ofPolicy and Program Development(OPPD)
Develop and recommend all domestic policy for the
Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Develops inspection verification methods and
administers programs to protect
consumers from misbranded and adulterated meat,
poultry and egg products.
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Office ofOutreach, Employee Education and
Training(OOEET)
New program area March 2008

• Provides resources and technical support for
  small and very small plants to better assist them
  in providing safe and wholesome meat, poultry and
  processed egg products.

Provides leadership in the formulation,
administration and evaluation of Agency
training and employee development policies and
programs
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