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

科罗拉多农业部 节目概要 科罗拉多的产品安全计划的目标是以历史性的方式提高产品安全性。 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， 在科罗拉多打包或持有。为了实现这一目标，该计划将与FDA合作， 利用监管和教育两方面来实现对规则的遵守。 该计划将利用直接致力于生产安全计划管理的工作人员 以及检查和消费者内部共享的行政和检查人员 服务司。长期工作人员的这种季节性使用将使该计划能够保留更多的 培训实地工作人员进行检查，检查主要在三个月内进行。到 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种植者培训，并根据与 CO农业部。该方案还将发展与贸易团体的关系， 和主要行业利益相关者，以提高对生产安全规则的认识。 科罗拉多州通过了立法，并采用了符合联邦规则的规则，包括 只要有足够的资金支持该计划， 由FDA提供。立法还规定该方案有权建立一个 强制性登记计划和管理民事处罚。 我们认为，通过制定以下措施， 强大的行业伙伴关系、教育和监管执行。利用FDA资源， 一种合作的方式，沿着与国家内的专业知识，以解决独特的生产 科罗拉多的行业景观将导致一个计划，是符合的目标， 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，科罗拉多正在申请253，500美元的Path C监管资金 根据我们的农场库存和270，000美元的农场库存和教育等级6的基础上， 2017年NASS数据，合作协议的第一年总计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.