Retail Food Safety Regulatory Association Collaboration
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-06-08. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If you operate a food safety organization, consulting firm, or industry association, secure up to $750K to implement FDA-aligned retail food protection programs and reduce foodborne illness outbreaks.
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What this is
This FDA collaborative funding opportunity supports retail food safety initiatives aimed at reducing foodborne illness risk factors. Eligible applicants can advance practices through risk-based inspection methods, adoption of FDA Food Code standards, outbreak response capabilities, and development of food safety management systems. The program emphasizes regulatory compliance, industry active managerial control, and emerging food safety trend response, with awards up to $750,000.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants include retail food regulatory programs, food industry organizations, and other entities (see 'Additional Information on Eligibility') that can collaborate on food safety advancement. Solo founders and pure tech startups are unlikely to qualify unless operating as part of a broader food safety organization or non-profit consortium.
Eligible applicant types
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Full description — from the agency
The purpose of this NOFO is to collaboratively advance retail food initiatives to reduce foodborne illness. This funding opportunity aims to advance practices in retail food protection and identify opportunities for collaboration to reduce the occurrence of foodborne illness risk factors. This opportunity aims to assist retail food regulatory programs and industry in reducing foodborne illness by implementing effective intervention strategies designed to reduce the occurrence of foodborne illness risk factors; implementing and achieving full conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS); promoting use of risk-based inspection methods to effectively identify the occurrence of foodborne illness risk factors, conduct root cause analysis, assess gaps in industry active managerial control (AMC), and promote regulatory compliance; promoting adoption of the most recent version of the FDA Food Code; effectively responding to foodborne illness outbreaks; and responding to emerging food safety trends. The program is also intended to encourage the research, development, and implementation of industry food safety management systems and the prerequisite food safety culture necessary to achieve AMC of foodborne illness risk factors.
Topics: retail food safety · foodborne illness prevention · food regulatory compliance · active managerial control · risk-based inspection · food code adoption
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