SAVE THE DATE
Food Safety Amidst Crisis: Prioritization and Innovation in Emergencies
KANNAPOLIS, NC
APRIL 29-30, 2025

Save the date for the 2025 Annual Conference and look forward to an engaging event that will address the recent challenges we have faced in food safety and public health in NC this past year. You will get a chance to learn from the experiences, emerging problems, strategies and insights of others to increase your understanding of food safety and food defense during unforeseen circumstances. The focus will be to strengthen networks and promote collaboration as a driving force to advance food safety and innovation that ensure business stability and public health.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please join us for our next Task Force meeting:

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 9:30 AM
Steve Troxler Agriculture Center
4400 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC 27607
Conference Room A307
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Check out our Resources page for links and handouts.

RECALL ALERTS:
https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts
​https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls


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PARTNER AGENCY WEBSITES:
​http://www.ncagr.gov/
https://publichealth.nc.gov/
https://www.ncdps.gov/ncem
​https://ncfreshproducesafety.ces.ncsu.edu/
​https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/

What is the purpose of the Task Force?
The duties of the Task Force, as specified within Executive Order Number 47, are as follows:

• Partner with state and federal agencies to conduct focused studies of the vulnerability of the State's food system to criminal and terrorist acts, and make recommendations regarding the following issues:
  • Improving safety and security of the food supply system
  • Reducing terrorism threat measures
  • Improving food safety and defense mitigation and response plans
  • Implementing or coordinating training for key stakeholders in the State's food supply system
• Recommend legislation needed to improve the ability of State departments and agencies to protect the safety and defense of the State's food supply and the agricultural industry base, including legislation to protect sensitive and proprietary information of the State's food supply system, safety and defense vulnerability information, and defense plans that, if compromised, would heighten the exposure of the State's food supply system to criminal or terrorist acts.
• Recommend budget, staffing, and resource adjustments necessary to improve the capability of State departments and agencies to protect the safety and defense of the State's food supply system and agricultural industrial base.
• Prepare an annual report no later than the 15th of December each year that includes any recommendations or proposals for changes in laws, rules, and programs that the Task Force determines to be appropriate to enhance food safety and defense in the State.