# WVDA AFRPS 2020

> **NIH FDA U18** · WEST VIRGINIA STATE DEPT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $150,000

## Abstract

Project Summary
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA), Regulatory and Environmental
Affairs Division (READ) functions as a consumer protection and consumer service
organization with the mission of enforcing laws, rules, and regulations to protect the public
food supply. Regulating the animal feed supply falls within the purview of WVDA READ.
By completing this project, WVDA READ plans to maintain and improve an effective and
consistent animal feed regulatory program.
The maintenance and improvement of the feed safety program will be achieved by
focusing on maintaining full implementation of the Animal Feed Regulatory Program
Standards (AFRPS). AFRPS implementation will be sustained by continuing program
audits and assessments as required in each standard, training staff, conducting
community outreach, maintaining an improvement plan, and making program changes
based on that plan. Other specific aims of this project include:
 • Developing and sustaining innovative approaches to AFRPS implementation that
 can be replicated by other regulatory agencies by using common software and
 simple, streamlined standard operating procedures that can be easily shared;
 • Supporting activities that promote the continuous improvement of AFRPS by
 attending face-to-face meetings and contributing information to committees;
 • Continuing to build relationships and communication with state and federal
 regulatory agencies, such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by
 maintaining a feed safety inspection contract, participating in meetings and audits,
 and sharing information.
WVDA READ plans to enhance the feed inspection program during this project period.
An effective and consistent feed inspection program will assist in carrying out the mission
of the organization by ensuring the safety of the animal feed supply.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10175131
- **Project number:** 1U18FD007198-01
- **Recipient organization:** WEST VIRGINIA STATE DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Chadwick S Linton
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $150,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175131

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10175131, WVDA AFRPS 2020 (1U18FD007198-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10175131. Licensed CC0.

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