FSMA Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP)
Administers cooperative agreements supporting state agencies implementing national produce safety regulations.
The FSMA Produce Safety Cooperative Agreement Program sits inside FDA's food safety funding work and supports state and territory regulatory agencies that carry out the national produce safety program under the Food Safety Modernization Act. Its purpose is operational rather than entrepreneurial: it helps public agencies implement inspection, outreach, and regulatory work that keeps the produce safety system moving. The mechanism is a cooperative agreement, and the available record points to recent allocations of about $19 million. Eligibility is limited to state and territory food safety agencies, with related regulatory associations also appearing in the same funding family. Private companies, nonprofits, universities, and individual applicants are not part of the applicant pool. The best fit is a public agency that already has responsibility for produce safety enforcement and can turn federal support into day-to-day regulatory delivery. Applicants succeed here by showing direct administrative capacity, a clear state or territorial role, and the ability to execute a government-to-government agreement on time and within the federal framework.
No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.