California Department of Food and Agriculture AFRPS LFFM Compliance and Enforcement Expansion Supplement

California State Dept/Food/Agriculture, Sacramento CA

Investigators

Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) works to ensure the safety of the food and feed supply through effective prevention, intervention, and response programs. Within CDFA, the Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP) is responsible for the enforcement of California state law and regulations pertaining to the manufacturing, distribution and labeling of commercial livestock feed while preventing adulterated feed from being consumed by livestock. The CFRP works to ensure a clean and wholesome supply of meat, milk, and eggs, as well as to provide assurance that the product received by the consumer is of the quality and quantity purported by the manufacturer. CFRP has partnered with the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System (CAHFS) to obtain samples in support of their Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM) cooperative agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The proposed project requests funding to offset the cost of CFRP’s activities in support of the LFFM, including the development of a joint LFFM sample plan, LFFM sample collection for the hazard-commodity pairs identified, enforcement follow up on violative LFFM samples, and participation in IT-data exchange development and implementation as directed by FDA. Follow up on violative LFFM samples will include notification/coordination with FDA and other appropriate agencies for samples outside CFRP’s regulatory authority/jurisdiction. Activities under the proposed project may also contribute to the identification of gaps in existing procedures developed under the Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS) cooperative agreement. Participation in the AFRPS has allowed CFRP to strengthen its already robust training, inspection, auditing, emergency response, enforcement, outreach, and sampling programs, implement program evaluation measures, and begin building capacity to conduct comprehensive Food Safety Modernization Act inspections. CFRP is seeking $100,000 in cooperative agreement funds to support enhanced collaboration with CAHFS and FDA in support of the LFFM, including application of the AFRPS framework and regulatory/compliance response for violative LFFM samples.