# Continuing to Support and Enhance an Integrated Food Safety System Through Implementation of Program Standards, Training, Data Sharing, and Collaboration

> **NIH FDA U2F** · ASSOCIATION OF FOOD AND DRUG OFFICIALS · 2022 · $2,750,000

## Abstract

AFDO 2021 Alliance to Support Integrated Public Health System
Activities Application: Project Summary
The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) will direct and implement the activities under
this cooperative agreement which will facilitate FDA’s implementation of the Food Safety
Modernization Act (FSMA) and help increase mutual reliance between agencies, improve public
health protection, and help develop a nationally Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS).
AFDO has been representing regulatory food programs, including state manufactured food
programs, since 1896. The Principal Investigator and project staff include former state
manufactured food program managers that have extensive experience developing state food
safety programs, implementing programmatic change to achieve conformance with the
requirements of the MFRPS, and collaborating with FDA on manufactured food related issues
and IFSS activities.
Major activities conducted under this cooperative agreement include but are not limited to:
  Providing oversight and support to the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Alliance
 (MFRPA) to support state continuous improvement in the implementation of the
 Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS);
  Conducting research and surveys on the capabilities of state manufactured food
programs;
  Researching and developing mechanisms to enhance data sharing;
  Maintaining and enhancing the secure online MFRPA Portal for sharing information and
 data related to best practices, guidance documents, procedures, and other critical tools;
  Maintaining and enhancing directories for subject matter experts and the Directory of State
 and Local Officials (DSLO) to improve interagency communication and provide access to
 key contacts necessary for inter-agency collaboration in an IFSS;
  Collaborating to develop, deliver, and support state attendance at food safety and defense
 training programs that enhance conformance with the MFRPS and implementation of
 FSMA. Training will include the face-to-face annual meetings for the MFRPA and Rapid
 Response Teams (RRT), as well as web-based and face-to-face training courses
 designed to increase core regulatory and scientific knowledge;
  Researching methods to further promote food safety related regulatory careers with
 colleges and universities and developing opportunities for experiential learning for college
 students and food safety professionals in manufactured food topics.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10415090
- **Project number:** 5U2FFD007397-02
- **Recipient organization:** ASSOCIATION OF FOOD AND DRUG OFFICIALS
- **Principal Investigator:** Patrick Kennelly
- **Activity code:** U2F (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $2,750,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-06-01 → 2024-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10415090

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10415090, Continuing to Support and Enhance an Integrated Food Safety System Through Implementation of Program Standards, Training, Data Sharing, and Collaboration (5U2FFD007397-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10415090. Licensed CC0.

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