# Creating a Food Safety Culture: Using the Retail Program Standards as a Guide to Improving Infrastructure and Effectiveness at the Local Level

> **NIH FDA U18** · CITY OF HARRISBURG, THE · 2020 · $70,000

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract HARPS Program
The Harrisburg Health Office application request for funding is designed to provide personnel
support, technical support and equipment to assist in the development of a comprehensive,
effective and responsive food safety program. Additional personnel, enhanced technical
abilities, training and updated equipment, will provide the opportunity for successful program
development and implementation.
The Health Office is working to enhance existing food safety programs, establish new programs
and to develop new partnerships with local and regional stakeholders. The Harrisburg Health
Office self-assessment has identified areas of success as well as areas of improvement to be
addressed. The Harrisburg Health Office welcomes the FDA commitment to support a nationally
integrated food safety system through enhancement of state, local and territorial retail food
regulatory programs.
The primary goals of funding will be to enhance education, increase efficiency, and eliminate
the risk of food-borne illness in the retail environment. Additional outcomes include
establishing partnerships with owners and community groups to increase food safety
awareness and support standardized compliance efforts.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10150493
- **Project number:** 1U18FD007033-01
- **Recipient organization:** CITY OF HARRISBURG, THE
- **Principal Investigator:** Nelva Wright
- **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 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10150493

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10150493, Creating a Food Safety Culture: Using the Retail Program Standards as a Guide to Improving Infrastructure and Effectiveness at the Local Level (1U18FD007033-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10150493. Licensed CC0.

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