Domestic Mutual Reliance Work by Division

East Division 1 | East Division 2 | East Division 3
East Division 4 | East Division 5 | East Division 6

West Division 1 | West Division 2 | West Division 3
West Division 4 | West Division 5 | West Division 6
West Division of West Coast Imports (DWCI)

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

East Division 1

The Division of Human and Animal Food East 1 (HAFE1) encompasses: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

State counterparts perform contract inspections in both human and animal food facilities.

Connecticut

The FDA engages with the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (CTDCP) and the Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CTDAG) to perform contract inspections. The CTDCP performs Juice hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), Seafood HACCP, current Good Manufacturing Practices and Preventative Controls inspections in the human food program, and the CTDAG performs BSE and VFD inspections in the animal food program area. Both entities’ regulations meet or exceed those enforced by FDA, and as such, enter and inspect facilities under their own jurisdiction. The Connecticut Department of Agriculture also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Rapid Response Team
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Maine

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry has paused performing contract inspections for the FDA. However, Maine continues to participate in the Produce Safety Implementation Cooperative Agreement Program, conducting produce safety inspections under FDA authority. The FDA and the state of Maine continue to share information and coordinate activities related to outbreaks.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Massachsetts

The FDA engages with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to perform contract human food inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in the Seafood hazard analysis critical control point, current good manufacturing processes, and preventive controls program areas. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Resources also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Sharing compliance activities
Rapid Response Team
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

New Hampshire

The state of New Hampshire does not currently perform inspections under FDA contract, though the FDA engages with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services in sharing compliance activities for awareness and usage as needed and to coordinate any outbreaks for public health protection. The New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Area of Collaboration

Sharing compliance activities

Additional Resources

New York

The FDA engages with the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYSAGM) to perform contract human food inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in the Seafood hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), Juice HACCP, Acidified/LACF, current good manufacturing processes, and preventive controls program areas. State employees enter and inspect under their own jurisdiction, thus maintaining active FDA commissions. The NYSAGM also participates in multiple Cooperative Agreement Programs including Produce Safety and Drug Residue in animal tissues. NYSAGM participates in a Mutual Reliance Pilot that uses state analysis on violative imported products for FDA regulatory action.

In February 2023, the FDA signed a domestic mutual reliance partnership agreement with the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets.

Area of Collaboration

Sharing compliance activities
Sharing sample analyses to remove violative products from the market
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Joint inspection of facilities as needed
NYSAGM Mutual Reliance Pilot
Voluntary Rapid Response Team
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Rhode Island

The FDA engages with the Rhode Island Department of Health to perform contract human food inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in the Seafood hazard analysis critical control point, current good manufacturing processes, and preventive controls program areas. Rhode Island’s human food regulations meet or exceed those enforced by FDA, and as such, RIDOH employees enter and inspect under their own jurisdiction. State inspectors also maintain active FDA certificates of commission. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management also participates in a Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Sharing compliance activities
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Joint inspection of facilities when needed
Rapid Response Team
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Vermont

The FDA contracts with the Vermont Department of Health to perform human food inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in current Good Manufacturing Practices and preventive controls inspections program areas. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Area of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspection of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Vermont Department of Health

East Division 2

The Division of Human and Animal Food East 2 (HAFE2) encompasses Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

Delaware

The state of Delaware does not currently perform inspections under FDA contract, though FDA engages with the Delaware Department of Agriculture and the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services on numerous public health topics and regulatory guidance. State employees maintain active pocket credentials or certificates of commissioning. The DDA also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Produce inspections
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

District of Columbia

The District of Columbia does not currently perform inspections under FDA contract, though FDA engages with the District of Columbia Department of Health to integrate food safety resources.

