Direct: 319.841.4393 ASTA: The Voice of the U.S. Spice Industry in the Global Market, Food Safety Committees, Task Forces and Working Groups, Government Relations Committee, Task Forces and Working Groups, ASTA 2020 Regulatory Workshop Registration, ASTA 2020 Regulatory Workshop Sponsorship, ASTA Webinar – EPA Update on Ethylene Oxide, ASTA Webinar – Control of Spore-forming Bacteria on Spices, ASTA’s Arbitration Program and ASTA Contracts, A Concise Guide to Spices, Herbs, Seeds, & Extracts, Adulteration and Contamination Prevention, FDA Requesting Information on Sesame Allergen, Exposure-based Screening Tool for Contaminants in Spices, Microbial Safety and Process Validation White Papers, Good Agricultural Practices Guide (GAP Guide), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Guide for Spices, Identification and Prevention of Adulteration Guidance Document, Imports/ Sanctions/ Transport Restrictions, FSMA Risk Assessment Considerations Guide, The Food and Drug Administration Online Training Course – Food Defense Awareness for the Intentional Adulteration Rule, Section 305: Registration of Food Facilities, Section 306: Maintenance and Inspection of Records for Foods, Section 307: Prior Notice of Imported food Shipments, Overview of Bioterrorism Act Establishment. Missouri Regional Contact The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has furnished guidelines for microbiological and biomedical laboratory safety. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out this requirement, to determine whether there is any credible evidence or information indicating that such article presents a threat of serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals. The lessons learned will provide information so water systems can become more resilient to the ever present and increasing risk of cyber attacks. It also excludes information such as recipes, financial data, personnel data, research data, and sales data (other than shipment data regarding sales). A "restricted person" is a person who fits any of the following criteria: As in Subtitle A, there are exemptions for clinical and diagnostic laboratories, products, investigational use, agricultural emergencies, and public health emergencies. It established procedures for preparation for bioterrorism and public health emergencies. Specifies that a detained article may not be transferred until released or detention expires. It requires the Secretary, if they have information that a shipment of imported food presents a threat of serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals, to provide notice regarding such threat to the appropriate States. Specifies an appeals process which requires the Secretary, after providing for an informal hearing, to confirm or terminate an order within 5 days of an appeal. The law authorizes the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take action to protect the nation's food supply against the threat of intentional contamination. Permits the Secretary, if the Secretary has a reasonable belief that an article of food is adulterated and presents a threat of serious health consequences or death to humans or animals, to have access to and copy all records that are needed to assist the Secretary in determining whether the food is adulterated and presents a threat. P.O. It provides public accountability for goals in the process for the review of human drug applications. rjayaraman@hrgreen.com, Tim Korby, PE, LEED AP Specifies period of detention may not exceed 20 days unless a greater period, not to exceed 30 days, is necessary to enable the Secretary to pursue a seizure under Section 304(a) or to seek an injunction under Section 302. South Dakota Regional Contact Eligible activities include developing coordinated local plans for responding to emergencies, addressing deficiencies in public health needs, purchasing or upgrading equipment to prepare for emergencies, conducting exercises to test emergency response activities, developing trauma and burn center care plans for emergency medical services, improving public health laboratories, training public health and health care personnel, developing systems by which information can be communicated, addressing the safety needs of children and vulnerable populations, ensuring safety of workers, preparing for contamination prevention efforts and for triage and transport in emergencies, training health care professionals to recognize and treat mental health consequences, enhancing training of health care professionals to provide appropriate care for large numbers of individuals, enhancing training to protect the health and safety of personnel responding to an attack, improving preparations for emergency response activities, and improving the ability of existing telemedicine programs to provide information, as part of the emergency public health response to bioterrorism or other public health emergencies. "A New Instrument in National Security: The Legislative Attempt to Combat Terrorism via the Safe Drinking Water Act." Title II deals with the security of dangerous biological agents and toxins used in research and development. Subtitle A amends the Public Health Service Act to enhance control of certain biological agents and toxins (select agents). (7/11/2008), "Protecting the United States from bioterrorism." fda.gov, 2008. BIOTERRORISM PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE ACT OF 2002 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 08:43 Jul 03, 2002 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6579 Sfmt 6579 PUBL188.107 APPS28 PsN: APPS28. Colorado Regional Contact Subtitle C makes funds available for national security with respect to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. agr.wa.gov, 2008. Directs the Secretary to consider the size of a business in promulgating the regulations.