OpportunityTitle: Advancing Conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS) by State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) Retail Food Regulatory Agencies (U2F) Clinical Trials Not Allowed
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education) Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education) This opportunity is only available to the following nonprofit food safety training entities that collaborate with 1 or more institutions of higher education: National organization/associations that perform food safety training and whose membership includes, but is not necessarily limited to, state, local, territorial, and/or tribal regulatory retail food safety professionals or government agencies and who collaborate with one or more institutions of higher education.Competition is limited to these national organizations/associations for the following reasons: 1. National organizations/associations with membership that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, SLTT regulatory retail food professionals or government agencies will have the relationships and communication systems to effectively promote the objectives established under this cooperative agreement. 2. These national organizations/associations have a vested interest and share FDA&#8217;s visions to advance the VNRFRPS and improve public health outcomes. They are also knowledgeable of the VNRFRPS and the requirements to achieve conformance. These national organizations/associations can best collaborate with FDA. 3.  These national organizations/associations can provide a platform for sharing information and national implementation of the projects pursued by the subawardees through national and regional meetings, web sites, listservs, and other communications.  Most national associations/organizations also have committees that may further advance the projects pursued by the subawardees.
Description: The intended purpose of this FOA is to advance conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS) by developing and implementing systems to administer financial assistance, assess training needs and facilitate training, and measure and track the extent of standardization of regulatory food safety inspection personnel in State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) Retail Food Regulatory Agencies.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: gordana.zuber@fda.hhs.gov
GrantorContactText: Gordana Zuber &lt;br/&gt;Grant Management Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 301-348-1747