# Flexible Funding Model: Infrastructure, Development and Maintenance for Georgia's Manufactured Food Regulatory Program

> **NIH FDA U18** · GEORGIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2022 · $460,000

## Abstract

MFRPS Project Summary / Abstract
By sustaining conformance with the current version of the MFRPS and participating in a
nationally Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS), Georgia will continue improving the critical
regulatory program elements and resource allocation efforts designed to protect the public from
foodborne illness and injury.
If this cooperative agreement proposal is funded, Georgia will continue moving forward to
advance efforts for a nationally IFSS by completing the following: 1) achieve and sustain
conformance with the most current version of the MFRPS; 2) attend the annual face-to-face
meeting, actively participate in committees and other initiatives supporting the MFRPS; 3)
develop strategies and resources for achieving and maintaining conformance with the MFRPS
that can be shared on a national basis; 4) provide FDA the foundation for pursuing regulatory
action based upon GDA findings; 5) provide for the collection of samples to support laboratory
capacity development and produce surveillance; and 6) perform enforcement or other follow-up
activities based on sample results.
Specific aims include: 1) demonstrating the availability of adequately trained staff and the
criteria and ability to hire and/or train personnel; 2) maintaining conformance with the MFRPS
throughout the duration of the cooperative agreement; 3) demonstrating the ability to satisfy the
reporting requirements of the cooperative agreement; 4) participating in initiatives supporting the
MFRPS (e.g., face-to-face meeting, committees, MFRPS conference calls, sharing of best
practices, annual on-site visits, program assessment validation audits [PAVA]), and full program
audits; 5) providing for the collection of samples of FDA regulated products to support laboratory
capacity development and product surveillance; 6) demonstrating the ability to perform
enforcement and follow-up activities for sample results requiring action; and 7) describing any
identified or potential obstacles in achieving and maintaining conformance with the MFRPS and
approaches to overcome these obstacles.
Georgia adheres to the following principles that serve as the overarching objective for our
regulatory program: 1) to build capacity in a food safety regulatory program focused on
protecting public health; 2) to assure the consumer’s health is protected; 3) to provide food to
consumers that is safe and unadulterated; and 4) to ensure manufactured food is prepared in a
clean environment and honestly presented to the consumer.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10458488
- **Project number:** 5U18FD006390-05
- **Recipient organization:** GEORGIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Natalie Adan
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $460,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10458488

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10458488, Flexible Funding Model: Infrastructure, Development and Maintenance for Georgia's Manufactured Food Regulatory Program (5U18FD006390-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10458488. Licensed CC0.

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