ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ACHIEVING AND MAINTAINING CONFORMANCE OF MFRPS

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTHCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENT APPLICATION AND JUSTIFICATION FOR MFRPS MAINTENANCE FUNDSPROJECT SUMMARYThe Cooperative Agreement is to provide funding for the ADPH state manufacturedfoods program to achieve full implementation and maintain conformance with the mostcurrent version of FDA's Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS)national standards.PURPOSETo provide adequate staffing, with funding for travel and other requirements as needed,to review and inspect each food manufacturing firm in Alabama jointly with the countyPublic Health Environmental staff. By having adequate specialized staff, ADPH will beable to work toward maintaining conformance with the MFRPS National Standards aspart of an integrated food safety system.PROPOSAL IN GENERALADPH will use funds provided by FDA through this funding opportunity to work towardscompletion of the implementation and maintaining conformance with the most currentversion of the MFRPS. This will be done in the format of working on completion andconformance of each Standard, by the target date of May 31, 2023. This proposaldelineates each standard and the work to be done throughout the 5-year program toachieve full implementation and maintain conformance with the national standards.