Build and maintain a database of organizations in the Region with which the office will or have the potential to cooperate in achieving the FDA mission. Having ready access to key organizations and their top officials is vital to responding rapidly to foodborne outbreaks and recalled products, as well as establishing the basis for providing technical assistance and capacity building in the region.The Latin America Office has completed the repository of information for the top 20 countries in Latin America that export products to the U.S. that are regulated by the FDA. The documents include contact information of key individuals and governmental competent authorities in terms of the types and scope of products that the corresponding agencies regulate, information about each country’s major trade and industry associations, representatives of multinational organizations in each country as well as their profiles, and the capacity and importance of academic institutions. Each profile also contains the last three year’s data from FDA databases on the number of lines of products imported into the U.S., an analysis of detained and refused products, and a listing of the import alerts that affect that country. Having ready access to such key information is vital to the FDA when faced with food-borne outbreaks from a foreign source or other problems with products originating in Latin America. This information will be useful when considering approaches and partnerships for technical cooperation and capacity building.A. Determine the information to be collected and the format to be used4/5/2010Completed4/15/2010B. Identify the types institutions/organizations (government, academia, regional/international, industry, trade) to be included in the database; identify arrangements for uploading to the FDA intranet site/eRoom5/5/2010Completed4/15/2010C. Determine which institutions and their priority for inclusion in the database6/30/2010Completed6/30/2010D. Complete data for Costa Rica, Mexico and Chile (the 3 countries with the FDA office)7/30/2010Completed8/2/2010E. Develop quality control plan of the database9/15/2010Completed9/15/2010F. Complete data collection for 70% of remaining countries10/15/2010Completed11/15/2010G. Complete data collection for all countries in the region12/30/2010Completed12/30/2010H. Implement quality control plan to review/revise 50% of the entries in the database every six months (the complete database yearly)1/30/2011Completed3/2/2011http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/Transparency/track/ucm206185.htmFDA-TRACK Office of International Programs Dashboard