This Cooperative Agreement represents the continuation and further expansion of well-established collaborations between the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in support of data-driven and science-based public health strategies and
approaches that align well with FDA domestic and global goals.
The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to support research and needs assessments to identify, develop and implement alternative approaches and methods to current training modalities in support of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Rules and the New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint.