Food & Drug Administration Par-13-200 Grant Application For Washington State's Food Protection Task Force. This Application Is Based On A Reissue of Par-09-123

Washington State Department of AgricultureFood Protection Task Force GrantRenewal ApplicationProject Summary6/25/2015Washington State Department of Agriculture Food Protection Task Force Project Summary Years 8/1/2015-7/31/2020 Claudia G. Coles, Principal InvestigatorThe Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) Food Safety and Consumer ServicesDivision (FSCS) is submitting this grant renewal application package to request FDA support foroutreach activities targeted at the Food Manufacturing industry, Local Health Agencies, andAcademia in Washington State. The WSDA proposes holding two to four workshops per projectyear that address two major and timely food safety issues. Our flexible endeavor would offertwo different demand-based workshops:1) Food Safety Modernization Act & Microbiology Pathogens2) Food Allergen Preventive ControlsThese workshops address three key elements of the (R13) funding mechanism; namely:1) The workshops will foster better communication between food industry, academia, local health agencies, and the WSDA FSCS.2) The workshops will assist the food industry in their implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA); specifically, Preventive Controls.3) The workshops will help prevent foodborne illness through education on techniques to identify and reduce food safety hazards and risks in the Food Processing plant.Since some of our workshop locations will include the border cities of Vancouver and SpokaneWashington, our outreach will extend into Oregon and Idaho respectively. WSDA is requestingapproval and funding for $10,000 per year for five project years (8/1/2015-7/31/2020. Thesum total for funding this request is $50,000.