Conformance with the Egg Regulatory Program Standards
Forecasted Federal grant Posted
- Opportunity number
- FOR-FD-25-021
- Agency
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Food and Drug Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications expected due
- Not on record
- Award size
- Up to $47,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Categories
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- Agriculture
- Consumer Protection
- Food and Nutrition
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
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- Danielle Head danielle.head@fda.hhs.gov (301) 796-2984
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Food and Drug Administration is soliciting applications for cooperative agreements to advance state egg regulatory program conformance with the Egg Regulatory Program Standards (ERPS), with eligibility limited to current FDA egg inspection contract states or those willing to enter into a contract in 2025. Applicants must also maintain a current long-term 20.88 information sharing agreement with the FDA and commit to full conformance with the standards and maintenance of the cooperative agreement.
Only state egg regulatory programs qualify as eligible applicants. The FDA will provide one year of initial funding with the possibility of up to two years of additional non-competitive support, contingent on performance and continued availability of federal funds. States receiving prior-year funding are expected to achieve full conformance within five total funding years, after which future funds may be available for states maintaining full conformance status.
Funded programs must develop a five-year implementation plan to fully implement the ERPS, enhance egg regulatory capacity to advance public health, establish information sharing on inspection, compliance, enforcement, and laboratory data between states and the FDA, and leverage state regulatory resources to reduce egg-related illness from shell egg hazards across production, processing, packing, holding, and transportation facilities.
The opportunity is assigned to CFDA 93.103, Food and Drug Administration Research. The funding activity categories are Agriculture, Consumer Protection, and Food and Nutrition. No specific award ceiling, award floor, or expected number of awards is stated in the forecast.
Forecast synopsis
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to advance efforts for a nationally integrated food regulatory system by assisting state egg regulatory programs to achieve and maintain full conformance with the Egg Regulatory Program Standards (ERPS). The ERPS Cooperative Agreement will provide funding for state egg regulatory programs to:
1. Develop a plan to fully implement the Standards (ERPS) within five years of first receiving funding.
2. Enhance egg regulatory programs to advance public health.
3. Share egg regulatory inspection, compliance and enforcement, and laboratory information and data between states and the FDA.
4. Improve the leveraging of state regulatory resources and direct regulatory activities to reduce egg-related illness, attributed to shell egg hazards in facilities that produce, process, pack, hold or transport shell eggs and materials/supplies.
Eligibility
Only the following state egg regulatory programs will be eligible to apply: Current FDA egg inspection contract states or those willing to enter into a contract in 2025 are eligible to apply for funding under this cooperative agreement. Entering into this agreement will also require a current long-term 20.88 information sharing agreement and the expectation of full conformance with the standards and maintenance of the cooperative agreement. The FDA will provide one year of funding with the possibility of up to two years of additional non-competitive support, contingent on performance and continued availability of federal funds. For ERPS, it is anticipated that full conformance of the ERPS will be achieved within five total funding years under an ERPS Cooperative Agreement, based on an FDA assessment of your program to ensure the elements are in conformance. States that have received funding in previous years are expected to be in full conformance and maintenance phase by the end of the 5th year. Future funds may be available for states maintaining full conformance.
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