Conformance With The Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards

Florida Department of Agriculture - Project SummaryThe Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Division of FoodSafety has been enrolled in the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards MFRPSsince 2008 as one of the original RRT programs. In this time we have been able to develop aframework for our manufactured food program, and have written and implemented manypolicies and procedures in order to improve our program and to comply with the MFRPS. Thiscooperative agreement will allow us the opportunity to reach significant to full conformance withthe MFRPS. The continued involvement in the MFRPS by the Florida Department of Agricultureand Consumer Services Division of Food Safety will result in the improvement of our ownprogram, as well as assisting with improvements of other manufactured food programs,resulting in increased consistency of programs throughout the country, which will in turnstrengthen the integrated food safety network resulting in a safer food supply for the public.