Path C Colorado Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement to Implement a National Produce Safety Program

科罗拉多州农业部 计划摘要 科罗拉多州生产安全计划的目标是在历史上提高生产安全 不受监管的行业，并为消费者提供安全、营养的农产品种植、收获、 在科罗拉多州打包或保存的。为了实现这一目标，该计划将与FDA和 利用监管和教育两条战线，实现对规则的遵守。 该计划将利用直接负责生产安全计划管理的工作人员 以及在检验和消费者内部共享的行政和检验人员 服务部。这种对长期工作人员的季节性使用将使该计划能够保留更多 外地工作人员接受培训，主要进行为期三个月的检查。至 满足教育需求该计划将与科罗拉多州立大学(CSU)合作 进行PSA种植人员培训，并与 CO农业部。该计划还将发展与贸易团体的关系， 以及主要行业利益攸关方提高对生产安全规则的认识。 科罗拉多州通过立法并采用与联邦规则一致的规则，包括 有权进行检查，只要有足够的资金支持该计划 由FDA提供。该立法还授权该计划建立一个 强制登记程序和执行民事处罚。 我们相信，通过制定 强大的行业合作伙伴关系、教育和监管执行。利用FDA的资源 以协作的方式以及州内的专业知识来解决独特的产品 科罗拉多州的行业格局将导致一个与以下目标一致的计划 生产安全规则和一致的国家生产安全计划。 为了实现这一目标，科罗拉多州要求路径C监管资金为253,500美元Band 9 根据我们的农场库存和27万美元的农场库存和教育级别6,000美元 2017年NASS数据，合作协议第一年总计523,500美元。

Colorado Department of Agriculture Program Summary The goal of Colorado’s Produce Safety Program is to improve produce safety in a historically unregulated industry and to provide consumers with safe, nutritious produce grown, harvested, packed or held in Colorado. To achieve the goal the Program will collaborate with the FDA and utilize both the regulatory and educational fronts to achieve compliance with the Rule. The Program will utilize staff dedicated directly to the Produce Safety Program’s administration as well as administrative and inspection staff shared within the Inspection and Consumer Services Division. This seasonal use of permanent staff will allow the Program to retain more field staff trained to conduct inspections which primarily occur over a three month period. To address the educational needs the Program will work with Colorado State University (CSU) to conduct PSA Grower Training and do On-Farm Readiness Reviews under a sub award with the CO Department of Agriculture. The Program will also develop relationships with trade groups, and key industry stakeholders to increase awareness to the Produce Safety Rule. Colorado passed legislation and adopted rules consistent with the Federal Rule including the authority to conduct inspections, so long as sufficient funding to support the program was provided by the FDA. The legislation also provided the program with the authority to establish a mandatory registration program and administer civil penalties. We believe that achieving a high rate of compliance can be achieved through development of strong industry partnerships, education and regulatory enforcement. Utilizing FDA resources in a collaborative manner along with expertise within the state to address the unique produce landscape of Colorado’s industry will result in a Program that is consistent with the objectives of the Produce Safety Rule and a consistent National Produce Safety Program. To achieve this goal Colorado is requesting Path C Regulatory funding of $253,500 Band 9 based on our Farm Inventory and $270,000 for Farm Inventory and Education Band 6 based on 2017 NASS data for a total of $523,500 for the first year of the cooperative agreement.