Boost Animal Feed Safety: Get FDA Grants!

The intended outcome of this FOA is to advance efforts for a nationally integrated animal food safety system by assisting State animal food regulatory programs to achieve and maintain full implementation of the Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS). The AFRPS Cooperative agreement will provide funding for State animal food regulatory programs that maintain a FDA animal food safety inspection contract to: • Develop and implement the Standards (AFRPS) • Enhance animal food safety, and • Better direct their regulatory activities at reducing foodborne illness attributed to animal food safety hazards in facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold animal food materials/supplies. In addition, this cooperative agreement may provide funding through regulatory animal food programs for accreditation of laboratories that support animal food programs and may pursue initial accreditation or seek to expand scope of accreditation under the international standard ISO/IEC 17025.