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FDA funding for state and territorial manufactured-food regulatory programs

The FDA is offering cooperative-agreement funding to strengthen state and territorial manufactured-food regulatory programs. - Government buyer: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Human Foods Program (HFP). - Funding opportunity: Up to $16 million is available for up to 45 awards to eligible state and territorial programs. - Supported work: Develop or maintain conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) and advance domestic mutual reliance and the Integrated Food Safety System. - Activities may include program infrastructure, inspector training and field audits, facility inventory reconciliation and data sharing with FDA, coordinated inspections and enforcement, regulatory work planning, and community engagement. - Award limits: Budgets may not exceed $400,000 in year one, $425,000 in year two, and $450,000 per year in years three through five. - Eligibility: Applicants must meet the stated program, funding-track, human-food contract, and FDA information-sharing requirements. - OEMs and commercial vendors: None identified. No products are being requested.

Description

This funding opportunity supports manufactured food regulatory programs in developing or maintaining infrastructure and capability to meet the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS). It aims to strengthen collaboration and mutual reliance between state and territorial programs and the FDA, including shared regulatory data, coordinated work planning, inspections, enforcement, and compliance activities. The FDA intends to provide up to $16,000,000 for up to 45 cooperative agreement awards, with award budgets capped at $450,000 in applicable years. Eligible applicants are state or territorial manufactured food regulatory programs meeting the stated contract and information-sharing requirements.

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