Training & Certification

1. Training & Certification David Read Dairy & Food Inspection Division Minnesota Dept of Agriculture

2. Integrated Food Safety System Leverage the participation, expertise, and authorities of federal, state, local, territorial and tribal agencies with food safety responsibilities to work together to ensure a safe food system in the United States

3. Integrated National Food Safety System • Develop standards to ensure consistency • Train and certify a highly skilled workforce • Work across jurisdictions to ensure protection of the entire food supply from farm to table • Create mechanisms for data sharing • Ensure use of quality systems • Build oversight and accountability

4. Food Safety Modernization Act TITLE II—IMPROVING CAPACITY TO DETECT AND RESPOND TO FOOD SAFETY PROBLEMS • Sec. 201. Targeting of inspection resources for domestic facilities, foreign facilities, • and ports of entry; annual report. • Sec. 202. Laboratory accreditation for analyses of foods. • Sec. 203. Integrated consortium of laboratory networks. • Sec. 204. Enhancing tracking and tracing of food and recordkeeping. • Sec. 205. Surveillance. • Sec. 206. Mandatory recall authority. • Sec. 207. Administrative detention of food. • Sec. 208. Decontamination and disposal standards and plans. • Sec. 209. Improving the training of State, local, territorial, and tribal food safety officials. • Sec. 210. Enhancing food safety. • Sec. 211. Improving the reportable food registry.

5. SEC. 209. IMPROVING THE TRAINING OF STATE, LOCAL, TERRITORIAL,AND TRIBAL FOOD SAFETY OFFICIALS. (a) IMPROVING TRAINING.—Chapter X (21 U.S.C. 391 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SEC. 1011. IMPROVING THE TRAINING OF STATE, LOCAL, TERRITORIAL,AND TRIBAL FOOD SAFETY OFFICIALS. ‘‘(a) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall set standards and administer training and education programs for the employees of State, local, territorial, and tribal food safety officials relating to the regulatory responsibilities and policies established by this Act, including programs for— ‘‘(1) scientific training; ‘‘(2) training to improve the skill of officers and employees authorized to conduct inspections under sections 702 and 704;

6. SEC. 209. IMPROVING THE TRAINING OF STATE, LOCALTERRITORIAL,AND TRIBAL FOOD SAFETY OFFICIALS ‘‘SEC. 1011. IMPROVING THE TRAINING OF STATE, LOCAL, TERRITORIAL,AND TRIBAL FOOD SAFETY OFFICIALS. ‘‘(3) training to achieve advanced product or process specialization in such inspections; ‘‘(4) training that addresses best practices; ‘‘(5) training in administrative process and procedure and integrity issues; ‘‘(6) training in appropriate sampling and laboratory analysis methodology; and ‘‘(7) training in building enforcement actions following inspections, examinations, testing, and investigations.

7. SEC. 209. IMPROVING THE TRAINING OF STATE, LOCAL, TERRITORIAL,AND TRIBAL FOOD SAFETY OFFICIALS ‘‘(b) PARTNERSHIPS WITH STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, pursuant to a contract or memorandum of understanding between the Secretary and the head of a State, local, territorial, or tribal department or agency, is authorized and encouraged to conduct examinations, testing, and investigations for the purposes of determining compliance with the food safety provisions of this Act through the officers and employees of such State, local, territorial, or tribal department or agency. ‘‘(2) CONTENT.—A contract or memorandum described under paragraph (1) shall include provisions to ensure adequate training of such officers and employees to conduct such examinations, testing, and investigations. The contract or memorandum shall contain provisions regarding reimbursement. Such provisions may, at the sole discretion of the head of the other department or agency, require reimbursement, in whole or in part, from the Secretary for the examinations, testing, or investigations performed pursuant to this section by the officers or employees of the State, territorial, or tribal department or agency. ‘‘(3) EFFECT.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary under section 702.

8. SEC. 210. ENHANCING FOOD SAFETY (a) Grants To Enhance Food Safety.--Section 1009 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 399) is amended to read as follows:"SEC. 1009. GRANTS TO ENHANCE FOOD SAFETY."(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to make grants to eligible entities to--"(1) undertake examinations, inspections, and investigations, and related food safety activities under section 702;"(2) train to the standards of the Secretary for the examination, inspection, and investigation of food manufacturing, processing, packing, holding, distribution, and importation, including as such examination, inspection, and investigation relate to retail food establishments;"(3) build the food safety capacity of the laboratories of such eligible entity, including the detection of zoonotic diseases;"(4) build the infrastructure and capacity of the food safety programs of such eligible entity to meet the standards as outlined in the grant application; and] "(5) take appropriate action to protect the public health in response to--"(A) a notification under section 1008, including planning and otherwise preparing to take such action; or"(B) a recall of food under this Act.

