# Oregon Cooperative Agreement to Enhance Food Safety

> **NIH FDA U18** · OREGON STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $473,322

## Abstract

PSR Grant Project Summary
The Oregon Department of Agriculture's (ODA)'s objective relative to
the Produce Safety Rule (PSR) grant is to expand its Food Safety
Program through review of our regulatory framework for PSR
implementation, establishing an inventory of produce farms in Oregon,
conducting on-farm readiness reviews and making investments in
outreach and education to Oregon produce farms with the goal of
preventing foodborne illness associated with production of fresh fruits
and vegetables.
Specifically, ODA intends to work with specialized legal staff to
determine ODA's regulatory authority to implement the PSR and
develop legislative concepts to obtain necessary legal authority for
effective PSR implementation. Additionally, ODA will work to develop
an inventory of produce farms in Oregon. ODA also plans to work with
FDA and partners to test and deliver the Food Safety Alliance Produce
Safety Rule training, conduct on-farm readiness reviews, design
communication plans, offer technical assistance, establish internal and
external performance measurements, pursue program adaptive
management and create a database to share produce safety
information with FDA and partners. Toward that end, ODA has already
begun conducting significant outreach to stakeholders that may be
regulated by the PSR. Additionally, ODA has been selected to
participate in the NASDA On-Farm Readiness Review Pilot project that
will train ODA food safety outreach coordinators to work with packers
and growers on effective produce safety operations and to perform on-
farm reviews.
ODA's Food Safety Program works diligently to minimize the risk of
foodborne illness. ODA recognizes that Produce Safety Rule
implementation is a further step toward that goal and hopes to work
closely with the FDA to effectively implement the PSR. ODA views the
goals of the PSR grant as a good first step in developing the
infrastructure required for effective PSR implementation.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9966733
- **Project number:** 5U18FD005889-05
- **Recipient organization:** OREGON STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Susanna Pearlstein
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $473,322
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-05 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9966733

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9966733, Oregon Cooperative Agreement to Enhance Food Safety (5U18FD005889-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9966733. Licensed CC0.

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