[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9734-9735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03690]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2015-N-0012]


Partnership To Develop the Branded Food Products Database for 
Public Health (R01)

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the 
availability of grant funds for the support of the Agricultural 
Technology Innovation Partnership's (ATIP) Branded Food Products 
Database for Public Health. ATIP, in conjunction with the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) 
and the International Life Science Institute North America (ILSI North 
America), has established a public-private partnership to enhance the 
public's health. The Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine (OFVM) has 
grant funds available to help support ATIP consolidate food composition 
data from manufacturers. OFVM's goal is to monitor the sodium content 
of branded foods and to make nutrient composition data available to the 
public.

DATES: Important dates are as follows:
    1. The application due date is April 2, 2015.
    2. The anticipated start date is May 2015.
    3. The opening date is February 13, 2015.
    4. The expiration date is April 3, 2015.

ADDRESSES: For more information, see section III of the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claudine Kavanaugh, Office of Foods 
and Veterinary Medicine, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 
20993, 301-796-4647; or Vieda Hubbard, Division of Acquisition Support 
and Grants, Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane (HFA-500), 
Rockville, MD 20857, 240-402-7588.
    For more information on this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) 
and to obtain detailed requirements, please refer to the full FOA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Funding Opportunity Description

RFA-FD-15-005

93.103

A. Background

    OFVM is interested in monitoring the sodium content of branded 
foods in the U.S. marketplace. Knowing the nutrient profile of branded 
foods is critical to FDA's work and to the public's health. Public 
health experts have linked excessive sodium consumption to 
hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic diseases. A 
database that reflects the sodium content of foods will help OFVM 
research strategies regarding sodium reduction and help the public 
maintain healthy diets.
    OFVM has funds available for ATIP to compile compositional data for 
branded foods for the public's benefit. ATIP, through ILSI North 
America and USDA, has experience engaging the private sector and 
expertise compiling brand data. With OFVM's fiscal contribution, ATIP 
will be able to build upon USDA's National Nutrient Database--widely 
recognized as the gold standard for food compositional data--in a 
timely fashion. ATIP's database will reflect the breadth and depth of 
the nation's food supply and will facilitate nutrition analysis and 
research that otherwise may not be possible.
    The research community, healthcare professionals, the food 
industry, and policymakers will use ATIP's database. For example, 
drafters of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey will 
be able to more accurately characterize food selection and sodium 
consumption for Americans. Medical researchers will be able to better 
link sodium intake to measures of chronic diseases. Food manufacturers 
will be able to compare information to improve product formulations. 
Policy-making bodies will be able to develop better guidelines that 
will promote public health. Ultimately, having more robust sodium data 
available will allow FDA to develop targeted sodium reduction 
strategies and the public to better monitor sodium intake.

B. Research Objectives

    ATIP will compile compositional data for branded foods for the 
public's benefit. The database will include food group information on 
branded foods and branded restaurant food products. ATIP will manage a 
large volume of date-stamped branded product information to link food 
intake and nutrient composition to dietary patterns recommendations. 
ATIP will collect and publish comprehensive food compositional data, 
including sodium content, in a timely fashion.

C. Eligibility Information

    This grant is available solely for ATIP. Through ILSI North America 
and USDA, respectively, ATIP has existing relationships with industry 
and years of food compositional data upon which ATIP can build. ATIP 
has already demonstrated that its database can effectively manage a 
large volume of date-stamped branded product information. Compiling 
additional compositional data for branded foods will allow FDA to link 
sodium intake and composition data to dietary patterns recommendations 
more efficiently.

II. Award Information/Funds Available

A. Award Amount

    OFVM has $35,000 available for a single award to a single grantee--
ATIP.

B. Length of Support

    This grant is available for 1 year from the start date.

III. Electronic Application, Registration, and Submission

    Only electronic applications will be accepted. To submit an 
electronic application in response to this FOA, applicant should first 
review the full announcement. (FDA has verified the Web site addresses 
throughout this document, but FDA is not responsible for any subsequent 
changes to the Web sites after this document publishes in the Federal 
Register.) For all electronically submitted applications, the following 
steps are required.

 Step 1: Obtain a Dun and Bradstreet (DUNS) Number
 Step 2: Register With System for Award Management (SAM)
 Step 3: Obtain Username & Password
 Step 4: Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) 
Authorization
 Step 5: Track AOR Status
 Step 6: Register With Electronic Research Administration (eRA) 
Commons

    Steps 1 through 5, in detail, can be found at http://www07.grants.gov/applicants/organization_registration.jsp. Step 6, in 
detail, can be found at https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons/registration/registrationInstructions.jsp. After you have followed 
these steps, submit

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electronic applications to: http://www.grants.gov.

    Dated: February 10, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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