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Path C Texas Produce Safety Multi-Year Strategic Plan - Project Summary/Abstract

Project Title: Cooperative Agreement to Implement a National Produce Safety Program in Texas

Summary: The Texas Department of Agriculture-Office of Produce Safety works in conjunction with the FDA's goals to develop outreach, informational materials, and compliance and enforcement activities. Supporting and conducting educational activities and on-farm assessment ensures that the Produce Safety Rule's minimum requirements are known, understood, and in place to encourage the safe production of fresh produce in the state of Texas.

Project Goals:
1. To provide consumers with safe produce consistently within Texas, around the United States, and the world.

Expected Outcomes:
Our expected outcome is to continue developing a program that is efficiently and effectively managed to reach farms that grow covered produce and provide consistent education, outreach, and successful on-farm assessments.

Project Objectives:
1. Assessment and Planning - To assess program activities and record the planning, progress, accomplishments, and setbacks in achieving program objectives.

2. Program Administration - Provide program oversight while allowing for participation and input from program staff, stakeholders, strategic partners, and FDA support personnel.

3. Education, Outreach, and Technical Assistance - To identify and connect with targeted produce industry stakeholders representing diverse commodity groups, incorporating numerous growing regions, farming practices, and various operational sizes.

4. Farm Inventory - TDA has established a mechanism to develop, periodically review, verify, and update farm inventory information and prioritize farms covered by the regulation.

5. Inspection Program - TDA has developed an assessment program that engages growers by emphasizing food safety regarding public health.

6. Compliance and Enforcement Program - TDA works with growers to address all non-compliant issues during the assessment and holds them accountable for corrective actions that prevent the observations' reoccurrence.

7. Produce Related Event Response Planning and Implementation - TDA ensures that food products are safe for consumption. TDA will provide support in response to an investigation.

Total Budget Request:
$1,277,761.60 per year x 5 years = $6,388,808.00

Texas Department Of Agriculture

TO ASSIST INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS, TO ESTABLISH, EXPAND, AND IMPROVE RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATION, EDUCATION AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES, ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS), BIOLOGICS, BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS, THERAPEUTICS, VACCINES AND ALLERGENIC PROJECTS, DRUG HAZARDS, HUMAN AND VETERINARY DRUGS, CLINICAL TRIALS ON DRUGS AND DEVICES FOR ORPHAN PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT, NUTRITION, SANITATION AND MICROBIOLOGICAL HAZARDS, MEDICAL DEVICES AND DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS, RADIATION EMITTING DEVICES AND MATERIALS, FOOD SAFETY AND FOOD ADDITIVES. THESE PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY THE FOLLOWING CENTERS AND OFFICES: CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH (CBER), CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH (CDER), CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH (CDRH), CENTER FOR VETERINARY MEDICINE (CVM), CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY AND APPLIED NUTRITION (CFSAN), NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH (NCTR), THE OFFICE OF ORPHAN PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT (OPD), THE CENTER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS (CTP), AND OFFICE OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS (ORA), AND THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER (OC). SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAMS: TO STIMULATE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, TO ENCOURAGE THE ROLE OF SMALL BUSINESS TO MEET FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS, TO INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIONS DERIVED FROM FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION BY MINORITY AND DISADVANTAGED PERSONS IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION. FUNDING SUPPORT FOR SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE FDA SCIENTIFIC MISSION AND PUBLIC HEALTH ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.

93.103 - Food and Drug Administration Research

FDA Office of Acquisition and Grant Services (OAGS) [HHS - FDA]

FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) [HHS - FDA]

Austin, Texas 787011436 United States

Single Zip Code

The FDA's Cooperative Agreement Program for States and Territories to Implement a National Produce Safety Program (U2F) Clinical Trials Not Allowed (PAR-21-174)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 302% from $1,102,388 to $4,426,410.