This $300,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328), aims to develop and deliver a hybrid educational program to the retail food industry to improve their understanding and implementation of the FDA's new Food Traceability Rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Key objectives include: 1) developing and implementing a traceability training program...
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) Research Foundation has been awarded a $1,300,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the FDA Research program (CFDA 93.103). The award will support a project entitled "A Coordinated National Approach to Supporting, Promoting, and Implementing FDA's Produce Safety Rule and the Produce Regulatory Program Standards." The project aims to: Support federal, state, and territorial...
This $355,400 project grant awarded by the Department of Agriculture's National Food Safety Training, Education, Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance Program (CFDA 10.328) aims to develop and deliver a comprehensive food safety education and training program for North Carolina's local food system stakeholders. The key products and services to be provided through this 3-year grant include: A series of food safety webinars delivered in partnership with state and federal regulatory...
This $760,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) aims to enhance food safety education and support for implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in the Western region of the United States. The award supports a coalition of food safety specialists from land-grant universities, Alaska Native-serving, Native Hawaiian-serving, and Hispanic-serving...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a $9,600,000 Cooperative Agreement (Federal Grant Award ID: U01FD008398) to the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) under the FDA Research program (CFDA 93.103). The award, which runs from August 20, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will support AFDO's efforts to facilitate the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), increase mutual reliance between agencies, develop a nationally integrated food safety system (IFSS), and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Oregon State University a $536,923 Project Grant under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) with a performance period of September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The purpose of the grant is to establish the Pacific Food Safety Education and Training Collaborative, which will provide customized food safety training and technical assistance to diverse communities across the vast Pacific territories of...
SR1 received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) to develop and provide customized food safety education and outreach from farm to table. The two-year award will fund SR1's Community Oriented Opportunities for Learning Food Safety from Farm to Table project, which aims to build upon existing food safety education and address the specialized needs of socially...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $393,133 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (doing business as Virginia Tech) to lead a multi-state collaborative education and training program under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328). The project aims to develop and deliver a hybrid training curriculum for small food processors to enhance their capabilities in producing safe food products, understanding...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $299,800 Project Grant to Ourspace World, Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328). The grant will fund the "De-Mystifying FSMA: Creating a Food Safety Education and Training Program to Increase Market Access for Black Producers and Chefs in the Mid-Atlantic US" project over a 2-year period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025. The project aims...
The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $359,987 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) through the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328). The grant will support the development of a specialized curriculum and virtual training tools to address the unique food safety challenges faced by low moisture food businesses, which include bakery products, snack foods, and other manufactured foods. The project...
USING TECHNOLOGY, DATA, AND COLLABORATION TO EXPAND SLTT CONFORMANCE WITH THE VOLUNTARY NATIONAL RETAIL FOOD REGULATORY PROGRAM STANDARDS - PROJECT SUMMARY AFTER DECADES OF INCREMENTAL CHANGES TO THE FOOD SAFETY SYSTEM, TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS HAVE USHERED IN A CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF INCREASED CHANGE FOR BOTH FOOD SYSTEMS AND FOOD SAFETY. ACCORDING TO FDA'S MOST RECENT FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVE, THE NEW ERA OF SMARTER FOOD SAFETY, MANY EXPERTS BELIEVE THE PACE OF CHANGE WILL CONTINUE INCREASING OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, PERHAPS EVEN MORE THAN IN RECENT DECADES. AS OLD FOODS ARE REFORMULATED, NEW FOODS ARE CREATED, NEW PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY METHODS ARE DEVELOPED, AND THE ENTIRE SYSTEM BECOMES INCREASINGLY DIGITIZED, COMPLEXITY FOR REGULATORS IS ONLY GOING TO INCREASE. THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION (NEHA) PROJECT ENTITLED A PEOPLE-CENTERED, TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN, SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO ADVANCING CONFORMANCE WITH THE VOLUNTARY NATIONAL RETAIL FOOD REGULATORY PROGRAM STANDARDS (RETAIL PROGRAM STANDARDS) IS INTENDED TO: OBJECTIVE 1: WORK WITH FDA AND PROJECT PARTNERS TO DEVELOP, REFINE, AND IMPROVE THE GRANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WE DEVELOPED TO ADMINISTER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SLTT RETAIL REGULATORY FOOD PROGRAMS BASED ON FDA'S RETAIL FLEXIBLE FUNDING MODEL (RFFM) VISION. OBJECTIVE 2: MAINTAIN THE SELF-ASSESSMENT AND VERIFICATION AUDIT ONLINE COURSE WE DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FDA AND EXPAND ITS USE AND VALUE TO SLTT JURISDICTIONS. OBJECTIVE 3: ESTABLISH THE NEHA-NACCHO MENTOR ACADEMY TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN A NEW GENERATION OF MENTORS, EXPANDING OUR CAPACITY TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR EXPERTISE IN THE RETAIL PROGRAM STANDARDS. OBJECTIVE 4: WORK WITH CFP AND FDA TO HOST A BIENNIAL RETAIL PROGRAM STANDARDS SYMPOSIUM AND AN ANNUAL VIRTUAL RFFM GRANT YEAR KICKOFF MEETING, TO ENGAGE CURRENT AND ATTRACT NEW ENROLLEES IN THE RETAIL PROGRAM STANDARDS. THESE FOUR OBJECTIVES WILL ADVANCE THE INTEGRATED FOOD SAFETY SYSTEM (IFSS) REQUIREMENTS FOUND IN THE FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT (FSMA) AND SUPPORT THE GOAL OF BUILDING NEW BUSINESS MODELS AND RETAIL STANDARDIZATION IN THE NEW ERA OF SMARTER FOOD SAFETY. BY SUPPORTING SLTT RETAIL FOOD REGULATORY PROGRAMS IN THEIR WORK TOWARD UNIFORMITY AND ENCOURAGING INCREASED ACTIVE MANAGERIAL CONTROLS, WE WILL ASSIST THE FDA WITH THEIR GOAL OF "BENDING THE CURVE" OF FOODBORNE ILLNESS BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ILLNESSES AND RELATED DEATHS.