# A Coordinated National Approach to Supporting, Promoting, and Implementing FDA's Produce Safety Rule and the Produce Regulatory Program Standards

> **NIH FDA U2F** · NAT'L ASSN/STATE/DEPTS/AGRICULTU/RES/FDN · 2024 · $1,300,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Since establishing a multi-state Technical Working Group in 2013, the National
Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) has been working with the
United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), states, and territories to implement
the Produce Safety Rule (21 CFR Part 112) as authorized under the Food Safety
Modernization Act (FSMA). In response to RFA-FD-24-012, NASDA will continue
building on the achievements under previous cooperative agreements to meet emerging
needs identified by FDA, states, and territories.
The NASDA project entitled A Coordinated National Approach to Supporting, Promoting, and
Implementing FDA's Produce Safety Rule and the Produce Regulatory Program Standards will
continue building on three important objectives:
  Objective 1: Supporting the efforts of federal, state, and territorial government agencies
 in building a Produce Safety Integrated Food Safety System.
  Objective 2: Supporting and expanding established systems for sharing, promoting,
 and collaborating on best practices, operating documents, procedures, and other tools to
 foster a consistent national produce safety program.
  Objective 3: Supporting the maintenance and advancement of the Produce Regulatory
 Program Standards (PRPS).
These three objectives will support FDA's goal of developing, implementing, and improving a
nationally consistent support system which facilitates the implementation of state and territorial
produce safety regulatory programs that are modernized and aligned with the standards set
forth in the FDA's rule: Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of
Produce for Human Consumption (commonly referred to as the Produce Safety Rule).
The proposed collaborative assistance offered to state and territorial produce safety regulatory
programs will improve their effectiveness and enhance their capabilities. Other expected
outcomes include promotion of a broad understanding of the Produce Safety Rule, greater levels
of industry compliance with the Produce Safety Rule's requirements, and ultimately better
protection for consumers from foodborne illness.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11105703
- **Project number:** 1U2FFD008445-01
- **Recipient organization:** NAT'L ASSN/STATE/DEPTS/AGRICULTU/RES/FDN
- **Principal Investigator:** JOE REARDON
- **Activity code:** U2F (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $1,300,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2024-09-01 → 2027-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11105703

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11105703, A Coordinated National Approach to Supporting, Promoting, and Implementing FDA's Produce Safety Rule and the Produce Regulatory Program Standards (1U2FFD008445-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11105703. Licensed CC0.

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