# Native American Tribes Outreach, Education, and Training to Enhance Food Safety and FSMA Compliance: Tribal Food Safety Alliance

> **NIH FDA U01** · UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE · 2023 · $498,631

## Abstract

Project Abstract of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of
Arkansas: RFA-FD-23-032, Renewal-Native American Tribes Outreach, Education, and
Training to Enhance Food Safety and FSMA Compliance
To address these specialized needs, the federal Indian law and agricultural law experts
at the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) at the University of Arkansas
have worked in partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the
Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC), and the University of Arizona's (UAZ) Federally
Recognized Tribal Extension Program (FRTEP) to establish the nation's first Tribal Food
Safety Alliance (TFSA) through previous Cooperative Agreement. The TFSA was
established by IFAI, IAC, and UAZ in 2020 to fulfill the following stated objectives:
1) provide training, education, and outreach to Indian Country stakeholders on rules
promulgated by FDA pursuant to FSMA, with particular focus on the Produce Safety
Rule (PSR) and Preventative Controls for Human Food Rules (PCHFR); and
2) address gaps in training for this stakeholder audience; and
3) identify culturally sensitive technical assistants and educational materials that are
relevant to tribal produce growers, tribal food manufacturers.
Our overarching goal for TFSA has and continues to be providing Native growers and
food business owners across Indian Country with the kind of culturally appropriate
training, education, and outreach on food safety that will help them be successful in
the marketplace. This goal aligns well with FDA's goal through these agreements, to
enhance the fundamental knowledge of food safety and especially on-farm good
agricultural practices of tribal stakeholders subject to applicable FSMA regulations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10872898
- **Project number:** 2U01FD006923-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE
- **Principal Investigator:** Steven Shedd
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $498,631
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2020-07-01 → 2026-09-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10872898

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10872898, Native American Tribes Outreach, Education, and Training to Enhance Food Safety and FSMA Compliance: Tribal Food Safety Alliance (2U01FD006923-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10872898. Licensed CC0.

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