FOA-USDA/FAS
- Promoting Science and Rules Based Standards for Processed Food Ingredients in
India and China (USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-20-0039); August 20,
2020
Agency
US
Department of Agriculture – Foreign Agricultural Service
(FAS)
Description
The
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA/FAS) seeks to partner with a U.S.
university to design and implement two short workshops in India and China, to
facilitate engagement in science-based exchange and dialogue with key officials
from these countries. The goal of this exchange is to maintain positive trade
trends in processed foods in China and encourage a trade-enabling regulatory
environment in India. This engagement is designed to foster coordination and set
the foundation for sound science and good regulatory practices so that
globalization and harmonization of food additive regulations will be achieved,
resulting in an increase of U.S. trade of processed foods. The objectives
of this program are:
1.
Enhance
the policy and regulatory environment in India and China;
2.
Provide
information for future regulations on food ingredients to be based on sound
science and good regulatory practices; and
3.
Verify
that countries are meeting guidelines under the Technical Barriers to Trade
(TBT) Agreement, the Codex General Standard for Food Additives, and the Joint
FAO/WHO Expert Committee (JECFA) safety evaluations.
To
achieve these objectives, the recipient will collaborate (virtually and
in-person) with USDA/FAS in the design and implementation of the two workshops,
the selection of technical experts, and in identifying indicators and measures
of success. The workshops will be led by U.S. technical experts with
participation of high-level government officials from each country. The U.S.
delegation will consist of current and former government officials and subject
matter experts who will engage with local officials on international
regulations, the use of sound science in the development of regulations, and the
safety of food additives and chemicals. The two workshops (i.e. in India
and China) should be implemented back to back (i.e. to allow attending U.S.
experts to make a single trip). Each workshop is imagined to be approximately
two days in duration. Technical experts from the U.S. (such as USDA, Food and
Drug Administration (FDA), academia and/or U.S. industry) engage in
science-based exchanges and dialogues with key officials from China and India,
such as local officials from the Ministry of Health, local FDA, and/or Ministry
of Agriculture.
Announcement
Number
USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-20-0039
Closing
Date
August
20, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=328032
Contact
Information
Chih-Yung
Wu
202-720-9058