# Rhode Island’s Plan for Infrastructure Development and Continuous Improvement and Innovation through Conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS)

> **NIH FDA U18** · RHODE ISLAND STATE DEPT OF HEALTH · 2022 · $518,500

## Abstract

Grant Proposal Abstract
Title: Rhode Island’s Plan for Infrastructure Development and Continuous Improvement
and Innovation through Conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program
Standards (MFRPS)
Funding Opportunity Announcement Number (FOA): RFA-FD-18-001
The RI Department of Health (RIDOH), Center for Food Protection (CFP), proposes to maintain
and sustain a risk-based manufactured food regulatory program in RI to conform to national
standards. In addition, RIDOH will work to facilitate long-term improvements and innovations
through the maintenance of a Rapid Response Team (RRT). This program will reduce foodborne
illness and injury by identifying potential prevention practices, and will ultimately protect the public
and industry by minimizing the time between agency notification of a human food contamination
event and implementation of effective control measures.
A MFRPS Coordinator will be responsible for managing the grant under the direction of the
Principal Investigator to ensure conformance with the ten (10) elements of the national program
standards. Similarly, a Rapid Response Team (RRT) Coordinator will be responsible for
managing the grant and ensuring all objectives are met. All projects and work products will be
shared with FDA and other states to support the national integration effort. RI will remain actively
involved in national initiatives related to enhancement of MFRPS and will provide continued
assistance to newer state programs who may benefit from RI’s experience.
In addition to internal auditing, RI will work with the FDA Office of Partnerships and FDA/ORA
Office of Operations Audit Staff to identify areas for improvement. The end result of the five (5)
year grant award will be: (1) a manufactured food program in RI that is able to sustain
conformance with MFRPS and contribute to a nationally integrated food safety system; and (2) a
Rapid Response Team that effectively respond to foodborne illness outbreaks and other food
emergencies, and establishes national best practices and tools to improve other states responses
to food emergencies.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10458487
- **Project number:** 5U18FD006404-05
- **Recipient organization:** RHODE ISLAND STATE DEPT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Catherine Payne-Feeney
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $518,500
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10458487

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10458487, Rhode Island’s Plan for Infrastructure Development and Continuous Improvement and Innovation through Conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) (5U18FD006404-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10458487. Licensed CC0.

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