# NASDA Foundation and AAAFCO, Long-Term Improvements to the National Animal Food Safety System and Promotion of the Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS)

> **NIH FDA U18** · NAT'L ASSN/STATE/DEPTS/AGRICULTU/RES/FDN · 2022 · $600,000

## Abstract

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.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10600706
- **Project number:** 1U18FD007685-01
- **Recipient organization:** NAT'L ASSN/STATE/DEPTS/AGRICULTU/RES/FDN
- **Principal Investigator:** Bob Ehart
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $600,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2022-07-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10600706

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10600706, NASDA Foundation and AAAFCO, Long-Term Improvements to the National Animal Food Safety System and Promotion of the Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS) (1U18FD007685-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10600706. Licensed CC0.

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