# Developing a Coordinated National Animal Food Safety Program

> **NIH FDA U01** · NAT'L ASSN/STATE/DEPTS/AGRICULTU/RES/FDN · 2020 · $300,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Project Title: Developing a Coordinated, National Implementation Framework for the Preventive
Controls for Animal Food Rule
Project Description: The project outlined in this proposal builds upon the planning and work already
accomplished to date by AAFCO, NASDA, and FDA, with the goal of fully developing a coordinated,
national implementation framework for the Preventive Controls for Animal Food (PCAF) Rule.
Project Goals: The proposed project will establish an Animal Food Safety Working Group (AFSWG),
representing both policy and operations, with membership comprised of personnel from State
Departments of Agriculture and other agencies with animal food regulatory responsibilities. Project
members will work with FDA to provide the leadership, policy and technical expertise needed to
complete comprehensive assessments of State regulatory authorities and resource needs, and develop a
national implementation framework that aligns State regulations and activities with FDA’s PCAF rule.
Expected Outcomes: We believe that the partnerships and plans that will emerge from the work
outlined in this proposal will create a Federal-State relationship which will leverage the existing
expertise, knowledge, and enforcement authorities of State regulatory staff, resulting in consistent and
successful national implementation of the PCAF rule.
Project Objectives:
1) Assemble a group of leaders (representing both Policy and Operations) from State Departments of
Agriculture or other State departments with animal food regulatory responsibility to create a State
Animal Food Safety Working Group (AFSWG) to identify State program resource needs so that States can
serve the leadership role envisioned by FDA in implementing the PCAF rule.
2) Obtain information regarding current State requirements applicable to animal food and State legal
authority to conduct inspections, collect samples, perform training, provide education and technical
assistance, and execute enforcement action relating to compliance with animal food regulatory
requirements.
3) Determine resources needed by States to conduct these activities as part of their implementation of
State requirements that are aligned with FDA’s PCAF rule.
4) Draft an Animal Food Safety Implementation Framework (AFSIF) that includes information to assist
States in aligning their requirements with FDA's PCAF rule and identifying the specific resources and/or
funding model needed for implementation of the aligned requirements. The framework shall address
State resource gaps in implementing the PCAF rule and shall include collaboration with relevant State
associations.
Budget: $300,000 per year for five (5) years, totaling $1,500,000
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9944316
- **Project number:** 5U01FD005934-05
- **Recipient organization:** NAT'L ASSN/STATE/DEPTS/AGRICULTU/RES/FDN
- **Principal Investigator:** Bob Ehart
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $300,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-01 → 2022-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9944316

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9944316, Developing a Coordinated National Animal Food Safety Program (5U01FD005934-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9944316. Licensed CC0.

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