Identification should include

• federal agencies (e.g., U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA], Food and Drug Administration [FDA], Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service [FSIS]) that regulate and implement food safety requirements
• local agencies (e.g., county health departments) that monitor compliance
• state agencies (e.g., Virginia Department of Health [VDH], Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services [VDACS]) that monitor foodborne illness outbreak detection and response and provide consumer protection services
• criteria agencies use to protect food and the effectiveness of those criteria
• labeling laws and public information dissemination.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

• What is the food inspection process?
• Which federal, state, and local regulatory agencies are involved in food protection?

Communication

• What should one know to understand the relationship among the federal, state, and local regulatory agencies involved in food protection?
• How can compliance with the regulations for food protection be ensured?

Leadership

• How procedures to ensure food protection be implemented?
• How can success in achieving goals related to food protection be evaluated?

Management

• What steps should be taken to ensure food protection?
• What resources are needed to ensure food protection?