Food Protection Rapid Response Team and Program Infrastructure Improvement Prototype Project

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	Federal Grant Title:	Food Protection Rapid Response Team and Program Infrastructure Improvement Prototype Project
	CFDA Number:	93.103
	CFDA Description:	Food and Drug Administration_Research
	Federal Agency Name:	HHS FDA Special
	Category of Funding Activity:	Environment Science and Technology Disaster Prevention and Relief Food and Nutrition Health Education Consumer Protection Regional Development Agriculture
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	RFA-FD-08-007
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jul 02, 2008
	Creation Date:	Jul 21, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 15, 2008
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Sep 14, 2008
	Expected Number of Awards:	6
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$3,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant

State governments

Additional Information on Eligibility

Limited Competition. State and Local Governments State Governments - This cooperative agreement program is limited to State food safety agencies and their manufactured Food regulatory programs that currently have an FDA food safety inspection contact. In addition, all cooperative agreement prototype projects that are developed at State agency level must have existing food safety inspection and surveillance programs under contract to FDA for food safety inspections.

Grant Description

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA), Division of Federal-State Relations (DFSR) in collaboration with Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), is announcing the availability of an agreement of Limited Competition only to states with current FDA Food Safety contracts to provide funding to State agency food protection regulatory programs. Such programs are eligible to apply for a 3 year cooperative agreement to develop and sustain an all Food Hazards Rapid Response team, encompassing both food and feed protection programs, through a process to further enhance and build the infrastructure of State food protection programs. The goal of FDAs ORA Cooperative Agreement Program is to enhance, complement, develop and improve State manufactured food protection regulatory and surveillance programs. This will be accomplished through the provision of funding for program assessment, additional equipment, supplies, funding for personnel, and training including ICS, rapid response team development and coordination, and exercises of the response team. This will also require extensive cooperation and coordination with FDA District Offices to minimize duplication of inspections, an FDA contractor (the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security (WIFSS)) in the development of Rapid Response Teams, and other FDA program offices. These cooperative agreements are intended to develop, implement and exercise an all hazards food and foodborne illness Rapid Response Team (RRT) concept within the food protection program in conjunction with other food and feed agencies within State programs, other State RRTs, FDA District Offices, and State Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) to respond to all food hazard incidents in the farm-to-table continuum using expandable ICS protocols and structures as needed. The infrastructure necessary to develop and sustain an RRT is accomplished through the assessment and continuous improvement to the infrastructure and equivalency of the State food regulatory program using the FDA Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS). State food program enhancements will also include the incorporation of the FDA Food Protection Plan to implement a strategy of prevention, intervention and response to build safety into every step of the food supply chain. The cooperative agreements will provide funding for additional personnel, equipment, supplies and training to support activities related to the FDA MFRPS and the RRT concept. Under the cooperative agreement, the State would assess and implement a continuous program improvement/enhancement strategy (strategic plan) using the FDA Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS), and in addition, under Standard #5, develop, train and implement a foodborne illness rapid response team that incorporates Incident Command System (ICS) concepts and conceptual elements outlined in this RFA. This standard applies to the surveillance, investigation, response and subsequent review of alleged food-related incidents and emergencies, either unintentional or deliberate that may result in illness, injury, and outbreaks. Post assessment, these funds should be used to enhance or establish systems to: a. Use epidemiological information supplied by local, State, or Federal agencies to detect incidents or outbreaks of foodborne illness or injury b. Investigate reports of illness, injury, and suspected outbreaks c. Correlate and analyze data d. Disseminate public information effectively e. Distribute outbreak reports and surveillance summaries to relevant agencies f. Disseminate current guidance to industry on food defense g. Provide guidance for immediate notification of law enforcement agencies when intentional food contamination or terrorism is suspected or threatened h. Collaborate as necessary with FDA and other Federal authorities under conditions of increased threat of intentional contamination. The goal of developing and sustaining an RRT is in concert with long term goals to enhance the food inspection and foodborne illness response programs, to increase the ability to inspect and obtain compliance for firms in their jurisdiction involved in the processing, manufacturing, distribution, transportation and warehousing of food, verify compliance with the State laws and regulations, good manufacturing practices, food defense, and other food protection requirements in support of the State program and the FDA Food Protection Plan (FPP), Action Plan for Import Safety (ISAP) and the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA). Funds could be used to increase State personnel to support the RRT, team coordinators, technical experts and epidemiologist team members. Funds could also be used for supplies, training, and equipment for inspections and rapid response including investigational, GPS interface, communication and laboratory. The goal of enhancing State food programs is to ensure that the necessary infrastructure is available to support an RRT along with the States regulatory and food protection responsibilities of inspections and oversight of food processing, manufacture, distribution, transportation and warehousing. Finally, these Support Project funds are intended to supplement, not replace, State funding for program improvement and activities. States funded under these cooperative agreements will be required to provide the previous years and subsequent Years State funding to demonstrate that these funds have not replaced State allocations for the food protection program

Link to Full Grant Announcement

Federal Register
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/E8-14735.htm

Grant Announcement Contact

Marc Milton Pitts
Senior Grants Management Specialist and
FDA Electronic Integration Liaison
Food and Drug Administration
Office of Acquisitions & Grants Management
5630 Fishers Lane, Suite 2104
Rockville, Maryland 20857

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