# ANIMAL FEED REGULATORY PROGRAM STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION

> **NIH FDA U18** · MICHIGAN STATE DEPT OF AGRICULTURE · 2021 · $450,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Proposal
RFA-FD-16-022
This project comprises the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
(MDARD) Plant and Plant Pest Management and Laboratory Divisions' effort to enhance feed
safety through FDA's Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS) Cooperative
Agreement. The AFRPS cooperative agreement is intended to develop and maintain best
practices, enhance animal feed safety and better direct regulatory activities aimed at reducing
foodborne illness attributed to animal feed safety hazards. Implementation by MDARD of the
eleven standards will provide greater efficiency, acceptance by FDA of MDARD field inspections
and laboratory data, and standardized processes reducing litigation, improving data quality and
improved response time.
In this cooperative agreement proposal, MDARD outlines goals and objectives on how it will
maintain a comprehensive strategic plan to gain significant conformance to the AFRPS by the
end of a 5 year grant period. In this proposal, MDARD also establishes its ability to meet all
laboratory eligibility requirements and outlines how the laboratory will continue to meet the
managerial and technical requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 in order to guarantee valid and
defensible laboratory testing data to protect human and animal health.
The implementation and continuous improvement of MDARD's feed program and laboratory
plans and procedures through the AFRPS will assist both Michigan and the FDA to better direct
regulatory activities toward increasing food safety in the United States and move closer to the
goal of creating a national, fully integrated food safety system.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10244945
- **Project number:** 5U18FD005821-05
- **Recipient organization:** MICHIGAN STATE DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Jordan Polaskey
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $450,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10244945

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10244945, ANIMAL FEED REGULATORY PROGRAM STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION (5U18FD005821-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10244945. Licensed CC0.

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