FDA Grant: Improving Food Safety Regulations through MFRPS Conformance (U18)

The FDA is offering this grant to assist State manufactured food regulatory programs in achieving and maintaining full conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS). By meeting these standards, regulatory programs enhance food safety measures, reduce foodborne illness hazards, and improve the performance of food regulatory systems nationwide. State programs reaching conformance by Year 5 may develop Standard Enhancement Projects (SEPs) to further elevate their capacity in protecting public health and ensuring food supply safety. This grant opportunity aims to advance a nationally integrated food safety system for the benefit of all.

Opportunity ID: 228547

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	PAR-13-164
Funding Opportunity Title::	Conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) (U18)
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::	CategoryExplanation
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Agriculture
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::	15
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	93.103 — Food and Drug Administration_Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Mar 29, 2013
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Jun 04, 2015
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Jun 04, 2015
Archive Date::	Jul 04, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 4,500,000
Award Ceiling::	$300,000
Award Floor::	$

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::

State governments

Additional Information on Eligibility::

This opportunity is only available to the following State government food safety programs: State manufactured food regulatory programs with current FDA food safety inspection contracts (providing funding to State agency food protection regulatory programs), or those that meet the eligibility requirements and agree to enter into a food safety inspection contract with FDA at the earliest possible date. Competition is limited to these State manufactured food regulatory programs because the foundational work conducted under the current FDA food safety inspection contracts is necessary for the completion of significant improvements in a nationally integrated food safety system.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	Food and Drug Administration
Description::	The intended outcome of this FOA is to advance efforts for a nationally integrated food safety system by assisting State manufactured food regulatory programs to achieve and maintain full conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS). The MFRPS are intended to ensure that State manufactured food regulatory programs develop and maintain best practices for a high-quality regulatory program. Also, the program standards are intended to enhance food safety by establishing a uniform basis for measuring and improving the performance of manufactured food regulatory programs in the United States. Conformance with these program standards will help Federal and State agencies better direct their regulatory activities at reducing foodborne illness hazards in plants that manufacture, process, pack, or hold foods. In addition, State manufactured food regulatory programs expected to achieve significant to full conformance with the MFRPS before Year 5 of the cooperative agreement should choose to develop and implement Standard Enhancement Projects (SEPs). The SEPs will further enhance the capacity of the State manufactured food regulatory program to protect public health and safeguard the food supply.
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	93.103
Competition ID:
Competition Title:
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00171754
Opening Date:	Apr 15, 2013
Closing Date:	Jun 04, 2015
Agency Contact Information::	Oluyemisi Akinneye
Who Can Apply::	Organization Applicants
mendatory_forms	SF424 (R & R) [V1.2] Project/Performance Site Location(s) [V1.4] Research And Related Other Project Information [V1.3] Research And Related Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) [V1.2] Research & Related Budget [V1.1] PHS 398 Cover Page Supplement [V1.4] PHS 398 Research Plan [V1.3] PHS 398 Checklist [V1.3]
optional_forms	R & R Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form 5 YR 30 ATT [V1.2] PHS Cover Letter [V1.2]

Packages