Food Defense Initiatives
Vulnerability Assessments
FDA conducts vulnerability assessments (VA) on food systems to identify, quantify and prioritize (or rank) the vulnerabilities in a system.
Food and Agriculture Sector and other Related Activities
Protecting the critical infrastructure and key resources of the United States–from both deliberate terrorist attack and destructive natural events - is essential to the Nation's security, public health, safety and economic vitality.
National Agriculture and Food Defense Strategy (NAFDS)
The National Agriculture and Food Defense Strategy (108) charts a direction for how the federal agencies, in cooperation with SLTT governments and private sector partners, protect the nation’s food supply against intentional adulteration.
Food Defense Field Assignments
Food Defense related FDA field activities designed as a proactive effort to prepare for the protection of food during special security events.
- Special Event Food Defense Assignment (SEFDA) Report
March 2013 - Special Event Food Defense Assignment (SEFDA) Report
September 2008 - Protein Surveillance Assignment (PSA) Summary Report
June 2008 - Food Defense Surveillance Assignment (FDSA) Summary Report
November 2007 - Summary Report: FDA Security Surveillance Assignment; October - November 2004
December 2005
Other Related Resources
Contact Us
For general food defense information, please email fooddefense@fda.hhs.gov