Areas of Collaboration

Training to augment the Retail Food Safety Program
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Inventory and operational status requests
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

District of Columbia Department of Health

Maryland

The FDA engages with the Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland Department of Agriculture to perform contract inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in acidified foods, hazard analysis critical control point systems, current good manufacturing practices, and preventive controls inspections in the human food program area. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining federal credentials. Maryland 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
Joint inspections of pharmacies engaged in compounding human and animal drugs
Communicating on produce safety to include sharing of inventory, sampling results, or need for joint inspection in response to an outbreak
Rapid Response Team
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

New Jersey

The FDA engages with the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDH) and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) to perform contract inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in Seafood hazard analysis critical control point systems, current good manufacturing practices (cGMP), and preventive controls (PC) inspections in the human food program area, and the NJDA 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 facilities under FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. The NJDA also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Produce inspections
Public warning letters
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Pennsylvania

The FDA engages with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) to perform contract inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) and preventive controls (PC) inspections in the human food program area, Part 507 cGMP, Full PC, VFD traceback inspections, and 100% of medicated feed mill inspections in the animal food area. Pennsylvania’s human food regulations meet or exceed those enforced by FDA, and as such, PDA employees enter and inspect facilities under their own jurisdiction. State inspectors of the animal food program maintain active pocket credentials. The PDA also participates the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement Program.

In October 2023, the FDA announced the signing of a partnership agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Food Safety & Laboratory Services that will focus on inventory reconciliation, reducing foodborne illness risk, and minimizing duplication of work.

Areas of Collaboration

Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Public warning letters
Sharing compliance activities
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Work planning sessions
Rapid Response Team
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA)

Virginia

The FDA engages with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) Office of Dairy and Foods to perform contract inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in Seafood hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), Juice HACCP, Acidified Foods, current good manufacturing practices (cGMP), and preventive controls inspections in the human food program areas. The VDACS Office of Plant Industry Services performs Licensed Medicated Feed, Non-Licensed Medicated Feed, Part 507 GMP, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy inspections in the animal foods program area. State employees enter and inspect facilities under FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. The VDACS also participates the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement Program.

In October 2022, the FDA signed a domestic mutual reliance partnership agreement with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing sample analyses to remove violative products from the market
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Public warning letters
Rapid Response Team
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

West Virginia

The FDA engages with the West Virginia Department of Agriculture and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau of Public Health to perform contract inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in acidified foods, hazard analysis critical control point systems, current good manufacturing practices, and preventive controls inspections in the human food program area. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining federal credentials. West Virginia also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Training
Joint activities, including inspections of manufacturers and warehouses
Sharing of facilities inventory, inspection history, and compliance activities
Annual joint work planning sessions
Joint inspections of pharmacies engaged in compounding human and animal drugs
Communicating on produce safety to include sharing of inventory, sampling results, or need for joint inspection in response to an outbreak
Voluntary Rapid Response Team
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

East Division 3

The Division of Human and Animal Food East 3 (HAFE3) encompasses Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

State counterparts perform contract inspections in both human and animal food facilities.

Georgia

The FDA engages with the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) to perform contract food and feed inspections. GDA conducts inspections for acidified food, juice hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), seafood HACCP, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and Preventive Controls (PC) inspections in the human food program. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD), Licensed Medicated Feed Mill, Non-Licensed Medicated Feed Mill, Traceback/Trace Forward, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and Preventive Controls (PC) inspections are in the animal food program. State employees enter and inspect under GDA’s authority. Regulated establishments include human and animal food. The Georgia Department of Agriculture also participates in the Produce Safety, Laboratory Flexible Funding Model, and Flexible Funding Model Cooperative Agreement Program. In addition, the FDA, in conjunction with GDA, established a recall shadowing program that is being mirrored nationwide. GDA is in full conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards and enrolled in the Animal Foods Regulatory Program Standards.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Data exchange/information sharing
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Roundtable discussions including academia discussing new and emerging trends & challenges
Rapid Response Team
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
Field staff training
Industry and consumer education
Sample collection and laboratory capacity, analysis, and reporting
Investigation of outbreaks and complaints
Product recall oversight and effectiveness/audit checks
Animal Food Contract Inspection Program
Human Food Inspection Contract Inspection Program
Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards
Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards

Additional Resources

North Carolina

The FDA engages with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) to perform contract food and feed inspections. NCDA conducts inspections for acidified food, juice hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), seafood HACCP, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and Preventive Controls (PC) inspections in the human food program. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD), Licensed Medicated Feed Mill, Non-Licensed Medicated Feed Mill, Traceback/Trace Forward, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and Preventive Controls (PC) inspections are in the animal food program. State employees enter and inspect under NCDA’s authority. Regulated establishments include human and animal food. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture also participates in the Produce Safety, Laboratory Flexible Funding Model, and Flexible Funding Model Cooperative Agreement Programs. In addition, NCDA is participating in a recall shadowing program that is being mirrored nationwide. NCDA is in full conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards and enrolled in the Animal Foods Regulatory Program Standards.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Data exchange/information sharing
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Rapid Response Team
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
Field staff training
Recall Effectiveness Checks
Animal Food Contract Inspection Program
Human Food Contract Inspection Program
Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards
Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards

Additional Resources

South Carolina

The FDA engages with the South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) to perform contract food and feed inspections. SCDA conducts inspections for acidified food, juice hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), seafood HACCP, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and Preventive Controls (PC) inspections in the human food program. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD), Licensed Medicated Feed Mill, Non-Licensed Medicated Feed Mill, Traceback/Trace Forward, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and Preventive Controls (PC) inspections are in the animal food program. State employees for the food program enter and inspect under SCDA’s authority and the feed program enters an inspects under FDA’s authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. Regulated establishments include human and animal food. The South Carolina Department of Agriculture also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement Program. SCDA is in full conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards and enrolled in the Animal Foods Regulatory Program Standards.

The FDA engages with The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Controls to perform contract food inspections of manufactured dairy product firms, wholesale ice firms, bottled water firms, beverage bottling firms and warehouses and Preventive Controls (PC) inspections in the human food program. State employees enter and inspect under FDA’s authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. SCDHEC is in full conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards and participates in the Laboratory Flexible Funding Model Cooperative Agreement.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Data exchange/information sharing
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Rapid Response Team
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
Field staff training
Animal Food Contract Inspection Program
Human Food Inspection Contract Inspection Program
Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards
Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards

Additional Resources

East Division 4

The Division of Human and Animal Food East 4 (HAFE4) encompasses: Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. State counterparts perform contract inspections in both human and animal food facilities.

Florida

The FDA engages with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to perform contract human food and animal food/feed inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise to perform hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), Seafood HACCP, current Good Manufacturing Practice and Preventive Controls program areas. State employees enter and inspect under their authority for human food inspections and under FDA authority for animal food/feed inspections, thus maintaining federal credentials. Florida also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

In October 2021, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 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

Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Sharing of inspections and investigations data through FDA-Florida proof of process
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Sharing of sample analysis to remove violative products from the market
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Puerto Rico

The FDA engages with the Puerto Rico Department of Health to perform contract human food inspections. The FDA relies on Puerto Rico’s expertise in current good manufacturing practice inspections program. State employees enter and inspect under state authority, thus maintaining federal commissions.

In May 2023, the FDA announced the signing of a developmental partnership agreement with the Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO). The agreement will focus on emergency response, partner training, and minimizing duplicative efforts.

Areas of Collaboration

Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed

Additional Resources

U.S. Virgin Islands

The U.S. Virgin Islands does not currently perform inspections under FDA contract, though FDA engages with the U.S. Virgin Islands to assist the division with inspections. The FDA relies on the U.S. Virgin Islands’ expertise in firm inventory, outbreaks, and consumer complaints.

Areas of Collaboration

Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Sharing compliance activities
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

U.S. Virgin Island Website

East Division 5

The Division of Human and Animal Food East 5 (HAFE5) encompasses Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee.

State counterparts perform contract inspections in both human and animal food facilities.

Alabama

The FDA engages with the Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries (ADAI) and Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) to perform contract inspections. The ADAI conducts current Good Manufacturing Practices inspections in the animal food program and ADPH performs contract inspections in the human food program. ADPH state employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. ADAI state employees enter and inspect using state authority to conduct contract inspection on behalf of the FDA, using state credentials.

Areas of Collaboration

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

Additional Resources

Kentucky

The FDA engages with the Kentucky Cabinet of Health & Family Services (KCHFS) and University of Kentucky Regulatory Services (UKRS) to perform contract inspections. The KCHFS conducts current Good Manufacturing Practices inspections in the human food program, and UKRS performs contract inspections in the animal food program. UKRS state employees enter and inspect using FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. KCHFS state employees enter and inspect using state authority and credentials.

Areas of Collaboration

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

Additional Resources

Louisiana

The FDA engages with the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) and Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry (LDAF) to perform contract inspections. The LDH conducts current Good Manufacturing Practices inspections in the human food program, and LDAF performs contract inspections in the animal food program. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Using state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests

Additional Resources

Mississippi

The FDA engages with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) to perform contract inspections. The MSDH conducts current Good Manufacturing Practices inspections in the human food program. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Using state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests

Additional Resources

Mississippi State Department of Public Health

Ohio

The FDA engages with the Ohio Department of Agriculture Food Safety Division (ODAFS), Ohio Department of Agriculture Grain, Feed and Seed Division (ODAGFS) to perform contract inspections, and Ohio Department of Agriculture, Animal Health Division. The ODAFS conducts current Good Manufacturing Practices inspections in the human food program. ODAGFS conducts current Good Manufacturing Practices in the animal food and ODA Animal Health Division conducts inspections in the egg program. ODAFS state employees enter and inspect using state authority and credentials. ODAGFS state employees enter and inspect using FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. ODA Animal Health Division state employees enter and inspect using FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Using state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests

Additional Resources

Ohio Department of Agriculture

Tennessee

The FDA engages with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) to perform contract inspections. The TDA conducts current Good Manufacturing Practices inspections in the human and animal food program. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials.

Areas of Collaboration

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

Additional Resources

Tennessee Department of Agriculture

East Division 6

The Division of Human and Animal Food East 6 (HAFE6) encompasses Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.

State counterparts perform contract inspections in both human and animal food facilities.

Illinois

The FDA engages with the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois Department of Agriculture to perform contract human food and animal food/feed inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise to perform Juice hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), Seafood HACCP, and modernized Good Manufacturing Practice and Preventive Controls Inspections. State employees enter and inspect under their authority for human food inspections and animal food inspects under FDA authority, maintaining federal credentials.

Areas of Collaboration

Using state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Sharing of sample analysis to remove violative products from the market
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Indiana

The FDA engages with the Indiana Department of Health, Office of Indiana State Chemist and Indiana State Egg Board to perform human/animal food and egg safety contract inspections. The Indiana Department of health also participates in Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards, Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement, rapid response teams, the Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM), and the Food Protection Task Force. The Office of Indiana State Chemist is participating in the LFFM, and the Indiana Board of Animal Health participates in the Drug Residue Prevention Program Cooperative agreement. State inspectors receive and maintain FDA credentials to enter and inspect under FDA authority.

Areas of Collaboration

Using state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Sharing of sample analysis to remove violative products from the market
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Michigan

FDA engages with Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) to perform contract human food and animal food/feed inspections. Commissioned MDARD inspectors conduct inspections and collect samples on behalf of FDA under the FD&C Act. FDA relies on the state’s expertise to perform current Good Manufacturing Process and Preventive Controls inspections, as well as Juice hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), Seafood HACCP, and low-acid canned food inspections and environmental sampling. MDARD also participates in Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards, Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards, rapid response teams, and the Laboratory Flexible Funding Model.

Areas of Collaboration

Using state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Sharing of sample analysis to remove violative products from the market
Regulatory meetings with the State and the Division’s Compliance Branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development

West Division 1

The Division of Human and Animal Food West 1 (HAFW1) encompasses Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. State counterparts perform contract inspections in both human and animal food facilities.

Minnesota

The FDA partners with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) for the completion of inspections performed under FDA contract. MDA has been awarded FDA contracts in their manufactured food program and commercial feed program. Their manufactured food program complies with the manufactured food regulatory program standards (MFRPS) and performs contract inspections under Minnesota state authority. Their commercial feed program complies with the animal food regulatory program standards (AFRPS) and performs contract inspections under FDA authority. Accordingly, all state animal food inspectors have been issued FDA pocket credentials.

In March 2022, the FDA announced the signing of a domestic mutual reliance partnership agreement with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture – the first such agreement to include both human and animal food. The work will focus on data and information sharing, official establishment inventory reconciliation and maintenance, and establishing key metrics.

