Today FDA updated its FSMA training strategy to reflect the progress made during 2016. The program, which targets farmers, small food processors and small produce merchant wholesalers, includes the following updates:

• Cooperative agreement for small and mid-size businesses involved in local food production awarded to the National Farmers Union Foundation
• Cooperative agreement for preparing food producers in Native American tribes awarded to the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville
• Federal grants awarded for establishing regional centers to facilitate training under FDA’s partnership with USA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture