# Maryland Manufactured Foods Regulatory Program Standards

> **NIH FDA U2F** · MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH · 2024 · $225,000

## Abstract

Flexible Funding Model-Infrastructure Development and Maintenance for State
 Manufactured Food Regulatory Programs
 Funding Opportunity: RFA-FD-23-027
Project Period: July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026
Budget Period: July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024
 CFDA Number: 93.367
 MFRPS Maintenance
 State of Maryland Department of Health
FFM - MFRPS Maintenance of Conformance
ABSTRACT
The Maryland Department of Health, 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 achieving full
conformance with the MFRPS, by further integrating MFRPS concepts, operations, and
partnerships into the Department to achieve the following key goals:
1. Maintain Conformance with the MFRPS by assuring all procedures are updated and in
 conformance with the 2022 standards, and with future versions as they are introduced.
2. Continue our collaboration with FDA for state contract, and shared inspections,
 investigations, and enforcement actions initiated by State or FDA at manufactured food
 firms in Maryland.
3. Continue to build on established inspection and compliance programs that utilize a
 regulatory framework and authority to facilitate an integrated food safety system,
 including engaging with FDA to participate in work planning, work sharing, and data
 exchange efforts.
4. Identify and close agency infrastructure gaps by continued training, updating, and
 implementation of regulations, policies, and procedures to include Preventive Controls
 Rules and statutory and regulatory authority.
5. Continue to hold an informational sharing agreement with the FDA under 21 CFR 20.88.
6. Continue to support the Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM) and Rapid Response
 Team (RRT) by assisting with product and environmental sample collection, traceback
 investigation and data analysis, environmental investigations and risk assessments.
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10932318
- **Project number:** 5U2FFD008097-02
- **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:** $225,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2023-09-15 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10932318

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10932318, Maryland Manufactured Foods Regulatory Program Standards (5U2FFD008097-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10932318. Licensed CC0.

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