# California Implementation of FDA's Produce Safety Rule (u18)

> **NIH FDA U18** · CALIFORNIA STATE DEPT/FOOD/AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $1,947,738

## Abstract

CDFA, Inspection and Compliance Branch Conformance with the Produce
 Safety Rule Standards
Project Summary/Abstract
The mission of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Inspection Services
Division is to provide professional services that support and contribute to a safe, abundant,
quality food supply, environmentally sound agricultural practices, and an equitable marketplace
for California agriculture.
The primary objectives of our proposal include: conducting a jurisdictional self-assessment
regarding commodities covered under the Produce Safety Rule as well as determine available
resources, including infrastructure, organizational structure, staffing, and financial resources;
formulate a process to maintain and develop a farm inventory system; evaluate current legislative
or regulatory authority; provide resources for, and invest in, the program's infrastructure; and,
develop strategic multi-year plan to administer a new or enhanced produce safety program.
Under this proposal we are requesting both Competition A and Competition B. Our request for
Competition A includes, Year 1 through Year 5 and a request of $6,718,406. Starting in Year 2
through Year 5, we are requesting $4,386,018 for Competition B. The total grant funds requested
from California over five years are $11,104,423. Grant funds will be used to perform an
assessment of the program, establish a strategy to build new program capabilities, and provide
the necessary infrastructure to execute the further development of the FSMA Produce Safety rule
in California.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9966759
- **Project number:** 5U18FD005914-05
- **Recipient organization:** CALIFORNIA STATE DEPT/FOOD/AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Geetika Joshi
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,947,738
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-05 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9966759

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9966759, California Implementation of FDA's Produce Safety Rule (u18) (5U18FD005914-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9966759. Licensed CC0.

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