# MFRPS-to achieve & maintain full conformance, RRT-Improve food safety in Missouri, FPTF-To organize Food Protection Task Force meetings.

> **NIH FDA U18** · MISSOURI STATE DEPT/ HEALTH & SENIOR SRV · 2020 · $460,000

## Abstract

Manufactured Food Program Standards:
 1. Maintain conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards.
 2. Leverage national standards as the continuous improvement system for the DHSS
 manufactured food program.
 3. Provide manpower necessary to prioritize and inspect firms at frequencies that are
 based on food safety risks.
 4. Engage as a contributor to national initiatives to support continuous improvement of the
MFRPS.
Rapid Response Teams:
 1. Maintain the Missouri Rapid Response Team (MRRT) multidisciplinary, multiagency
 multi-hazard response capabilities to respond to food and feed contamination and illness
 outbreaks, while also seeking continuous improvement and opportunities for innovation.
 2. Continue outreach to Missouri's 115 autonomous Local Public Health Agencies (LPHAs)
 with more training and exercises.
 3. Providing a Subject Matter Expert (SME) Center to assist other states with additional
 expertise and surge capacity in emergencies, while also working to expand the number of
 SME Centers.
 4. Contributing to national initiatives and workgroups, including those that continue
 development of multi-state approaches to after action reviews, reports and
 improvement plans.
 Food Protection Task Force:
 1. To organize and host annual FPTF meetings to foster communication, cooperation and
 collaboration with regulatory agencies, industry food safety professionals, academia and
consumers.
 2. Provide an update to the current website to include a secure portal to facilitate sharing
 and communication between stakeholders of the FPTF.
 3. To provide a forum to meet training needs in emerging food safety arenas like:
 foodborne illness investigations, food defense, active managerial control, integrated food
 safety, consumer trust, and allergens.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9961374
- **Project number:** 5U18FD006422-03
- **Recipient organization:** MISSOURI STATE DEPT/ HEALTH & SENIOR SRV
- **Principal Investigator:** Eric Hueste
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $460,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9961374

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9961374, MFRPS-to achieve & maintain full conformance, RRT-Improve food safety in Missouri, FPTF-To organize Food Protection Task Force meetings. (5U18FD006422-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9961374. Licensed CC0.

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