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Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards Implementation Development and Maintenance, with Mutual Reliance Initiatives Clinical Trials Not Allowed
Food and Drug Administration (Department of Health and Human Services) is accepting applications until April 1, 2027. It lists awards of up to $300,000, 7 awards expected.
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Key facts
- Opportunity number
- PAR-25-003
- Status
- Posted, open
- Posted
- June 25, 2025
- Closes
- April 1, 2027
- Award ceiling
- $300,000
- Expected awards
- 7
- Cost sharing
- Not required
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
- Agriculture, Consumer Protection, Food and Nutrition
- Assistance listing
- 93.103 Food and Drug Administration Research; None None
- Contact
- Patrick Johnson Grantor · [email protected] · 2404052770
Who can apply
- State governments
The eligibility for this opportunity is limited to State animal food safety programs meeting the following criteria:Applicants must maintain an FDA inspectional contract in good standing by completing all agreed upon inspectional work, audits, and associated compliance and regulatory activities. The contract must include performing comprehensive animal food inspections under 21 CFR Part 507 that is representative of the state's firm inventory and supports the FDA and state regulatory program in meeting a risk-based inspection frequency. The contract should result in a minimum of 10% of the firm inventory regulated by the FDA being inspected for all applicable regulations.Applicant organizations must have a valid 20.88 agreement with FDA prior to the time of application.Applicants will be categorized under one of two funding tracks: AFRPS Development or AFRPS Maintenance (see eligibility criteria above. Within the AFRPS Maintenance funding track only, an applicant may apply to the Mutual Reliance funding option, provided they meet the funding option eligibility criteria (below).Applicants are encouraged to apply for cooperative agreement assistance that reflects their jurisdiction's
What the agency says
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to advance efforts for a nationally integrated animal food safety system providing state animal food regulatory programs the ability to achieve full implementation of the Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS) within 5 years and to maintain full implementation. This NOFO will also fund optional projects for state animal food regulatory programs to:
Advance food safety and protect public health by strengthening partnerships with the FDA and other state animal food regulatory partners through sharing, collaboration, coordination, and leveraging each other’s expertise, work, data, and enforcement actions.
Develop and standardize processes, procedures, systems, and other methods to integrate federal and state animal food regulatory work resulting in mutual reliance. Specific outcomes may include, but are not limited to:
State animal food regulatory programs will achieve and maintain implementation of the AFRPS, which is recognized as a critical element to creating a national, fully integrated food safety system.
Operational use of standardized animal food regulatory systems developed by state programs to compel federal reliance on state regulatory work and resources and reciprocal state reliance on federal work and resources, resulting in mutual reliance. This project will strengthen and improve FDA efforts to build an integrated food safety system by building high quality state animal food regulatory programs that can promote regulatory compliance and prevent foodborne illnesses.
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All grants open to State governments · Everything closing in April 2027
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