Education and Outreach to Tribal Producers through the Tribal Food Safety Alliance

拟开展的工作总结 通过该项目，该大学的土著粮食和农业倡议(IFAI) 阿肯色州部落间农业委员会(IAC)和联邦承认的部落 亚利桑那大学的扩展计划(FRTEP)将继续 美国第一个本土食品安全联盟(NFSA)。这三个组织加在一起将 继续满足美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民的独特、特殊需求 (AIAN)食品生产商和食品企业，提供食品安全培训和教育 并确保印度拥有一批有文化能力的可靠法官 具有食品安全专业知识并深入了解食品安全的培训师 安全现代化法案(FSMA)的规则将影响他们的运营。要解决这些问题 特殊需求，我们的组织邀请FDA继续这一合作伙伴关系和工作 TFSA提供专门的和与文化相关的食品安全培训、教育和 与印度国家利益攸关方进行接触。我们TFSA的首要目标已经并将继续 为印度全国的本土种植者和食品企业主提供 一种与文化相适应的食品安全培训、教育和宣传，这将有助于 他们会在市场上取得成功。这一目标通过这些与FDA的目标很好地一致 协定，以加强食品安全的基本知识，特别是农场的食品安全 部落利益攸关方的良好农业做法，须遵守适用的FSMA条例。这个 这一本土食品安全联盟的继续将帮助FDA继续支持 国家统一的食品安全体系，确保文化习俗 关于食品和本土食品科学的原则在 培训和实施。

Summary of Work Proposed Through this project, the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) at the University of Arkansas, the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC), and the Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program (FRTEP) at the University of Arizona will continue the work of the nation’s first Native Food Safety Alliance (NFSA). Together, these three organizations will continue address the unique, specialized needs of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) food producers and food businesses, providing training and education on food safety and ensuring that Indian Country has access to a reliable bench of culturally competent trainers with food safety expertise and a thorough understanding of the way that the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules will impact their operations. To address these specialized needs, our organizations invite FDA to continue this partnership and the work of the TFSA to provide dedicated and culturally relevant food safety training, education, and outreach to Indian Country stakeholders. Our overarching goal for TFSA has and continues to be providing Native growers and food business owners across Indian Country with the kind of culturally appropriate training, education, and outreach on food safety that will help them be successful in the marketplace. This goal aligns well with FDA’s goal through these agreements, to enhance the fundamental knowledge of food safety and especially on-farm good agricultural practices of tribal stakeholders subject to applicable FSMA regulations. The continuation of this Native Food Safety Alliance will help FDA continue to support a nationally integrated food safety system in a way that makes certain that cultural practices around food and principles of indigenous food science are accounted for and respected in training and implementation.