9. National Standards Outcome: Uniform inspectional coverage and sample collection and analysis to enable greater sharing of data to protect public health through: • Expansion of Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards and Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards • Recent release of the Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards • Creating shared data standards to enable exchange of enforcement data among public health and regulatory partners • IT interconnectivity between Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial public health and regulatory partners

10. Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards • 1. Regulatory Foundation • 2. Trained Regulatory Staff • 3. Inspection Program based on HACCP • 4. Uniform Inspection Program • 5. Foodborne Illness Investigation • 6. Compliance and Enforcement • 7. Industry and Community Relations • 8. Program Support and Resources • 9. Program Assessment

11. Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) Program Standards • Regulatory Foundation • Training • Inspection Program • Inspection Audit Program • Food-related Illness and Outbreaks and Response • Compliance and Enforcement • Industry and Community Relations • Program Resources • Program Assessment • Laboratory Support • 10 Standards to establish a uniform foundation for the design and management of state programs responsible for regulating food plants • Institute a quality assurance and standardization program • FDA Program-Assessment Validation Audits (PAVAs) will be conducted at 12, 36, and 60 months

12. Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards • Standard 1 Regulatory Foundation • Standard 2 Training • Standard 3 Inspection Program • Standard 4 Auditing • Standard 5 Feed-Related Illness or Death and Emergency Response • Standard 6 Enforcement Program • Standard 7 Outreach Activities • Standard 8 Planning and Resources • Standard 9 Assessment and Improvement • Standard 10 Laboratory Services • Standard 11 Sampling Program

13. USDA FSIS Reviews of State Meat Inspection Programs FSIS determines whether each State MPI program is at least equal to the Federal inspection program, and includes evaluation of the following nine components: • Statutory Authority and Food Safety Regulations • Inspection • Product Sampling • Staffing and Training • Humane Handling • Non-Food Safety Consumer Protection • Compliance • Civil Rights • Financial Accountability

15. 2008 50 State MeetingRoles and Responsibilities Workgroup The goal of this group was to identify who would play what roles in the nation’s food protection system in 2013 and to identify the barriers and gaps that might prevent the establishment of such a system.

16. 2008 50 State MeetingRoles and Responsibilities Workgroup Identified the biggest gaps to achieving the ideal 2013 system. This resulted in six items: • sharing information/better communication/confidentiality; (2) funding and capacity; (3) qualified staff; (4) uniformity; (5) establish who’s in charge, and (6) length of time to change laws.

17. 2008 50 State MeetingRoles and Responsibilities WorkgroupRecommendations • Establish an international food protection training center • leverage outside funding sources • Establish a point person for each element of the food protection plan • Create a food protection council • Quality systems • Standards • Metrics (SMART) • Adopt or create an interactive information system • Communication and data sharing

18. Partnership for Food Protection Established to implement the recommendations from the 2008 50 – State Workshop. Utilized a workgroup structure to develop and implement procedures, best practices, and other work products that would advance integration. Charged with leading development and implementation of an IFSS. Currently seven workgroups.

19. 2012-2014 Workgroups • Information Technology • Implementation & Communication • Laboratories • National Standards • National Workplanning • Performance Measures • Local Engagement • National Feed Sampling • PETNet now called Animal Feed Net • Response & Recall • Training & Certification

20. PFP Workgroups • Animal Feed Net: Provide mechanism for information sharing and monitoring between federal and state agencies for animal feed (pets and livestock) related incidents. • Implementation & Communications: Develop an implementation plan to facilitate the use of IFSS best practices across federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial governments. • Information Technology: Defining and understanding the requirements for developing an integrated electronic information management backbone, and undertaking technical projects to create an interoperable and integrated national food safety system. • Local Area Engagement: To incorporate the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) deliverables that include local agencies with PFP projects and provide specific recommendations for engagement of local agencies within the vision for an IFSS. • National Feed Sampling: Develop mechanism for sharing feed collection samples and laboratory data between Federal and State agencies. • Response & Recall: Develop response guides and records for event responses. • Training & Certification: To provide support for visionary development, best practices, appropriate content and recommendations toward development of an integrated food safety training and certification system.

22. Produced by: the Partnership for Food Protection National Workplan Workgroup October 2013

23. Produced by the Partnership for Food Protection National Standards Work Group September 2013

24. Training and Certification Workgroup Purpose: • To assist PFP with the development and implementation of uniform, national standards for training and certification of regulators working in: • Retail Foods • Manufactured Foods • Raw/Unprocessed Foods • Feed

25. Training and Certification Workgroup Charge 1: Create a national training and certification program • Establish competencies and certification for all regulatory disciplines • Includes retail, manufactured, raw/unprocessed and feed • Inspection, laboratory, compliance, epidemiology, etc • Start with entry level for inspections (followed by Journey/Technical/Leader) • Job task analysis inspection: • 120+ tasks already identified at “entry level” • Job competencies inspection: • 24+ identified at “entry level” • FDA consultant conducted JTAs

26. Training and Certification Workgroup Charge 2: Establish an International Food Protection Training Center Assessed and endorsed the International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI)

28. Training & Certification Workgroup Vision Includes: Goals: • Develop & implement a national food safety training system • Develop & implement a national certification system

29. Training & Certification Workgroup Vision Includes: • A curriculum development/delivery roadmap • Standards and quality assurance built-ins • Potential for certifications and accreditations (students/academia/NGO’s) • Auditing considerations (federal or third party) • Need for funding sources (Centers of Excellence, training institutes, academia, NGO’s)

30. Training & Certification Workgroup Vision (FDA/ORA-U, 11/09) www.foodshield.org

31. Integrated Food Safety Training and Certification System Vision Skilled Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Food Safety Workforce Firewall Center of Excellence (Leadership / Management) Center of Excellence (Epidemiology) Center of Excellence (Feed) Analysts Others Investigators Epidemiologists Alliance (PCA) Center of Excellence (Food Science/ Technology) Training Companies Local Tribal State Academia Territorial Associations Regulatory Agencies Federal Food Safety Certification Bodies & Centers Food Safety Training Institutes and Centers Training Development/ Administration Certification Development/ Administration Standards and Oversight Training: Advisory Boards Certification: Advisory Boards All Stakeholders

32. Centers of Excellence • Established to develop and provide specific training • Composed of experts in defined subject areas • Focus primarily on: • Journey & Technical levels • To provide knowledge and skills in science and technology • Management and Leadership • Development of middle & upper management staff responsible for policy and people/communication skills • Centers will be identified by Federal Agencies such as FDA, USDA, CDC, DHS • Funding for COEs will need to come from these same agencies

33. Food Safety Training Institute Established to serve as the administrative section of the training system Functions to include but not limited to • Registration of students • Maintenance of training records • Coordinating the development and delivery of training • Deliver training not currently provided elsewhere • Develop trainers

34. Making the Vision a Reality • $7.4 Million per year for 5 years (FDA has entered into Cooperative Agreements/Grants with various Centers of Excellence to develop training and certification programs) • Over 70 projects supporting the curriculum framework are in progress • Projects include new & revised training courses and development of certifications

35. Current Grantees • International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI), Battle Creek, MI • Iowa State University (ISU), Ames, IA • University of California (UCD), Davis, CA • University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville, TN • Auburn University (AU), AL • National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), Denver, CO • North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, NC

36. 2010-2012 Projects Training & Certification Work Group • Assure that FSMA is covered in the Curriculum Framework • Developed a process to identify and prioritize Training and Certification programs needed • Develop a process to qualify Job Task Analyses

37. IFPTI CURICULUM FRAMEWORK

39. Training & Certification Workgroup Projects Enlisting the services of the MFRP Alliance for Manufactured Food GMP Investigator JTA and to serve as a Manufactured Food Training Advisory Council

40. Food Protection Professional Training Development Process

41. IFPTI Training Process

42. Desired Results • Validate the Curriculum Framework based on completed FDA JTAs • Content area - course gap analysis • Course content alignment using JTAs • Course development to address gaps • Provide an understanding of training system development.

43. Agenda Discuss interrelationship between: • Process • Job task analyses • Competency frameworks • Competencies • Curriculum frameworks • Curriculum • Course alignment against JTAs • Courses – Using JTA to develop/redevelop

44. Process • Define audience • Conduct Job Task Analysis • Create competency framework • Identify competencies • Identify sub competencies • Create curriculum framework • Map existing courses to curriculum framework • Conduct content area-course gap analysis • Depth analysis • Course alignment with JTAs • Course content review • Course development/redevelopment

45. Audience • Need to clearly define the audience for which training will be developed. • Helps to identify subject matter experts who participate in the JTA process. • Outcome of the JTA process is valid for the studied audience.

46. Job Task Analysis • Job - series of tasks. • Task - an action designed to contribute a specified end result to the accomplishment of an objective. • Conduct approximately 3 years.

47. Job Task Analysis • Defines a job in terms of: • Knowledge • Skills • Abilities • Necessary to perform daily tasks. • Structured framework that dissects a job • Resulting in a report describing a job: • Independent of location • Across a specified group of people • Detailed list of all the tasks

48. DACUM JTA Framework • Facilitated workshop • Typically around 10-15 experts • Approximately 2.5-3 days • Systematically identify information about the job • Validation of outcome through survey of the larger professional community The acronym DACUM = Develop A Curriculum

49. FDA JTAs Completed • Basic Investigator (New Hires) • Certified Professional In Food Safety (CP-FS) (Retail) • GMP Food Investigator • Import Investigator • Low Acid Canned Foods/Acidified Foods Investigator • Manufactured Feed GMP Investigator • Seafood Investigator • Produce Investigator