Developed by the University of Tennessee, 

Center for Agriculture and Food Security Preparedness

Collaborators: U.S. Food and Drug Administration; U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Service; U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Louisiana State University National Center for Biomedical Research and Training; and National Center for Food Protection and Defense

This course is designed to prepare communities and industry to evaluate food systems for vulnerabilities, to identify and rank order of critical nodes in these systems, and to discuss potential mitigation measures that can be implemented to harden targets.

Objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1) Assess vulnerabilities for food facilities on a community-wide basis.

2) Assess vulnerabilities within food systems as well as individual facilities.

3) Identify and implement possible mitigation measures to reduce vulnerabilities.

Audience: The target audience for this course is federal, state, county, and local officials involved in food security planning. Dairy and food industry representatives may also be considered.  This course is for Journey-Level and above.

Requirements:  In accordance with the Department of Homeland Security requirements, all participants must be United States citizens.

Courses Held:

March 22-23, 2010 in Battle Creek, MI