Initiation of Cooperative Agreement between U.S. FDA and S.C. DHEC to Advance Conformance with Nine Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards.

国家自愿性零售食品监管计划标准先进符合性奖 (VNRFRPS)合作协议将允许南卡罗来纳州卫生和环境部 控制到： 1.确定该机构可以对零售食品安全产生最大影响的项目领域。 2.推广有效的危险因素干预策略。 3.协助确定最需要额外关注的项目领域。 4.提供必要的信息，以证明维持或增加方案预算是合理的。 5.在项目实施和管理方面进行创新。 6.通过加强供应链零售食品安全的一致性，提高行业和消费者对SC零售食品安全的信心 检查和其他程序。 这些目标将由一名专职的全职零售协调员完成，他将被要求： 1.完成并维护对所有九个标准的自我评估，并安排验证审计 在适当的时候。 2.进行全州范围的风险因素研究。 3.与相关员工沟通《合作协议》的要求，确保所有任务符合 及时完成。 此外，零售协调员将负责满足本合作社的所有要求 协议，其中将包括： 1.及时完成年中和最后进度报告。 2.更新食品计划人员的聘用和培训情况报告。 3.获得最新的资金证明，并与DHEC财政局于 关于VNRFRPS的需求。 4.制定和维护战略计划，准确反映具体目标和 任务已经或将完成和/或实施，以及当新的目标和任务 确定以促进与零售计划标准的一致性。

Award of the Advancing Conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS) Cooperative Agreement will allow South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control to: 1. Identify program areas where the agency can have the greatest impact on retail food safety. 2. Promote wider application of effective risk-factor intervention strategies. 3. Assist in identifying program areas most in need of additional attention. 4. Provide information needed to justify maintenance or increase in program budgets. 5. Lead to innovations in program implementation and administration. 6. Improve industry and consumer confidence in SC retail food safety by enhancing uniformity of inspections and other procedures. These goals will be accomplished by a dedicated, full-time, Retail Coordinator who will be required to: 1. Complete and maintain self-assessments on all nine standards and arrange for a validation audit when appropriate. 2. Conducting statewide risk factor studies. 3. Communicate requirements of Cooperative Agreement with relevant staff to ensure all tasks are accomplished in a timely fashion. Additionally, the Retail Coordinator will be responsible for satisfying all requirements of this cooperative agreement, which will include: 1. Completing, in a timely fashion, the Mid-Year & Final Progress Reports. 2. Updating status reports on the hiring and training of food program personnel. 3. Acquiring updated funding certifications and corresponding with DHEC Bureau of Finance in regards to VNRFRPS needs. 4. Developing and maintaining a strategic plan that accurately reflects when specific objectives and tasks have been, or will be, completed and/or implemented and when new objectives and tasks are identified to advance conformance with the Retail Program Standards.