# Produce Safety Rule Implementation

> **NIH FDA U18** · NEW JERSEY STATE DEPARTMENTR/AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $342,278

## Abstract

Produce Safety Rule Cooperative Agreement Abstract
Project Title: Implementation of FDA’s Produce Safety Rule in New Jersey
Project Description: New Jersey Department of Agriculture intends to develop a plan
to implement the FDA’s Produce Safety Rule in its entirety. The project will be planed as
a collaborative effort with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture as applicant and
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Service utilized as a subcontractor. In addition, the
Department will work in collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Health when
producers are processing or packing product at the farm operation.
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 New
Jersey Department of Agriculture’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 New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s regulatory authority for produce
safety and to plan and implement the needed resources to develop a successful
program, and implement the Produce Safety Rule as a program.
Expected Outcomes: 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 New Jersey Department of
Agriculture and Rutgers Cooperative Extension Service, resulting in consistent and
successful on‐farm inspections as envisioned by FSMA Produce Safety Rule 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 for Year Five, totaling $3,625,000 for the five-
year grant period.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9967804
- **Project number:** 5U18FD005877-05
- **Recipient organization:** NEW JERSEY STATE DEPARTMENTR/AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Christian Kleinguenther
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $342,278
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-09 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9967804

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9967804, Produce Safety Rule Implementation (5U18FD005877-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9967804. Licensed CC0.

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