FDA Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance for the Food Industry

The TRAP-IT^® Security Planner will help you conduct an initial confidential assessment of your food security procedures and operation. It will help define your security management strategy. Plus, your resulting TRAP-IT^® Food Security Plan will define actions that satisfy all of the FDA recommended measures that follow.

Management Guidelines

Preparing for the possibility of tampering or other malicious, criminal, or terrorist actions 

Assign responsibility for security to knowledgeable individual(s)

Conduct an initial confidential assessment of food security procedures and operations

Have a security management strategy to prepare for and respond to tampering and other malicious, criminal, or terrorist actions, both threats and actual events.

Make staff aware of who in management they should alert about potential security problems (24-hour contacts)

Human Element - Staff Guidelines

Identification

Establish a system of positive identification and recognition that is appropriate to the nature of the workforce

Restricted Access 

Identify staff that require unlimited access to all areas of the facility 

Limit access so staff enter only those areas necessary for their job functions and only during appropriate work hours 

Human Element - Public Guidelines

Visitors (for example, contractors, supplier representatives, delivery drivers, customers, couriers, pest control representatives, third-party auditors, regulators, reporters, tours)

Restrict entry to the establishment

Restrict access to food handling and storage areas

Facility Guidelines

Physical Security

Protect perimeter access to prevent unauthorized entry

Secure all access points into the establishment: doors, windows, roof openings/hatches, vent openings, ventilation systems, utility and storage rooms

Minimize, clearly mark, and secure, the number of entrances to restricted areas

Assure updated plant layout schematics are available at strategic and secured locations

Operations Guidelines

Security of water and utilities

Limit access to controls for airflow, water, electricity, and refrigeration

Secure non-municipal water wells, hydrants, storage, and handling facilities

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Click here for the full text of the FDA's Food Security Preventative Measures Guidance.