Areas of Collaboration

Emergency response actions, including product recalls and emerging incidents
Joint facility inspections
Compliance actions (when necessary)
Required training opportunities
On-the-job education opportunities
Inspector auditing
Inventory reconciliation
Monthly program meetings
Annual contract work-planning meetings
Industry information sharing

Additional Resources

North Dakota

The FDA engages with the North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) in animal food operations. NDDA is contracted to conduct current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, risk-based preventive controls, and inspections of food for animals in conjunction with licensed medicated feed, veterinary feed directives, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy inspections. NDDA enters and inspects under FDA authority, therefore maintaining active FDA credentials. NDDA also participates in the produce safety cooperative agreement program. The FDA engages with the North Dakota Department of Health in human food operations. NDDoH does not maintain a contract with the FDA but communicates and coordinates with the agency as needed to protect the public health.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Regulated industry information sharing
Joint inspection of facilities when needed
Joint inspection of produce farms when needed
Utilization of state inspectional data to assist with casework
Regulatory meetings with FDA to discuss non-compliant firms and bringing those firms into voluntary compliance
Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement Program – Education, outreach, and technical assistance
Emergency and incident response coordination
Investigation of consumer complaints
Meetings as needed

Additional Resources:

South Dakota

Although the FDA and South Dakota do not currently partner in any shared regulatory responsibilities at this time, the agency maintain open lines of communication for recalls, compliance issues, and emerging incidents.

Areas of Collaboration

Emergency/emerging incidents
Product recalls
Compliance issues (where applicable)

Additional Resources

Wisconsin

The FDA engages with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) in human and animal food operations. DATCP is contracted to conduct current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, and risk-based preventive controls inspections of human food and conducts these inspections under state authority. DATCP is in full conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards and participates in other programs with the FDA such as cooperative agreement and pilot programs. DATCP’s engagement with the FDA demonstrates their continued effort in an integrated food safety system.

In September 2021, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Division of Food and Recreational Safety 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

Work planning sessions
Regulated industry information sharing
Inventory reconciliation
Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards
Training, to include on-the-job training, for state partners
Education for local regulatory partners
Joint inspection of facilities when needed
Investigation of consumer complaints
Sharing compliance activities
Rapid Response Team
Product recalls
Produce Safety
Dairy Partnership Pilot
Partnership Agreement
Non-contracted inspection data sharing
Long-Term Information Sharing Agreement
Laboratory capacity, analysis, and reporting
Laboratory Flexible Funding Model Cooperative Agreement Program
Utilization of state inspectional data to assist with casework
Regulatory meetings with FDA to discuss non-compliant firms and bringing those firms into voluntary compliance
Monthly meetings

Additional Resources

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
- Division of Food and Recreational Safety

West Division 2

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.

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

Additional Resources

West Division 3

The Division of Human and Animal Food West 3 (HAFW3) encompasses Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. State counterparts perform contract inspections in both human and animal food facilities.

Arkansas

The FDA engages with Arkansas Department of Health to perform contract inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in current good manufacturing practices and preventive controls inspections in the human food program area. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining federal credentials or certificates of commissioning.

Areas of Collaboration

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
Rapid Response Team
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Oklahoma

The FDA engages with Oklahoma Department of Health to perform contract inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in current good manufacturing practices and preventive controls inspections in the human food program area. The FDA does not have a contract for fiscal year 2022 with Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODA) but relies on them to perform Part 507 GMP, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, and veterinary feed directive inspections in the animal food program area. The FDA engages with ODA in sharing compliance activities for awareness and usage as needed and to coordinate any outbreaks for public health protection. State animal food employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining federal credentials. The FDA coordinates animal food safety inspection resources and promotes an animal food safety culture with the state. ODA may renew its contract for fiscal year 2023. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in current good manufacturing practices.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
Field staff training
Industry and consumer education
Investigation of outbreaks and complaints
Product recall oversight and effectiveness/audit checks
Animal Food Contract Inspection Program
Human Food Inspection Contract Inspection Program
Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards
Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards

Additional Resources

Texas

The FDA engages with Texas Department of State Health Services, and Office of the Texas State Chemist (OTSC) to perform contract inspections. The FDA relies on the state’s expertise in current good manufacturing practices, and preventive controls inspections in the human food program area. State employees enter and inspect under their authority for human food inspections. OTSC performs Part 507 good manufacturing processes, full preventive controls, 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.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Data exchange/information sharing
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Roundtable discussions including academia discussing new and emerging trends & challenges
Rapid Response Team
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
Field staff training
Industry and consumer education
Sample collection and laboratory capacity, analysis, and reporting
Investigation of outbreaks and complaints
Product recall oversight and effectiveness/audit checks
Animal Food Contract Inspection Program
Human Food Inspection Contract Inspection Program
Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards
Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards

Additional Resources

West Division 4

Florida

Areas of Collaboration

Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Sharing of inspections and investigations data through FDA-Florida proof of process
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Sharing of sample analysis to remove violative products from the market
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Puerto Rico

The FDA engages with the Puerto Rico Department of Health External Link Disclaimer to perform contract human food inspections. The FDA relies on Puerto Rico’s expertise in current good manufacturing practice inspections program. State employees enter and inspect under state authority, thus maintaining federal commissions.

