# National Egg Regulatory Officials Annual Conference and Training Seminar

> **NIH FDA R13** · NATIONAL EGG REGULATORY OFFICIALS, INC. · 2020 · $25,000

## Abstract

National Egg Regulatory Officials Annual Conference & Training Seminar
 Project Summary
The National Egg Regulatory Officials (NERO) submits this proposal to the Food And Drug
Administration under the Support of Small Scientific Conferences Grant Program. Grant
assistance will be used to develop and conduct a three day conference and training seminar
entitled "National Egg Regulatory Officials' Annual Conference and Training
Seminar". NERO's long term objective is to increase conference attendance so that all
fifty states and the District of Columbia are represented at the annual conference. Many
states do not have travel funding to attend the Annual Conference and Training Seminar.
Grant assistance will enable more states to attend the Conference. The project will assist
NERO with the 2015 conference as well as our 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 conference.
NERO's mission is to promote the marketing of safe, fresh and accurately labeled shell eggs
and egg products through the development of uniform, science-based and coordinated
state and Federal regulations. The Annual Conference and Training Seminar is designed to
achieve this goal by providing educational segments related to current egg safety and
quality issues and the opportuntity for state, Federal and industry representatives to
intereact and share scientific data, public policies and ideas. A key feature of the
conference is the presentation of information related to specific issues that is then referred
to NERO's Committees comprised of specialists in that area. The committees review the
information and develop specific recommendations for the most effective and cost efficient
method of achieving the desired result. NERO members use these recommendations to
implement regulations and policies.
The conference for which support is being sought will specifically address the recently
implimented FDA Egg Rule, new technologies such as laser etching of eggs, food safety
issues related to small flock egg production, labeling and data management.
Respresentation of every state at the annual conference and training seminar is critical to
achieve NERO's goal of uniform, science-based and coordinated state and Federal
regulations and policies in these areas. Funding for this grant proposal will increase the
number of states represented at the Annual Conference and Training Seminar.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9839375
- **Project number:** 5R13FD005356-05
- **Recipient organization:** NATIONAL EGG REGULATORY OFFICIALS, INC.
- **Principal Investigator:** Michelle L. Boyd
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $25,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2015-06-01 → 2020-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9839375

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9839375, National Egg Regulatory Officials Annual Conference and Training Seminar (5R13FD005356-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9839375. Licensed CC0.

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