FoodSHIELD Announcements

Food&AgDIR Participation Update: 35 States

FoodSHIELD membership continues to grow and participation in our Food&AgDIR database of regulatory programs now includes agencies in 35 states.

View the latest participation map: Food&AgDIR State Participation Map [PDF]

Find out more about our Directories of Integrated Resources: Food&AgDIR and LabDIR

For quick and easy registration of your federal, state, local, or tribal agency - in the U.S. or Canada - download the Agency Registration Form: Agency Registration Form [PDF]

Agency registration form for quick registration

Now it's even easier to register your agency for FoodSHIELD membership.  Government agencies (federal, state, local, and tribal) can now use the new Agency Registration Form to simplify and expedite registration onto FoodSHIELD.

This form collects all the basic agency information, including public emergency 24/7 contact information, and establishes a primary contact in the agency for updating the agency profile on FoodSHIELD and distributing logins among agency personnel.

Instructions for completing and submitting the form are included on the form itself. Click the link below to download the form in PDF format.  For more information, see our Membership information page.

FoodSHIELD Agency Form

Visit the FoodSHIELD booth at AFDO

The Association of Food & Drug Officials is hosting its 112th Annual Educational Conference in Anaheim, California this week. 

If you are attending the conference, please stop by the FoodSHIELD booth to see the latest features and find out how to register.

AFDO has long been a partner and strong supporter of the FoodSHIELD project, and the FoodSHIELD team is very grateful to all the many AFDO members who have helped the site grow and improve.

Enhanced Document Manager capabilities

FoodSHIELD members now have access to an even more powerful way to share and collaborate on documents.  The secure Document Manager has just been upgraded with several new features:

• Action bar for quick access to file management tools
• Instant file preview - see the document as a PDF without having to download it
• Instant archiving of old versions with option to revert back to any version
• Assign or change file status using these options: Read only, In progress, Draft, Approved
• Mark a file as "Private" so only you the user can see it
• Get instant e-mail notifications when the document has been changed
• Send the file via e-mail directly from the Document Manager
• Document comments - creates a document forum to log discussion about the document

Here's a look at the new Documents Manager layout (click on image for larger version):

LabDIR Welcomes Alabama Laboratory

We'd like to welcome our latest member of LabDIR:

• Alabama Department of Agriculture Food and Drug Laboratory

Thank you for your valuable addition to FoodSHIELD!

To see a map of all LabDIR participants, click here or under Participation Maps in the left sidebar.

Contact us to find out more about joining FoodSHIELD and LabDIR.

Food&AgDIR New Members in VT and NC

We'd like to welcome two new participants to Food&AgDIR, our database tool for farm-to-table regulatory programs:

• Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
• North Carolina Division of Environment and Natural Resources

Thank you for your valuable addition to FoodSHIELD!

To see a map of all Food&AgDIR participants, click here or under Participation Maps in the left sidebar.

Contact us to find out more about joining FoodSHIELD and Food&AgDIR.

LabDIR New Member in Indiana

We'd like to welcome a new participant to LabDIR, our database tool for laboratories:

• Indiana State Department of Health Laboratories

Thank you for your valuable addition to FoodSHIELD!

To see a map of all LabDIR participants, click here or under Participation Maps in the left sidebar.

Contact us to find out more about joining FoodSHIELD and LabDIR.