Areas of Collaboration

Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
On-the-job training for state inspectors
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed

Additional Resources

U.S. Virgin Islands

Areas of Collaboration

Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Sharing compliance activities
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

U.S. Virgin Island Website

West Division 5

The Division of Human and Animal Food West 5 (HAFW5) encompasses California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Mariana Islands, and Guam. State counterparts perform contract inspections in human and animal food, medical device, and tobacco compliance.

California

The FDA engages with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to perform contract inspections. CDPH and CDFA investigators perform current good manufacturing practices and preventive controls inspections in the human food program. CDFA investigators also perform egg safety, licensed medicated feed mill, current good manufacturing practices, and preventive controls inspections in the animal food program area. CDPH and some of CDFA’s regulations meet or exceed those enforced by the FDA, and as such, employees enter and inspect facilities under their own jurisdiction. CDFA feed employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. CDFA also participates in the Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement.

In September 2021, the California Department of Public Health 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

Work planning sessions
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Rapid Response Team
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
FDA formal training courses and on-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Sharing of sample analysis to remove violative products from the market
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
Investigation of outbreaks and complaints
Product recall oversight and effectiveness/audit checks
Sharing Course/Workshop Attendance Opportunities

Additional Resources

Hawaii

The state of Hawaii does not currently perform inspections under FDA contract, though the FDA engages with the Hawaii Department of Health and Human Services in sharing compliance activities for awareness and usage as needed and to coordinate any outbreaks for public health protection. State employees maintain active certificates of commissioning or pocket credentials for tobacco compliance contract inspections. The Hawaii Department of Agriculture participates in the produce safety cooperative agreement. 

Areas of Collaboration

Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Inventory and operational status requests
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
FDA formal training courses and on-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls
Regulatory guidance

Additional Resources

Nevada

The FDA engages with the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS) to perform contract inspections. NDHHS performs seafood hazard analysis critical control point, current good manufacturing practices, and preventive controls inspections in the human food program. NDHHS employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. The Nevada Department of Agriculture participates in the produce safety cooperative agreement. The FDA also engages with the Southern Nevada Health District, which has inspection authority of food manufacturers in Clark County, and the Washoe County Department of Environmental Health, which has inspection authority of food manufacturers in Washoe County. State employees maintain active pocket credentials for tobacco compliance contract inspections.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning sessions
Utilizing state and local inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities
Joint state and local inspections of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Regulatory meetings with the state and local jurisdictions and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
FDA formal training courses and on-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Nevada Department of Health and Human Services

American Samoa

American Samoa does not currently perform inspections under FDA contract, though the FDA engages with the American Samoa Department of Human and Social Services on public health topics and regulatory guidance. Territorial employees maintain active pocket credentials for tobacco compliance contract inspections.

Areas of Collaboration

Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

American Samoa Department of Human & Social Services

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands does not currently perform inspections under FDA contract, though the FDA engages with the Commonwealth to assist the division with inspections. The FDA relies on the Commonwealth’s expertise in firm inventory, outbreaks, and consumer complaints. Commonwealth employees maintain active certificates of commissioning.  

Areas of Collaboration

Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation

Guam

Guam does not currently perform inspections under FDA contract, though the FDA engages with the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services on numerous public health topics and regulatory guidance. The FDA relies on Guam’s expertise in firm inventory, outbreaks, and consumer complaints. Territorial employees maintain certificates of commissioning or active pocket credentials for tobacco compliance contract inspections.  

Areas of Collaboration

Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
FDA formal training courses and on-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls

Additional Resources

Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services

West Division 6

The Division of Human and Animal Food West 6 (HAFW6) encompasses Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

State counterparts perform contract inspections in both human and animal food facilities.

Alaska

FDA engages with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to perform contract human food inspections. FDA relies on the state’s expertise in the Seafood hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP), current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and Preventive Controls program areas. State employees enter and inspect under their own state jurisdiction. Under a cooperative agreement, the Alaska DEC is also responsible for produce safety program infrastructure, education, technical assistance, inventory, and conducting produce inspections for firms regulated by the Standards for Growing Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce (also referred to as the Produce Safety Rule). Alaska DEC is in full conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards.

