VT Directive 5420.1 Rev 10 FOOD DEFENSE TASKS AND THREAT NOTIFICATION RESPONSE PROCEDURES FOR THE OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS

This directive provides instructions to conduct food defense activities assigned to inspection program personnel (IPP) at meat and poultry establishments. Food defense activities include performing food defense tasks and observing and reporting food defense vulnerabilities.
IPP will no longer perform four food defense tasks per month, but instead will perform one comprehensive food defense task per quarter. These changes will improve efficiency for IPP and will enhance data quality by providing more specific data on food defense practices being implemented by establishments.