# Maintenance and Continuation of the State of Maryland Rapid Response Team

> **NIH FDA U2F** · MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH · 2024 · $224,575

## Abstract

Flexible Funding Model-Development and Maintenance of Human and Animal Food
 Rapid Response Teams
 Funding Opportunity: RFA-FD-23-019
Project Period: July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026
Budget Period: July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024
 CFDA Number: 93.103
Maintenance and Continuation of the State of Maryland Rapid Response Team
ABSTRACT
The Maryland Department of Health (MDH), Prevention and Health Promotion Administration’s
Office of Food Protection (the Department) has made significant contributions towards the goal
of a nationally integrated food safety system (IFSS) through implementation of the
Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) and creation and maintenance of
the State of Maryland Rapid Response Team (SMarRRT). This current proposal builds on the
successes and achievements of SMarRRT, by further integrating SMarRRT concepts,
operations, and partnerships into the Department, to achieve the following key goals:
1. Continue to work toward mutual reliance with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
 (FDA) to develop and implement an integrated food safety system in Maryland including
 emergency preparedness and response to current and emerging food safety issues;
2. Continue the integration of SMarRRT with MFRPS through the incorporation of
 additional food regulatory personnel to SMarRRT activities and practices;
3. Establish SMarRRT as a learning organization and a center of excellence on technical
 aspects of the food industry committed to continued improvement and the
 operationalization of an integrated food safety system;
4. Develop an information management infrastructure that is compatible with the National
 Food Safety Data Exchange (NFSDX) and complements and enables the Department
 and SMarRRT operational capacity through the effective management and presentation
 of laboratory, geographic, regulatory, and compliance data; and
5. Continue to develop subject matter expertise in response related procedures such as
 product and environmental sample collection, traceback investigation and data analysis,
 environmental investigations and Risk Assessments.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10916541
- **Project number:** 5U2FFD008056-02
- **Recipient organization:** MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Clifford S Mitchell
- **Activity code:** U2F (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $224,575
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2023-09-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10916541

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10916541, Maintenance and Continuation of the State of Maryland Rapid Response Team (5U2FFD008056-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-31 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10916541. Licensed CC0.

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