OpportunityTitle: Food Protection Task Force Conference (R13)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This grant program is only available to State, Local, and tribal government agencies, which include State public health, agriculture, and food protection agencies.  Grants are available to State agencies that have an existing Food Safety and Food Defense Task Force, as well as those that are in the process of developing a new Food Protection Task Force.  Only one grant will be awarded per State.  States are urged to collaborate between agencies to submit a single application.
Description: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the Food and Drug Administration under the Small Scientific Conference Grant Mechanism (R13) is to solicit applications from institutions/organizations that propose to organize Food Protection Task Force meetings to foster communication and cooperation and collaboration within the States among State, local, and tribal food protection, public health, agriculture, and regulatory agencies. The meetings should: (1) provide a forum for all the stakeholders of the food protection system (regulatory agencies, academia, industry, consumers, State legislators, Boards of Health and Agriculture, and other interested parties; (2) assist in adopting or implementing the Food Code and other food protection regulations; and (3) promote the integration of an efficient statewide food protection/defense system that maximizes the protection of the public health through prevention, intervention and response including the early detection and containment of foodborne illness.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: lisa.ko@fda.hhs.gov
GrantorContactText: Lisa Ko &lt;br/&gt;Grants Management Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Office of Acquisitions &amp; Grants Services, FDA &lt;br/&gt;5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1096 &lt;br/&gt;Rockville, MD 20857 &lt;br/&gt;Email:  lisa.ko@fda.hhs.gov  &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: ATTENTION: AS OF MAY 7, 2011 THE ADOBE-FORMS-A TEMPLATE PACKAGE WILL EXPIRE.     ALL APPLICANTS MUST USE THE ADOBE-FORMS-B1 TEMPLATE PACKAGE TO APPLY TO THE FINAL RECEIPT DATE OF March 30, 2012