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Ned, Dave, Lynda,
Thank you for all your help in getting us ready for and through the recent Maximo upgrade. Due to all your support it has gone very well. The level of acceptance in the plant of the new system is a testament to your efforts.

Thanks again.  Glen
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Food Defense Plan Development

Development of a Food Defense Plan is recommended by both the USDA and FDA.  It may be required by regulations to be written for the Food Safety Modernization Act.  (This is not a certain outcome of the Act and Periscope Consulting will continue to monitor pending regulation).
 
Periscope can provide three different approaches to creating a Food Defense Plan.  These meet the needs of the smallest one-facility plant to the largest multi-national.  The techniques that Periscope uses have been adopted for USDA and FDA workshops overseas and have been shared with hundreds of workshop participants.
 
  Basic
Food Defense Plan		 Thorough
Food Defense Plan		 Robust
Food Defense Plan
Applicable to Small and Very Small Companies Small, Medium and Large Companies Medium, Large and Very Large Companies
Basis of plan Key elements from USDA guidance documents. Many elements from FDA and USDA guidance documents. Every element in FDA guidance documents plus additional elements from USDA, FBI, USPS and Industry Work Groups.
Includes Basic Plan only Food Defense Background Presentation.How to Build a Food Defense Plan Presentation.Mini-vulnerability assessment. Food Defense Background Presentation.How to Build a Food Defense Plan Presentation.Self-scoring self-assessment tool (Excel).
Time required Approximately 4-6 hours on site or remotely. 2-day structured workshop with a cross functional team. 5-10 work days by a cross functional team.
Plus 1-2 days to develop self-assessment tool.
 
All plans include a courtesy copy of free FDA resources:  FDA Guidance Document, FDA “ALERT” Training material, FDA “FIRST” Training material.
Options:
  1. Prior to the development of Food Defense Plans, a preliminary plant walkthrough, gap analysis or vulnerability assessment can be performed on one or more representative facilities (see next page for information on these offerings.)
  2. An action plan to close gaps identified during Food Defense Plan development.
  3. A daily checklist and weekly review based on the final Food Defense Plan.
  4. A training requirements document based on the final Food Defense Plan.
  5. A detailed proceduredocument based on the final Food Defense Plan.  This can usually incorporate alternatives, where appropriate, to apply to multiple locations.
  6. Formal Audit questions and scoring criteria can be developed based on the final Food Defense Plan.