Manufactured Foods Regulatory Program Standards (mfrps)

Project SummaryThe Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) Food Protection Program is working toimplement the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) which includes tenstandards designed to promote the development of a high-quality manufactured food regulatoryprogram which includes a uniform basis for measuring and improving the performance ofprevention, intervention, and response activities.The ISDH Food Protection Program has made progress in conforming with the ten standards ofMFPRS, but much work is needed to better address the remaining gaps and to evaluateimplementation success and determine steps necessary to ensure sustainability and practicalityof our processes. Conformance with MFRPS allows the program to focus on risk andprevention, rather than event and reaction, ensures program consistency and promotes qualityassurance and improvement efforts. MFRPS also promotes a national Integrated Food SafetySystem (IFSS) which is mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).The mission of the Indiana State Department of Health is to promote and provide essentialpublic health services; the vision is a healthier and safer Indiana. The elements within eachstandard assist the Food Protection Program to focus on critical components of its regulatoryprogram necessary to protect the public from foodborne illness and injury. This fundingopportunity will aid our agency to strengthen its capability to better direct food safety andregulatory activities to reduce foodborne illness hazards. Finally, IFSS represents a seamlesspartnership among federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal agencies to achieve a safer foodsupply. While the ISDH Food Protection Program has established many necessarypartnerships, there is still room for improvement.