# Implementation of the FDA Produce Safety Rule

> **NIH FDA U18** · COLORADO STATE DEPARTMENT/AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $370,861

## Abstract

Project Summary
Project Title: Implementation of FDA’s Produce Safety Rule in Colorado
Project Description: We intend to develop a plan to implement the FDA’s Produce Safety
Rule. This project will be a collaborative effort with the Colorado Department of Agriculture and
the Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Service. This plan will include education
and training for produce farmers covered under the rule, as well as implementation of a
regulatory program which will include regulator training.
Project Goals: The proposed project will develop a strategic plan for alignment of Colorado’s
regulations and activities with FDA’s Produce Safety Rule. Goals include establishing an
inventory of covered produce farms, providing farmers with education of, and training on, the
Produce Safety Rule, completing an assessment of Colorado’s regulatory authority for produce
safety and the resources needed to develop a successful program, and implement the program.
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 resources of the Colorado Department of Agriculture and the
Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Service, resulting in consistent and
successful on-farm inspections as envisioned by FSMA and the FDA.
Project Objectives:
1) Develop and maintain an inventory of produce farms covered under the rule, including a
mechanism to share the data with the FDA.
2) Determine resources needed to conduct activities under a state produce safety rule that has
been aligned with FDA’s Produce Safety Rule (identify metrics & develop models for training,
technical support/assistance, information technology, laboratory capabilities, &
inspection/compliance activities).
3) Develop and implement a plan that includes educating producers on produce safety and
providing regulatory oversight of the farming of covered produce. The plan will include on-farm
inspections, sampling, enforcement, training, education and technical assistance.
Budget: $500,000 for year one, $725,000 for year two, $755,000 for year three, $770,000 for
year four and $875,000 year for five, totaling $3,625,000 for the five year grant period.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9966745
- **Project number:** 5U18FD005915-05
- **Recipient organization:** COLORADO STATE DEPARTMENT/AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Hollis Glenn
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $370,861
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-05 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9966745

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9966745, Implementation of the FDA Produce Safety Rule (5U18FD005915-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9966745. Licensed CC0.

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