# Advancement of the Kansas Department of Agriculture's Conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards through a Cooperative Agreement

> **NIH FDA U18** · KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $70,000

## Abstract

Project Summary
The Kansas Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Lodging Program (KDA-FSL) promotes food
safety by establishing food protection standards, investigating complaints, educating food businesses
and consumers, and licensing and inspecting food businesses. KDA-FSL has been enrolled in the
Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS) since 2009. Continuing this
cooperative agreement will allow our program to strive for full conformance with VNRFRPS by the end
of this bridge year.
With continued funding and support from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), KDA-FSL will
further enhance our policies and procedures, work towards meeting standards four, five, eight, and
nine, send field staff to training, and to perform a self-assessment on Standard one once the new Kansas
Food Code, based on the 2017 FDA Model Food Code, has been adopted.
Through routine self-assessment, quarterly meetings, completion of mid-year and annual performance
reports, and annually reviewing and updating our strategic plan, KDA-FSL will be able to assess our
progress and refocus our work as applicable, so that at the end of this cooperative agreement, KDA-FSL
will have completed the goals of the project.
Goals that our program has set for this cooperative agreement include:
• Complete a data review and analysis of the complaint database and the illness and food related
 injury investigations to identify trends and possible contributing factors.
• Create standard operating procedures for inspection equipment for field staff.
• Update Administrative Program support job duties.
• Establish a baseline metric and complete a Risk Factor Study.
• Send 12 inspection staff to training opportunity, FD218, to increase inspection knowledge and
 further develop their inspection skills.
• Increase scientific knowledge and technical capabilities of field staff to lead the way in driving
 success with new methods, concepts, technology, and innovation to continue creating a robust
 VNRFRPS program.
• Develop and maintain innovative approaches to food safety issues, which can then be shared with
 FDA and other state partners.
• Send Standardization officers and management to the face-to-face Southwest Regional meeting.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10148288
- **Project number:** 1U18FD007021-01
- **Recipient organization:** KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Steve Moris
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $70,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-07-01 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10148288

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10148288, Advancement of the Kansas Department of Agriculture's Conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards through a Cooperative Agreement (1U18FD007021-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10148288. Licensed CC0.

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