Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment application for the Flexible Funding Model-Maintenance for State Manufactured Food Regulatory Program

Project Summary/Abstract For Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Flexible Funding Model – Maintenance for State Manufactured Food Regulatory Programs It is the intent of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Division of Environmental Health and Sustainability (CDPHE-DEHS) to use this opportunity to

manage and maintain conformance with the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) by implementing the policies, procedures and protocols used by our Manufactured Foods Program staff when inspecting and regulating the manufactured foods industry in Colorado. Our goal is to ensure that staff working within the program

is well trained, knowledgeable and will consistently and uniformly apply that knowledge to the situations encountered while inspecting and providing technical guidance, education and outreach to the regulated community. In 2020, CDPHE was determined to be in full conformance and full implementation with the 2019 MFRPS

standards for its manufactured food regulatory inspection program. The requirement for states to be in full conformance with the MFRPS as a condition of continued FDA contractual work and the need to apply these same standards to the State program requires the dedication of significant resources that are not currently available to

Colorado’s program. Maintaining a solid program foundation will continue to help improve the program now and for the future. The goal is to have the work conducted by Colorado’s program to continue to be recognized for its quality and consistency related to inspections, laboratory analytical findings, industry outreach and staff training based on the requirements of the 2022

MFRPS. This will allow the agency to meet its goal of ensuring manufactured foods in Colorado and all manufactured food products that leave the state are safe. The agency is committed to help achieve FDA’s goal of an integrated food safety system and ensure that Colorado’s inspections, investigations, laboratory findings and

program products are recognized as equivalent to the work product of other states or the FDA that are using the MFRPS as the foundation for their programs.