Assisting Specialist Crop Exports: Provision of MRL Information
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-FAS-10621-0750-10-24-0006
- Agency
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Foreign Agricultural Service
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $2,500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Agriculture
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
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About this opportunity
This federal grant opportunity, Assisting Specialist Crop Exports: Provision of MRL Information, is being offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service. The purpose is to support a trade organization or non-profit enterprise in facilitating ready access to information on maximum residue limits (MRLs) for specialty crop exports. The recipient will provide eligible U.S.-based users with access to web-based databases containing registered pesticide and veterinary drug information, MRL standards for foreign markets, and guidance on interpreting MRL requirements. Applications are due by October 18, 2024, and the anticipated award date is November 1, 2024.
The award will provide up to $500,000 in the first year, with a potential cumulative total of $2.5 million over 5 years. This opportunity is authorized under the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and falls under the Assisting Specialty Crop Exports (CFDA 10.621) federal grant program. No specific place of performance is stated, but the program aims to facilitate specialty crop exports to current and prospective foreign markets.
Synopsis
U.S. Specialty Crop producers feed the United States and the world with nutritious fruits, nuts, herbs, and vegetables. Yet, U.S. specialty crop producers face many unique barriers to successfully exporting their high-value products to international markets. Specialty crops are disproportionately affected by maximum residue limit (MRL) related trade barriers, including residue tolerances of pesticides, fungicides and herbicides. Differences among registration systems, monitoring, and inspection programs, and the values of MRLs across different markets pose a significant difficulty for trade of these products. Exporters can be limited in access to markets where an MRL is set lower than their domestic market or where an MRL is absent. Missing or restrictive MRLs force producers to either discontinue use of best practices or modify their use pattern in such a way as to make them ineffective. Missing MRLs are a particular problem for specialty crops as many do not have established Codex Alimentarius (Codex) MRLs, and there are differences in registration assessments and data requirements across countries when establishing national MRLs.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| ASCE NOFO - Provision of MRL Information (FINAL).pdf |
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