PROJECT SUMMARY Project Title: Long-Term Improvements to the National Animal Food Safety System Through Integration, Strengthened Collaboration, Improved State Regulatory and Surveillance Protection Programs, and Promotion of the Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards Project Objectives: As outlined in the requirements for RFA-FD-22-009, our primary objectives for this proposed project are for the NASDA Foundation (NASDAF) and AAFCO to: 1. Continue to collaboratively support federal and state efforts to build and expand a national integrated animal food safety system; 2. Establish improved systems for sharing, promotion, and collaboration of best practices, guidance documents, sampling plans, procedures, memorandums of understanding, and other tools to facilitate and encourage mutual reliance between federal and state animal food regulatory programs and public health agencies; 3. Continue to identify, develop, deliver, promote, and support animal food safety training programs that further implementation of the AFRPS and provide stakeholder support for the animal food provisions of FSMA; and 4. Continue to support the advancement of the AFRPS and future revisions of the AFRPS as part of a system of continuous improvement to ensure the standards are modernized and support the requirements of FSMA and the needs of animal food regulatory programs. Expected Outcomes: The work outlined in this proposal will continue to build upon past successes achieved by the collaboration between national associations and state and federal partners over the past seven years, resulting in continuous improvement of the national integrated animal food safety system and increased compliance with the AFRPS. Additionally, by working under a single cooperative agreement, administrative cost savings will be realized by FDA, NASDAF, and AAFCO.