IFPTI Collaborators
Association of Food and Drug Officials
The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) was established in 1896 to foster uniformity in the adoption and enforcement of safety laws, rules and regulations as they apply to science-based foods, drugs, medical devices and cosmetics. They do this by drafting regulatory rules and commenting on government proposals.
By building consensus, AFDO helps facilitate uniform laws, regulations, and guidelines that result in more efficient regulation and less confusion. Their role in establishing a broad base of support for new approaches has made AFDO a recognized voice in determining the regulatory playing field of the future.
AFDO builds support for its positions by liaising with high-level regulatory officials, industry representatives, trade associations, and consumer organizations.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Office of Regulatory Affairs, Division of Human Resource Development
The Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) is a specialized program center of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Headed by the Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs, ORA protects consumers by ensuring that regulated products comply with scientific safety criteria.
Their Division for Human Resource Development provides cost-effective, high-quality learning products to support the FDA’s strategic goals while meeting the educational needs of ORA personnel, plus state and local regulatory officials.
Public health, education, life sciences and national food distribution are traditional strengths of Western Michigan University (WMU), which is classed as a National Research University by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
With 25,000 students, it is among America’s largest public universities and offers more than 230 degree programs, nearly 100 at graduate level.
WMU has worked closely with IFPTI since its inception in 2009 and hosts its training programs at the Kendall Center, on their downtown Battle Creek campus. WMU brings several research and teaching specialties to their IFPTI partnership, including:
- Training and evaluation
- Life sciences research and commercialization
- Food marketing and distribution
- Food packaging materials and radio frequency identification (RFID tracking)
Global Food Protection Institute
The Global Food Protection Institute (GFPI) is a knowledge-exchange and resource-development network for individuals and organizations pursuing a safe, secure and healthy food supply. GFPI is positioned at the nexus of the social, political, economic, and environmental driving forces that influence the adoption of food protection policies and practices for improved public health.
GFPI’s family of global initiatives include: Building the training infrastructure for the national integrated food safety system, through the International Food Protection Training Institute Advancing the development of novel food protection technologies through the Emerging Technology Accelerator Convening communities of action to influence the adoption of food protection policies and practices that lead to improved public health, through Imagined Food Futures.