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USDA Food Defense Self Assessment Checklist
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USDA Food Defense Self Assessment Checklist

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Identify a site-specific food defense team
2
Outline primary processes and areas of the facility
3
Identify potential threats to the facility and its processes
4
Review the current security measures in place
5
Analyse the feasibility of identified threats
6
Assign risk levels to identified threats
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Rank threats based on risk levels
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Approval: Threat Ranking
9
Identify existing mitigation strategies for ranked threats
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Evaluate effectiveness of existing mitigation strategies
11
Identify the need for additional measures
12
Develop action plans for implementing additional measures
13
Establish protocols for routine inspection
14
Train staff on food defense procedures
15
Approval: Staff Training Material
16
Monitor implementation of food defense plan
17
Hold routine meetings to discuss the effectiveness of the plan
18
Identify changes to the business that may impact food defense plan
19
Update food defense plan based on identified changes
20
Approval: Updated Food Defense Plan