Designing A Funding System to Support Milk and Shellfish Regulatory Progams

AFDO Milk-Shellfish, Project Proposal for FOA: RFA-FD-16-023PROJECT SUMMARYThe Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) proposes to develop a new funding system(or systems) in support of a National Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS). Project Goalsinclude designing and developing a subaward funding system (or systems) that can provideFDA subaward funding to state, tribal and territorial (STT) Grade "A" Milk and MolluscanShellfish regulatory programs in a fair and equitable manner, and in coordination with all of theimportant national partners that serve these programs. This goal will be accomplished byestablishing and working with a joint advisory group that includes members from AFDO, FDA,the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS), and/or the Interstate ShellfishSanitation Conference (ISSC). The joint advisory group will develop, implement, and manage afunding system that fairly and broadly distributes subawards to STT milk and shellfish regulatoryprograms, allowing them to attend FDA-approved training course and acquire necessaryequipment that will lead to improved public health outcomes. Achieving project goals andobjectives will support the advancement of an IFSS through the broad availability of financialand programmatic support for qualified programs. We further expect the project to promotecontinued goodwill between FDA, AFDO, NCIMS, ISSC and STT staff members through jointparticipation in a simple and straightforward funding process that distributes project fundingbroadly and fairly, and offers excellent technical assistance. Ultimately, the safety, security,and defense of the United States food supply will improve through the successfulimplementation of this project.AFDO_Milk-Shellfish_ProjectSummary Page 1 of 1