# DESIGNING WISCONSIN’S PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE FDA PRODUCE SAFETY RULE

> **NIH FDA U18** · WISCONSIN DEPT/AGRI/TRADE/CONSUM/ PROT · 2020 · $622,933

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Project Title: Designing Wisconsin’s Program for Implementing the FDA Produce Safety Rule
Project Background: Outbreaks of illness caused by consumption of fruits and vegetables
(produce) contaminated with disease-causing microorganisms have a measurable and
important negative effect on public health in the US, due to costs of medical treatment, loss of
productivity, and, in too many instances, mortality. The FDA has promulgated a Produce
Safety Rule intended to foster the implementation of preventive measures that reduce the
likelihood of microbial contamination throughout the produce industry. Broad compliance
with this rule will require education, outreach, technical assistance, inspection, and enforcement
activities beyond the scope of existing FDA programs. State food safety regulatory agencies can
assist the FDA in this public health initiative by leveraging existing programmatic resources to
create state-run produce safety regulatory programs.
Project Goals: The proposed project will establish Wisconsin’s produce safety regulatory
program to implement the FDA Produce Safety Rule. Project personnel will: 1) conduct
legislative research to determine how to establish a statutory and regulatory foundation for
program activities, 2) perform a jurisdictional self-assessment to determine available and
needed resources, 3) develop a dynamic inventory of produce farms in Wisconsin that are
subject to the Produce Safety Rule, 4) create educational, outreach, and technical assistance
programs to guide grower compliance, and 5)develop the infrastructure, along with inspection
and compliance procedures, necessary to implement a fair, effective, efficient, and sustainable
produce safety regulatory program.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9967809
- **Project number:** 5U18FD005884-05
- **Recipient organization:** WISCONSIN DEPT/AGRI/TRADE/CONSUM/ PROT
- **Principal Investigator:** Troy S Sprecker
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $622,933
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-05 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9967809

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9967809, DESIGNING WISCONSIN’S PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE FDA PRODUCE SAFETY RULE (5U18FD005884-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9967809. Licensed CC0.

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