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National Food Safety Training, Education, Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance
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The National Food Safety Training, Education, Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance Program will award grants that increase the understanding and adoption of established food safety standards, guidance, and protocols. Grants awarded through this program will be carried out in a manner that facilitates the integration of food safety standards and guidance with a variety of agricultural production and processing systems, including conventional, sustainable, organic, and conservation and environmental practices carried out by the eligible entities. The assistance provided by these programs shall be coordinated with and delivered in cooperation with similar services or assistance by other federal agencies or programs serving those eligible entities.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
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For FY 2016:
The anticipated amount available for FY 2016 to support the Program is $4.7 million. We received 64 proposals (25 pilot, 25 community outreach and 14 multistate projects) and anticipate funding approximately 44 total awards.
The estimated success rate for the program is approximately 35% -40%.
Prior year funding was provided to establish the national infrastructure in FY 2015 as the National Food Safety Training, Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance Program and in FY 2016 for the inaugural Food Safety Outreach Program including continuation awards.
There were 64 applications received of which 10 pilot, 10 community outreach, and 4 multistate education projects have been funded at the level of $4,758,326.
Fiscal Year (FY) 2017: Prior year funding was provided to establish the national infrastructure in FY 2015 as the National Food Safety Training, Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance Program and in FY’s 2016-2017 an expansion of this work was created to build the Food Safety Outreach Competitive Grant Program.
For FY 2017, there were 43 applications received of which 10 pilot, 17 community outreach, and 16 multistate education projects have been funded at the level of $4.7 million.
The amount available for FSOP awards was $6,663,007.
The Food Safety Outreach Program (FSOP): Created by the Food Safety Modernization Act (2011) (P.L. 111-353), FSOP awards grants to eligible recipients for projects that develop and implement Food Safety Modernization Act-related food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance to owners and operations of small and medium-sized farms, beginning farmers, socially disadvantaged farmers, small processors or small fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers. These are audiences affected by new food safety guidelines established under FSMA.
The national implementation strategy for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) began in fiscal years 15-16 between USDA NIFA and FDA CFSAN. They partnered to establish a national infrastructure that will provide Education, Extension, Outreach and Technical Assistance among 4 Regional Centers and 1 National Coordination Center. In FY 16, the program evolved to create: Pilot, Community Outreach, and Multistate Education and Outreach Projects under the Food Safety Outreach Program (FSOP). In FY 2018, the Food Safety Outreach Program further ingrained the national infrastructure by funding 4 new regional centers with one serving as the lead center to maintain the vigor of the program as the previous centers begin to close out. These centers support and coordinate training and outreach and identify outcomes, impacts, and needs assessment for their regions. In FY 19, the program supported Multi-State and Community based projects.
Eligible applicants include state or territory Cooperative Extension Services; non-government organizations and community-based organizations that have expertise in administering programs that contribute to food safety; federal, state, local, and tribal agencies; and institutes of higher education; and collaborations of at least two eligible entities.
NIFA’s mission is to invest in and advance agricultural research, education, and extension to solve societal challenges. NIFA’s investments in transformative science directly support the long-term prosperity and global preeminence of U.S. agriculture. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural sciences, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/Impacts, sign up for email updates, or follow us on Twitter @USDA_NIFA, #NIFAImpacts.
The amount available for FSOP awards was $7,589,498.
The 2018 Farm Bill, or the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, made several changes to the National Food Safety Training, education, Extension, Outreach, and Technical Assistance Program, otherwise known as the Food Safety Outreach Program (FSOP). The 2018 Farm Bill amendments to FSOP are applicable for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. NSAC encourages NIFA to include all of these changes in the FY19 FSOP RFA, as required by law, which includes the repeal of the match requirement, the repeal of the limitation on grant funds prohibiting an entity from receiving funding after three years, and the prioritization of projects that focus on beginning, socially disadvantaged, and veteran farmers.
The projected amount for FSOP awards is $3,749,498.
If funding remains level, NIFA will continue to follow Congress’s intent, and prioritize FSOP funds for projects that provide food safety education and training to small, midsized, beginning, socially disadvantaged, and veteran farmers. NIFA will also collect data from FSOP award recipients to ensure projects are serving these audiences.
Accomplishments: The Food Safety Outreach Program received 54 proposals and made 23 awards in FY 2024.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