FDA and Alaska DEC maintain a Cooperative Agreement for the sampling and testing of finfish for radionuclides. Office of State Cooperative Programs (OSCP) Division of Milk Safety Milk Specialist stationed within HAF W6 work with the Alaska DEC Office of State Veterinarian in the NCIMS Grade A milk program as an oversight of the dairy inspection activities and the overall state dairy program. The OSCP Division of Retail Food Protection has a Retail Food Specialist assigned to work with all regulatory retail food protection agencies within the state. The OSCP Division of Shellfish Sanitation, Branch II provides oversight and technical assistance to Alaska DEC's shellfish program.

In March 2024, the FDA extended its partnership agreement with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation through March 2027. The agreement supports the state radio-analytical capacity and emergency response capability using the Portable Gamma-ray Analysis System. It also enables monitoring for radionuclides in Alaskan Coastal water seafood in response to the Fukushima emergency.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning session for planning and prioritizing work, including inspection frequency mandates, and comparison and reconciliation of inventories
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities and corrective actions
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
Training, including on-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls oversight and communication
Sharing sample analyses to remove violative products from the market
Joint inspections of produce farms when needed
Produce Safety Compliance and Enforcement
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
Radionuclide Sampling Partnership Agreement
Provide technical assistance in equipment, process, and operational questions
Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards
Retail food program technical assistance
Retail food program standardization
Technical assistance and state shellfish program element evaluation.
Standardization of state Shellfish Standardization Officers
Emergency and incident response coordination
Investigation of consumer complaints

Additional Resources

Idaho

The state of Idaho does not currently perform inspections under FDA contract, though the FDA engages with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare in sharing compliance activities for awareness and usage as needed and coordinate any outbreaks for public health protection. Under a cooperative agreement, the Idaho State Department of Agriculture is also responsible for produce safety program infrastructure, education, technical assistance, inventory, and conducting produce inspections for firms regulated by the Standards for Growing Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce (also referred to as the Produce Safety Rule). The Office of State Cooperative Programs (OSCP) Division of Milk Safety Milk Specialist stationed within HAF W6 works with the Idaho Department of Agriculture Bureau of Dairy and Livestock in the NCIMS Grade A milk program to oversee the dairy inspection activities and state dairy program. The OSCP Division of Retail Food Protection has a Retail Food Specialist to work with all regulatory retail food protection agencies within the state.

Areas of Collaboration

Sharing compliance activities and corrective actions
Training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls oversight and communication
Sharing sample analyses to remove violative products from the market
Joint inspections of produce farms when needed
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
Provide technical assistance in equipment, process, and operational questions
Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards
Retail food program technical assistance
Retail food program standardization
Emergency and incident response coordination
Investigation of consumer complaints

Additional Resources

Montana

FDA engages with the Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services (MTDPHHS) to perform contract inspections. MTDPHHS performs current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) inspections in the human food program. State employees enter and inspect under FDA authority, thus maintaining active FDA credentials. Under a cooperative agreement, the Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) is also responsible for produce safety program infrastructure, education, technical assistance, inventory, and conducting produce inspections for firms regulated by the Standards for Growing Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce (also referred to as the Produce Safety Rule). The Office of State Cooperative Programs (OSCP) Division of Milk Safety Milk Specialist stationed within HAFW6 works with the MDA Bureau of Dairy and Eggs in the NCIMS Grade A milk program to oversee the dairy inspection activities and state dairy program. The OSCP Division of Retail Food Protection has a Retail Food Specialist to work with all regulatory retail food protection agencies within the state.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning session for planning and prioritizing work, including inspection frequency mandates, and comparison and reconciliation of inventories
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities and corrective actions
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
Training, including on-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls oversight and communication
Joint inspections of produce farms when needed
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
Provide technical assistance in equipment, process, and operational questions
Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards
Retail food program technical assistance
Retail food program standardization
Emergency and incident response coordination
Investigation of consumer complaints

