Survey Seeks to Gather Information on Influences on Human and Animal Food Regulatory Training

NACCHO requests feedback to inform the development of the Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) Regulatory Training Strategic Plan through a newly released survey from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Strategic Plan, to be published in the fall of 2023, is being developed by the FDA Office of Training, Education and Development, in coordination with key FDA personnel and national association partners, including NACCHO. It will apply to training that supports all FDA, other federal, and state, local, tribal, and territorial regulatory partners (including laboratories) involved in all aspects of food safety including inspection, compliance, laboratory analysis, epidemiological investigation, emergency response, as well as leaders and managers, and will include the following commodity areas: manufactured food, produce, eggs, animal food, and state cooperative programs - retail, Grade “A” milk, and shellfish. Your input is requested to help design an integrated national regulatory training program so we can gather information on influences on human and animal food (HAF) regulatory training. Your unique perspective will be used to help develop a well-trained, integrated workforce that conducts comparable work at all levels and provide key data as strategic goals are being developed. Please take 15 to 20 minutes to complete this survey no later than Thursday, November 10. For additional background, please review this document.
For questions, please reach out to the IFSS Regulatory Training Strategic Planning Team.
Please note: The survey link is for one-time use per user. Respondents will not be allowed to save and return to the survey later; each respondent must complete the survey the first time the link is opened.

We also encourage you to share this opportunity with your colleagues including all HAF regulatory, policy, laboratory, and land/sea grant university personnel who are involved in HAF regulatory training, including manufactured food, produce, eggs, animal food, retail food, Grade “A” milk, and shellfish.