[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56112-56113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22971]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0480]
Integrated Food Safety System Online Collaboration Development--
Cooperative Agreement With the National Center for Food Protection and
Defense (U18)
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its
intention to receive and consider a single source application for the
award of a cooperative agreement in fiscal year 2010 (FY10) to the
National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD). One of the
primary goals of the NCFPD is to allow FDA to meet the White House Food
Safety Working Group recommendation that the Federal government
prioritize crucial inspection and enforcement activity across the
world; support safety efforts by States, localities, and businesses at
home; and utilize data to guide these efforts and evaluate their
outcomes.
DATES: Important dates are as follows:
1. The application due date is September 27, 2010.
2. The anticipated start date is September 2010.
3. The opening date is September 27, 2010.
4. The expiration date is September 30, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND ADDITONAL REQUIREMENTS CONTACT: Center
Contact: Heather Brown, Food and Drug Administration, Office of
Regulatory Affairs, 5600 Fishers Lane, rm. 13-45, Rockville, MD 20857,
301-796-4304, FAX: 301-443-7270, email: [email protected].
Grants Management Contact: Kimberly Pendleton, Division of
Acquisition Support and Grants (HFA-500), Food and Drug Administration,
5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 2104, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-9363, FAX:
301-827-7101, email: [email protected].
For more information on this funding opportunity announcement (FOA)
and to obtain detailed requirements, please refer to the full FOA
located at http://www.fda.gov/Food/NewsEvents/ucm176500.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.103
A. Background
This funding opportunity is a single source application for the
award of a cooperative agreement to the NCFPD to support the continued
development and operations of collaborative online tools involving a
range of stakeholders for the purposes of information sharing in the
development of an integrated food safety system, and the development
and implementation of a sustainable model for continued collaborative
communications and information sharing. Competition is limited to NCFPD
because it has unique expertise and capacity found nowhere else. It is
the host/creator of FoodSHIELD, an inter-governmental collaborative
project supporting information sharing at the Federal, State, and local
levels. NCFPD also has past experience directly supporting the White
House Food Safety Working Group Objectives to integrate the food safety
system at all levels.
B. Research Objectives
Food can become contaminated at many different points--on the farm,
in processing or distribution facilities, during transit, at retail and
food service establishments, and in the home. In recent years, FDA, in
cooperation with other food regulatory and public health agencies, has
done a great deal to prevent both intentional and unintentional
contamination of food at each of these points. FDA has worked with
other Federal, State, local, tribal, territorial, and foreign
counterpart food safety regulatory and public health agencies, as well
as with law enforcement and intelligence-gathering agencies, industry,
consumer groups, and academia to strengthen the Nation's food safety
and food defense system across the entire distribution chain.
This cooperation has resulted in greater awareness of potential
vulnerabilities, the creation of more effective prevention programs,
new surveillance systems, and the ability to quickly respond to
outbreaks of foodborne illness. However, changes in consumer dietary
patterns, changes in industry practices, changes in the U.S.
population, and an increasingly globalized food supply chain and new
pathogens and other contaminants pose challenges that are requiring us
to adapt our current food protection strategies.
Recognizing these challenges, President Obama has made a personal
commitment to improving food safety. On July 7, 2009, the multiagency
Food Safety Working Group (Working Group), which he established, issued
its key findings on how to upgrade the food safety system for the 21st
century. The
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Working Group recommends a new public-health-focused approach to food
safety based on three core principles: Prioritizing prevention,
strengthening surveillance and enforcement, and improving response and
recovery. Preventing harm to consumers is the top priority. Too often
in the past, the food safety system has focused on reacting to problems
rather than preventing harm in the first place. The Working Group
recommends that food regulators shift toward prioritizing prevention
and move aggressively to implement sensible measures to prevent
problems before they occur.
The intent is to fund a proposal for the continued development and
operation of collaborative online tools involving a range of
stakeholders for the purposes of information sharing in the development
of an integrated food safety system and the development and
implementation of a sustainable model for continued collaborative
communication and information sharing.
C. Eligibility Information
Competition is limited to NCFPD because it has unique expertise and
capacity found nowhere else. It is the host/creator of FoodSHIELD, an
inter-governmental collaborative project that supports information
sharing at the Federal, State, and local levels. NCFPD is uniquely
qualified to provide well-established and high-level access to Food/Ag
Sector Organizations and coordination of electronic collaborative
tools, as well as collaborative support from the Department of Health
and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. NCFPD also has past experience directly
supporting the White House Food Safety Working Group Objectives to
integrate the food safety system at all levels.
II. Award Information/Funds Available
A. Award Amount
The estimated amount of support in FY10 will be up to $250,000
total costs, with the possibility of up to 5 additional years of
support at $500,000 per year, subject to the availability of funds,
starting no later than September 2010 for the first year. More than one
application will be considered depending on the availability of funds.
B. Length of Support
The award will provide 1 year of support, with the possibility of
up to 5 additional years of support.
III. Paper Application, Registration, and Submission Information
To submit an electronic application in response to this FOA,
applicants should first review the full announcement located at http://inside.fda.gov:9003/PolicyProcedures/GuidanceRegulations/FederalRegister/ucm008714.htm. Persons interested in applying for a
grant may obtain an application at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm. (FDA has verified the Web site addresses throughout this
document, but FDA is not responsible for any subsequent changes to the
Web sites after this document publishes in the Federal Register.) For
all application submissions, the following steps are required:
Step 1: Obtain a Dun and Bradstreet (DUNS) Number
Step 2: Register With Central Contractor Registration
Step 3: Register With Electronic Research Administration
(eRA) Commons
Steps 1 and 2, in detail, can be found at http://www07.grants.gov/applicants/organization_registration.jsp. Step 3, in detail, can be
found at https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons/registration/registrationInstructions.jsp. After you have followed these steps,
submit paper applications to:
Kimberly Pendleton, Division of Acquisition Support and Grants
(HFA-500), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 2104,
Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-9363, FAX: 301-827-7101, email:
[email protected].
Dated: September 10, 2010.
Leslie Kux,
Acting Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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