# Oklahoma Cooperative Agreement to Enhance Produce Safety in Preparation of Implementation of FDA's Rule:  Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, & Holding of Produce for Human Consumption

> **NIH FDA U18** · OKLAHOMA DEPT AGRICULTURE FOOD/ FORESTRY · 2020 · $47,665

## Abstract

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER PAR-16-137
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD, AND FORESTRY
 PROJECT SUMMARY
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry proposes to establish a
State Produce Safety Program to encourage the safe production of fresh fruits and
vegetables and to promote compliance with the requirements of FDA's Regulation
“Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human
Consumption” (commonly referred to as the Produce Safety Rule). In order to
accomplish this goal, we plan to: assess our produce landscape, with a focus upon
produce covered under the Produce Rule and to determine the necessary size and
scope of our Produce Safety Program; establish a process to develop and maintain a
produce farm inventory; provide resources for, and invest in, the program's
infrastructure; develop specific mechanisms to coordinate with other regulatory
agencies for produce safety activities; formulate a multi-year plan to implement the
produce safety system; develop a performance measurement system using analytical
processes including quantitative and qualitative data; evaluate the need for new
produce legislative or regulatory authority; develop and provide education, outreach,
and technical assistance to farming operations and jurisdictional produce safety
regulators; and design and implement a compliance program for applicable produce
safety regulations at the jurisdictional level. The accomplishment of this goal will
advance efforts for a nationally integrated food safety system by having the state
produce safety program align with the FDA produce safety program. The funds that are
made available through this cooperative agreement will allow our agency to implement
multi-year, strategic plans to ensure continuous improvement and to demonstrate that
we are moving towards the goals of improved produce safety and high rates of
compliance with the Produce Safety Rule. Without the funds being made available
through this funding opportunity our agency would be unable to undertake any part of
attaining this goal.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9966735
- **Project number:** 5U18FD005891-05
- **Recipient organization:** OKLAHOMA DEPT AGRICULTURE FOOD/ FORESTRY
- **Principal Investigator:** Bryan Buchwald
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $47,665
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-05 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9966735

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9966735, Oklahoma Cooperative Agreement to Enhance Produce Safety in Preparation of Implementation of FDA's Rule:  Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, & Holding of Produce for Human Consumption (5U18FD005891-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9966735. Licensed CC0.

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