# Continuing to Support, Refine, and Build the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Alliance (MFRPA) as part of an Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS)

> **NIH FDA U18** · ASSOCIATION OF FOOD AND DRUG OFFICIALS · 2020 · $2,943,750

## Abstract

AFDO 2016 MFRPA Application: Project Summary
The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) is applying to continue administering the
Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Alliance (MFRPA), hereinafter “Alliance”, on behalf of
its members and FDA, to support State achievement and continuous improvement in the
implementation of the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS). The
MFRPA, its subcommittees and other activities under the cooperative agreement facilitate FDA
implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011(FSMA) and mutual reliance in the
protection of public health through a National Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) comprised
of Federal, State, and Local agencies.
AFDO has been representing regulatory food programs, including state manufactured food
programs, since 1896. The Principal Investigator and Project staff includes former State
Manufactured Food Program Managers who are experienced in developing state programs to
achieve the MFRPS, and collaborating with FDA on the implementation of manufactured food
regulatory programs, MFRPA, MFRPS and the IFSS activities. The Project Coordinator has
been involved with supporting the MFRPA and its activities since inception.
Major activities to be conducted through the cooperative agreement include, but are not limited
to, research and surveys on the attributes and capabilities of manufactured food programs to
support manufactured food program development and conformance to the MFRPS; maintaining
and enhancing the secure MFRPA Portal to meet FDA and member needs for sharing
information and data related to best practices, guidance documents, sampling plans,
procedures, memorandums of understandings and other tools developed by AFDO under the
previous cooperative agreement such as the Template for the Exit Strategy for Sustainability.
AFDO, in addition to maintaining the Directory of State and Local Officials (DSLO) as it currently
exists is proposing to expand contacts to include major local government health departments in
the top 100 of the Metropolitan Statistical Areas defined by the Office of Management and
Budget.
AFDO in collaboration with the MFRPA will assist FDA with the identification, development,
delivery, promotion, and/or attendance of food safety and defense training programs to support
conformance with the MFRPS and FSMA. Training will include the face-to-face annual meetings
for the MFRPA Alliance and its subcommittees, Governmental Food and Feed Laboratory
Accreditation Meeting and Rapid Response Teams, Seafood HACCP Alliance Steering and
Executive Committee Meetings, and other training as requested by FDA and the Alliance.
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9968172
- **Project number:** 5U18FD005951-05
- **Recipient organization:** ASSOCIATION OF FOOD AND DRUG OFFICIALS
- **Principal Investigator:** Patrick Kennelly
- **Activity code:** U18 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $2,943,750
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9968172

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9968172, Continuing to Support, Refine, and Build the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Alliance (MFRPA) as part of an Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) (5U18FD005951-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9968172. Licensed CC0.

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