# Path C Advancement of the Produce Safety Rule by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture through the FDA's Cooperative Agreement Program for Produce Safety, Path C

> **NIH FDA U2F** · SC STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2022 · $522,991

## Abstract

South Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Protection Division
123 Ballard Court, West Columbia, SC 29172
 Hugh E. Weathers, Commissioner
Project Summary
Project Name: Advancement of the Produce Safety Rule by the South Carolina
Department of Agriculture through the FDA’s Cooperative Agreement Program for
Produce Safety, Path C
Funding Opportunity Announcement Number: PAR-21-174
Principal Investigator Produce Safety Manager
Elizabeth “Betsy” Dorton Kelly Johnson
Office #: (803) 734-0467 Office #: (803) 753-7267
Email: bdorton@scda.sc.gov Cell#: (843) 845-7707
 Email: kjohnson@scda.sc.gov
The South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) is dedicated to further advancing
their efforts of educating and regulating South Carolina produce farms on the Produce
Safety Rule through Path C of the cooperative agreement (FOA #PAR-21-174). Our
produce safety program operates under state authority. Our state law is known as the
South Carolina Produce Safety Act. This law gives the South Carolina Department of
Agriculture the authority to inspect and enforce the Produce Safety Rule (21 CFR 112)
in its entirety in South Carolina.
The SC Produce Safety Act can be found at:
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t39c026.php

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10439696
- **Project number:** 5U2FFD007430-02
- **Recipient organization:** SC STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Elizabeth Dorton
- **Activity code:** U2F (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $522,991
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-07-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10439696

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10439696, Path C Advancement of the Produce Safety Rule by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture through the FDA's Cooperative Agreement Program for Produce Safety, Path C (5U2FFD007430-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10439696. Licensed CC0.

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