Iowa Department of Inspection & Appeals RRT Maintenance

Enhancement of the multidisciplinary team coordination in foodborne outbreak investigations and other food incidents are essential to the changing environment of public safety. Continuing this endeavor is absolutely essential to meet the needs of Iowans in a timely and effective manner. The Bureau anticipates participation in this cooperative agreement will result in significant enhancements in the quality of outbreak response, environmental assessments, and timeliness of investigations. This will be obtained by the following: • The State will sustain full conformance with the Rapid Response Team; • The State has and will continue to actively engage through an annual face-to-face meeting and participation in committees supporting RRT; • The State has and will collaboratively develop strategies and share those strategies with other states; and • The State will provide FDA the foundation for pursuing regulatory action based upon the finding of State Rapid Response Team. The goal of this project is to sustain full conformance and continue being the responsive agent for outbreaks and complaints. Continued support with this cooperative agreement will allow the Iowa RRT program the resources to be responsive to Iowans.