Additional Resources

Oregon

FDA contracts with the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) to perform contract human food inspections. FDA relies on the state’s expertise in current good manufacturing practices, acidified foods, and preventive controls program areas. State employees enter and inspect under their own state jurisdiction. Under a cooperative agreement, ODA is responsible for produce safety infrastructure, education, technical assistance, and an inventory program for produce farms regulated by the Standards for Growing, Harvesting, Holding and Packing of Produce (also referred to as the Produce Safety Rule). The Office of State Cooperative Programs (OSCP) Division of Milk Safety Milk Specialist stationed within HAFW6 works with the ODA Division of Food Safety in the NCIMS Grade A milk program to oversee the dairy inspection activities and state dairy program. The OSCP Division of Retail Food Protection has a Retail Food Specialist to work with all regulatory retail food protection agencies in the state. The OSCP Division of Shellfish Sanitation standardizes state shellfish standardization officers and provides technical assistance and oversight of the state shellfish program.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning session for planning and prioritizing work, including inspection frequency mandates, and comparison and reconciliation of inventories
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities and corrective actions
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
Training, including on-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls oversight and communication
Produce Farm Inventory
Sharing sample analyses to remove violative products from the market
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
Provide technical assistance in equipment, process, and operational questions
Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards
Retail food program technical assistance
Retail food program standardization
Shellfish Standardization Officer standardization, technical assistance and program element evaluation.
Emergency and incident response coordination
Investigation of consumer complaints

Additional Resources

Washington

FDA engages with the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) to perform contract inspections. WSDA performs Juice Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), Seafood HACCP, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Acidified Foods, Environmental Sampling Assignments, and Full Scope Preventive Controls inspections in the human food program. WSDA performs Part 507 cGMP, Full PC, Non-Licensed Medicated Feed Mill, Veterinary Feed Directive, and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy inspections in the animal food program. State employees enter and inspect under their own state jurisdiction. WSDA is in full conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards and Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards.

Under a cooperative agreement, the WSDA is also responsible for produce safety program infrastructure, education, technical assistance, inventory, and conducting produce inspections for firms regulated by the Standards for Growing Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce (also referred to as the Produce Safety Rule). The Office of State Cooperative Programs (OSCP) Division of Milk Safety Milk Specialist stationed within HAFW6 works with the WSDA Food Safety and Animal Health in the NCIMS Grade A milk program to oversee the dairy inspection activities and state dairy program. The OSCP Division of Retail Food Protection has a Retail Food Specialist to work with all regulatory retail food protection agencies within the state. The OSCP Division of Shellfish Sanitation Branch II oversees the WA shellfish program. The shellfish specialists standardize state standardization officers, provide technical assistance, and conduct program element evaluations to ensure NSSP conformance.

Areas of Collaboration

Work planning session for planning and prioritizing work, including inspection frequency mandates, and comparison and reconciliation of inventories
Utilizing state inspectional data to assist with casework performed
Sharing compliance activities and corrective actions
Joint inspections of facilities when needed
Food Safety Task Force
Regulatory meetings with the state and the division’s compliance branch to discuss non-compliance of firms and bring firms into voluntary compliance
Training, including on-the-job training for state inspectors
Regulated industry information sharing
Product recalls oversight and communication
Rapid Response Team
Joint inspections of produce farms when needed
Annual meetings
Regulatory guidance
Inventory and operational status requests
Provide technical assistance in equipment, process, and operational questions
Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards
Retail food program technical assistance
Retail food program standardization
Emergency and incident response coordination
Investigation of consumer complaints

Additional Resources

West Division of West Coast Imports (DWCI)

Guam

In October 2023, the FDA signed a partnership agreement with the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services and the Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency. The agreement formalizes the Partners’ mutual commitment to coordinate on activities related to oversight of imported food, drug, medical device, biological product, tobacco, and cosmetic products. This oversight helps prevent fraudulent and potentially dangerous products from entering supply chains, thereby advancing the objectives of the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program to combat fraud and abuse in healthcare programs.

In February 2024, FDA U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers presented a poster at the AMSUS, The Society of Federal Health Professionals, annual meeting in Maryland. The presentation highlighted the innovative strategies employed by the FDA to navigate the challenges of the 2023 Category 4 Typhoon in Guam. It underscored the agency's dedication to protect public health through interagency collaboration and ensure regulated firms continue to meet their responsibilities – even during natural disasters. The lessons learned will help improve response efforts in the future, benefiting both the FDA and the communities it serves.

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