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                Grants and Cooperative Agreements

Grants and Cooperative Agreements

                        Alliance to Support Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) Activities
          Building an Integrated Information Technology Infrastructure for State Regulatory Programs
          Human Food Preventive Controls
          Laboratory Flexible Funding Model Cooperative Agreement Program
          Retail Food Safety Association Collaboration Cooperative Agreement Program
          Advancing Conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS) by State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) Retail Food Regulatory Agencies Cooperative Agreement  (Retail Flexible Funding Model Cooperative Agreement Program)
          Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS) Cooperative Agreement (CAP)
          FDA-State Produce Safety Implementation Cooperative Agreement Program
          Flexible Funding Model (FFM) – Infrastructure, Development, and Maintenance for State Manufactured Food Regulatory Programs Cooperative Agreement Program
          Food Protection Rapid Response Teams Program
          Food Protection Task Force Grant
          Grade "A" Milk Safety and Molluscan Shellfish Cooperative Agreement Program
          Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) CAP
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          Grade "A" Milk Safety and Molluscan Shellfish Cooperative Agreement ProgramGrants and Cooperative Agreements Grade "A" Milk Safety and Molluscan Shellfish Cooperative Agreement Program
  
  	
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    PrintMilk Safety and National Shellfish Sanitation Program Cooperative Agreement Spotlight
	What is the Grade “A” Milk Safety and Molluscan Shellfish Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP)?
	What are its goals?
	Who is the current awardee?
	Where can I get more information?
	Grade "A" Milk Safety and Molluscan Shellfish CAP Fact Sheet (Version November 2023)Milk Safety and National Shellfish Sanitation Program Cooperative Agreement Spotlight



What is the Grade “A” Milk Safety and Molluscan Shellfish Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP)?

The objective of this funding opportunity is the development, implementation, and management of a funding system in which state, tribal, and territorial agencies that have primary responsibility for regulating Grade “A” milk and/or molluscan shellfish may apply and be sub-awarded funds to facilitate training, purchase equipment, or provide for other priorities needed to implement the Grade "A" milk safety program and the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) within their respective jurisdictions.

What are its goals?

Support state, tribal, and territorial Grade “A” milk safety and molluscan shellfish regulatory programs to participate in technical training, including FDA/Office of Training, Education and Development (OTED)-supported Grade “A” milk training courses, FDA/OTED-supported shellfish training courses, milk or shellfish seminars, and Laboratory Evaluation Officer (LEO) milk or shellfish training courses.
	Provide equipment to assist the states, tribes, and territories with the implementation of their Grade "A" milk safety and/or shellfish sanitation programs.Who is the current awardee?

The current awardee for this cooperative agreement is the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO). The funds are to be sub-awarded through a funding system developed by the grantee.
	$2.4M in funding under this cooperative agreement.Where can I get more information?

Specific questions on this program can be directed to the appropriate Office of Partnerships' contact within the Division of Partnership Investments and Agreements. Please visit the Office of Partnerships Contacts webpage to obtain a downloaded version of the staffing roster.

Information for this funding opportunity can be found on Grants.gov: Grade "A" milk and shellfish CAP FOA

Please click hereto view the latest constituent update.

General questions may be directed to the Office of Partnerships' general mailbox: op.feedback@fda.hhs.gov

                                                                                  Content current as of:
      11/09/2023Grants and Cooperative Agreements

          
                        Alliance to Support Integrated Food Safety System (IFSS) Activities
          Building an Integrated Information Technology Infrastructure for State Regulatory Programs
          Human Food Preventive Controls
          Laboratory Flexible Funding Model Cooperative Agreement Program
          Retail Food Safety Association Collaboration Cooperative Agreement Program
          Advancing Conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS) by State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) Retail Food Regulatory Agencies Cooperative Agreement  (Retail Flexible Funding Model Cooperative Agreement Program)
          Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS) Cooperative Agreement (CAP)
          FDA-State Produce Safety Implementation Cooperative Agreement Program
          Flexible Funding Model (FFM) – Infrastructure, Development, and Maintenance for State Manufactured Food Regulatory Programs Cooperative Agreement Program
          Food Protection Rapid Response Teams Program
          Food Protection Task Force Grant
          Grade "A" Milk Safety and Molluscan Shellfish Cooperative Agreement Program
          Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) CAP
          Produce Safety Association Cooperative Agreement Program
          Scientific Conference Grant Program
 
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