OpportunityTitle: National Research Project to Assess State Agricultural Laws, Regulations, and Resources Related to Food for Animals (U01)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Organizations: National Associations/Organizations    The entities eligible to apply for funding under this Cooperative Agreement shall represent state Departments of Agriculture as a primary purpose and have the membership, resources, structure and expertise in issues related to agriculture production. The competition is limited because these entities have a unique role in working with States and fostering federal-State collaboration in the areas covered by this Cooperative Agreement.  Further, the entities must have existing relations with state departments of agriculture or related state entities, and have members that are actively involved in agriculture programs including, but not limited to animal food safety, public health protection, agriculture production, environmental stewardship, or development of national agriculture policy and be knowledgeable of state laws and regulations related to agricultural production and animal food safety.    The national association/organization must be able to show a history of collaboration with stakeholders including state public health/communicable disease agencies, farmers, ranchers, academia, and state legislatures.  Foreign Institutions    Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply.  Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.  Foreign components, as defined in the HHS Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.
Description: The goal of this Cooperative Agreement is to facilitate long term improvements to the national food safety system by providing states with information to aid in the identification of needed changes and resources to enforce requirements for current good manufacturing practice (CGMPs), hazard analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food for animals modeled after FDA&#8217;s Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals rule (Preventive Controls for Animal Food rule or PCAF rule). The information also would assist FDA in implementing the Preventive Controls for Animal Food rule.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Allison.Mandel@fda.hhs.gov
GrantorContactText: Allison Mandel &lt;br/&gt;Grants Management Specialist &lt;br/&gt;