Assisting the Integrated Food Safety System's National Food/Feed Training Program (U54) — Food and Drug Administration funding opportunity
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Assisting the Integrated Food Safety System's National Food/Feed Training Program (U54)

FDA will work to plan and implement an inspection and enforcement program to ensure high rates of compliance with the Agency's food safety standards. By working with local regulatory and public health partners, FDA aims...

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Award $1M–$1.3M Deadline 5498 days ago Location Alabama Type grant Level Federal Closed posted Jul 12, 2011
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  • Who can apply: Federal-level applicants (see eligibility for details).
  • Funding amount: $1,000,000 – $1,300,000, total pool ~$3,900,000.
  • Next deadline: July 31, 2011.
  • Issued by: Food and Drug Administration.
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Who can apply — at a glance

  • Eligible applicants: see the Eligibility tab for the criteria from the official announcement.
  • Where: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, District of Columbia.
  • Award: $1M–$1.3M. Total program pool: $3,900,000.
  • Matching funds: not required.
  • Deadline type: Fixed.

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Award amount
$1M–$1.3M
Deadline
5498 days ago
Jul 31, 2011
Total pool
$3.9M

About this opportunity

FDA will work to plan and implement an inspection and enforcement program to ensure high rates of compliance with the Agency's food safety standards. By working with local regulatory and public health partners, FDA aims to establish a fully integrated food safety system (IFSS) built on collaboration among all of these partners. The system will encompass inspections, laboratory testing, and response and will place priority on preventing foodborne illness, in both food for humans and animals, through the adoption and uniform application of model programs, such as Manufactured Food and the Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards and other appropriate program standards. This collaboration will result in 1) better ability to assess potential risk at domestic food facilities and greater and more consistent inspectional coverage of these facilities across the entire food supply chain, 2) greater food surveillance through integration of food facility inspection and testing information, and 3) improved rapid response capacity and efficiency. Under this system, FDA and local regulatory agencies will conduct food facility inspections under the same set of standards. FDA will work with its regulatory partners to develop uniform national standards, including testing protocols; training and certification requirements; program audit criteria; and performance metrics to ensure program objectives are met. System integrity and credibility will be maintained through regular program oversight and accountability at all levels. Federal and state inspections will be conducted in accordance with a public health risk driven national work plan that FDA will develop with its regular partners. An integrated system will result in more coordinated response efforts to better respond to multi-state outbreaks when they occur. For successful implementation of a training and certification system of this magnitude, the federal/state/local/territorial/tribal regulators must have a clear understanding of knowledge and skills necessary to support the various career tracks ( investigator/inspector, compliance officer, and manager), as well as the necessary training standard and the necessary requirements for each career track. The expectation is that the awardee will work to assist FDA and our other regulatory and public health partners in reaching the goal of ensuring a competent workforce doing comparable work at all levels of the integrated food system via the national food/feed training system. The awardee will have the opportunity to assist the IFSS in the maintenance of a national food/feed training program. Proposed Projects for the awardee: The awardee will pursue American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) accreditation. Through the pursuit of this accreditation, the awardee will establish the quality standards that must be met for both individual training courses and instructors. These quality standards will be used to identify Centers of Excellence that would provide training courses to satisfy core curriculums. ANSI/IACET accreditation will serve as the standard to be met for all courses requiring CEU (CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS) credits. The awardee will develop an implementation plan detailing how it will assist in meeting the goals of the national food/feed training system. The plan will address the resources necessary to support the awardee's activities. Information such as retention and storage will be addressed in the plan. The plan will serve as a focal point for administrative not limited to, administering the registration of students and assisting in the maintenance of training records. Included in the plan will be the type of learning management system envisioned and the security and integrity measures needed to implement the system nationwide. The awardee will develop and maintain an inventory of available food/feed training courses.

Funding agency

Food and Drug Administration
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Geographic eligibility

  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming
  • District of Columbia

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Citation details

Source systemgrants.gov
Source ID104573
PostedJul 12, 2011

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