# Maintenance of the Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards and the Coordinated Preventive Control Regulatory Activities and Capacity Building (U18)

> **NIH FDA U18** · GEORGIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $525,000

## Abstract

Georgia Department of Agriculture
Project Title: Maintenance of the Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards and the Coordinated
Preventive Control Regulatory Activities and Capacity Building
Project Period: September 1, 2020 – February 16, 2022
Project Summary
The Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS) establish a uniform foundation for the design
and management of State programs responsible for the regulation of animal feed. The Georgia
Department of Agriculture (GDA) will continue collaborative efforts for the advancement of an
integrated animal food safety system based on mutual reliance and shared responsibility with the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other state partners and stakeholders.
The overall objective of this project is full implementation of the AFRPS Maintenance Phase Track and
conducting regulatory work while promoting compliance with the Preventive Controls for Animal Food
(PCAF) regulation. Our overarching goal as a state regulatory authority is to reduce the risk-factors that
are known to cause or contribute to illnesses in animal and humans in firms that manufacture, process,
pack, or hold animal food materials.
Objectives for this project include the following: a) demonstrating the ability to develop and/or maintain
implementation of a comprehensive improvement plan that will results in full implementation of the
AFRPS and continued maintenance of the AFRPS; b) expanding the Auditing Program by moving toward
implementing Phase II audits and collecting audit data on full-scope PCAF inspections; c) demonstrating
the availability of adequately trained staff and the criteria and ability to hire and/or train personnel to
meet the goals and outputs of the cooperative agreement; d) providing a properly detailed budget that
is intended to achieve implementation and maintenance of the AFRPS; e) developing an outreach plan
and associated materials related to the PCAF regulation and compliance and other FSMA related rules as
part of GDA’s overall outreach plan; f) demonstrating the ability to fully participate in initiative
supporting the AFRPS, such as a required annual face-to-face meeting and any required training for this
project, committees, conference calls, sharing best practices, annual visits, and verification audits; and
g) meeting with FDA as necessary to develop/monitor working planning progress for dual inspected
facilities to advance information sharing, firm reconciliation, and enforcement action between Georgia
and FDA.
By achieving and maintaining implementation of these program Standards, GDA and FDA can better
direct their regulatory activities toward preventing animal food safety hazards that can cause illness or
injury to animal or humans in facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold animal food materials.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10175744
- **Project number:** 1U18FD007190-01
- **Recipient organization:** GEORGIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Bailey Beech
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $525,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175744

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10175744, Maintenance of the Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards and the Coordinated Preventive Control Regulatory Activities and Capacity Building (U18) (1U18FD007190-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10175744. Licensed CC0.

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