System for Agriculture, Food, Health, E-inspection, and Registration (SAFHER) - RFA-FD-22-021 AFDO’s System for Agriculture, Food, Health, E-Inspections and Registration (SAFHER): Project Summary The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) will direct and implement the activities under this cooperative agreement which will facilitate FDA’s implementation of integrated information technology infrastructure that enables data management, data exchange, and information sharing between and among State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) partners in both human and animal food programs and FDA, and help increase mutual reliance between agencies, advance One Health, and help deliver core elements of the New Era of Smarter Food Safety blueprint. AFDO has been representing regulatory food programs, including state retail and manufactured food programs, since 1896. The Principal Investigator and project staff include former state IT project manager that has extensive experience managing state food program data management systems, several former state food program managers who can advise on the development and implementation of technology and collaborate with SLTT partners and FDA on ensuring the delivery of a nation-wide regulatory data management system. Major activities conducted under this cooperative agreement include but are not limited to: • Providing oversight and support for the establishment of an integrated information technology infrastructure by planning, developing, implementing, operationalizing, and maintaining a data management system for SLTT partners and FDA • Increasing the adoption and usage of the FDA ORA Data Exchange between regulatory partners • Ensure data management system design is interoperable with FDA systems FACTS, eSAF, and ALIS • Advancing Domestic Mutual Reliance by furthering the development of the New Era of Smarter Food Safety blueprint core elements • Supporting future advancement of a Food Safety Information Network to meet national regulatory program standards • Optimize public health outcomes by supporting a One Health approach by enabling the sharing of cross-jurisdictional data among SLTT partners and FDA to better respond to contamination events • Create a data management governance structure to ensure administrative, technical, and physical safeguards are employed to comply with applicable confidentiality, risk management, and continuous monitoring requirements for sensitive data • Implement a strategy to accomplish the objectives of the cooperative agreement and promote diversity
