Domestic Mutual Reliance Work in Human and Animal Food West Division 2

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The Division of Human and Animal Food West 2 (HAFW2) encompasses Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. State counterparts perform contract inspections in both human and animal food facilities.

For more information on Rapid Response Teams, Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards, and other programs, please see FDA and State Counterparts.

Iowa

FDA engages with Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals & Licensing (IDIALS) to perform contract inspections. FDA relies on the state’s expertise in juice, current good manufacturing practices (cGMP), and preventive controls (PC) inspections in the human food program area. State employees enter and inspect under their authority for human food inspections. IDIALS performs Part 507 GMP, full PC, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and veterinary feed directive inspections in the animal food program area, as well as egg inspections. State animal food employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining federal credentials. Iowa also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

In July 2022, the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals & Licensing signed a domestic mutual reliance partnership agreement with the FDA to expand collaboration and commitment to protecting public health, as well as enhance the relationship between the agencies as they work together toward an Integrated Food Safety System.

Areas of Collaboration

Training
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Inventory and operational status requests
Sharing compliance activities
Work planning sessions
Communicating on produce safety to include sharing of inventory
Rapid Response Team
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
Laboratory
Warning Letters
Food Safety Task Force

Additional Resources

Kansas

FDA engages with Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) to perform contract inspections. FDA relies on the state’s expertise in current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) and preventive controls (PC) inspections in the human food program area. KDA performs Part 507 GMP, full PC, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and veterinary feed directive inspections in the animal food program area. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining federal credentials. Kansas also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Training
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Inventory and operational status requests
Sharing compliance activities
Work planning sessions
Communicating on produce safety to include sharing of inventory
Rapid Response Team
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
Laboratory
Warning Letters
Food Safety Task Force

Additional Resources

Missouri

FDA engages with Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to perform contract inspections. FDA relies on the state’s expertise in acidified foods, current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) and preventive controls (PC) inspections in the human food program area. State employees enter and inspect under their authority for human food inspections. MDA performs Part 507 GMP, full PC, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and veterinary feed directive inspections in the animal food program area. State animal food employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining federal credentials. Missouri also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Training
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Inventory and operational status requests
Sharing compliance activities
Work planning sessions
Communicating on produce safety to include sharing of inventory
Rapid Response Team
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
Laboratory
Warning Letters
Food Safety Task Force

Additional Resources

Nebraska

FDA engages with Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) to perform contract inspections. FDA relies on the state’s expertise in current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) in the human food program area. NDA performs Part 507 GMP, full PC, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and veterinary feed directive inspections in the animal food program area. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining federal credentials. Nebraska also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Training
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Inventory and operational status requests
Sharing compliance activities
Work planning sessions
Communicating on produce safety to include sharing of inventory
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
Laboratory
Warning Letters
Food Safety Task Force