Jurisdiction

This IFSS Basic Level Jurisdiction course provides introductory knowledge, skills, and abilities related to various regulatory agencies and their authority over feed and food.

• a) Recognize which agencies have authority to conduct specific regulatory activities.

• b) Scope: Topics in this course include Foundations, Law, Crossing Boundaries, and Interagency Agreements.

Course Objectives

Foundations 

• Differentiate between statutes, regulations, and ordinances,

• Identify statutory authority for the regulation of human and animal food,

• Recognize agencies with jurisdiction over human and animal food,

• Recognize dual agency jurisdictions, and

• Identify statutory limits of regulations.

Laws

• Recognize how laws are created, and 

• Recognize the concept of due process.

Crossing Boundaries 

• Define the Integrated Food Safety System,

• Identify examples of agency collaboration, and

• Identify examples of cooperative programs.

Interagency Agreements

• Identify types of interagency agreements,

• Recognize the purpose of a Memorandum of Understanding,

• Recognize the purpose of Cooperative Agreements, and 

• Define delegated authority through Commissioning.

Duration

• Unit 1: Foundations – 60 minutes

•  Unit 2: Law – 15 minutes

• Unit 3: Crossing Boundaries – 30 minutes 

• Unit 4: Intra-agency Agreements – 30 minutes

Total estimate of course – 2 hour and 30 minutes