# Alaska FSS Preventive Controls Expansion and Integration Project

> **NIH FDA U18** · ALASKA STATE DEPT/ENVIRONMTL CONSERVATN · 2020 · $60,032

## Abstract

ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The proposed preventive controls expansion project is intended to facilitate and
expedite the complete integration of the preventive controls for human food (PCHF)
rules into Alaska’s manufactured food regulatory program framework. This will enhance
the program in its mission to prevent and respond to foodborne illness outbreaks, by
maintaining conformance with the manufactured food regulatory program standards
(MFRPS), and supporting the development of a nationally integrated food safety system
(IFSS) and mutual reliance between state manufactured food programs and FDA.
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation-Food Safety & Sanitation
Program (ADEC-FSS) has already begun the process of integration Preventive Controls
for Human Food (PCHF) into its program policies and procedures developed under the
related MFRPS cooperative agreement (RFA-FD-18-001). This project will focus on
several main areas where work remains, including staff training, auditing, infrastructure
development, outreach, inspections (including sampling and cooperative workplanning
with FDA) and policy analyses.
ADEC-FSS will fully train one inspector to perform full-scope preventive controls (PC)
inspections in addition to the one inspector that is already qualified. In addition, two
auditors will be trained during this project. A third inspector and auditor will also begin
training. The project will support further expansion of the program’s information
management capabilities, adding an inspection module and risk tool for PC inspections,
and developing data sharing with FDA via the National Food Safety Data Exchange.
These developments will allow the program to increase the number of PC inspections
done annually FSS will evaluate and possibly expand the capacity of the Environmental
Health Lab (EHL) to test samples in conjunction with these inspections. FSS will also
expand outreach to industry, including hosting an annual food safety conference for
processors with a focus on PCHF topics. Finally, FSS will evaluate other applicable
FSMA rules and determine if adoption or updating existing regulations is necessary.
Alaska has developed its programmatic framework systems based upon the MFRPS
with sustainability in mind. Alaska’s progress on the incorporation of PCHF into its
current, MFRPS-based framework will be assessed and captured during program
assessments and audits, conducted by FDA, and in regular reports required, if funded.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10160608
- **Project number:** 3U18FD006417-03S1
- **Recipient organization:** ALASKA STATE DEPT/ENVIRONMTL CONSERVATN
- **Principal Investigator:** Kimberly Stryker
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $60,032
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2018-09-01 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10160608

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10160608, Alaska FSS Preventive Controls Expansion and Integration Project (3U18FD006417-03S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10160608. Licensed CC0.

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