The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) is announcing its intention to receive and consider an application to support and promote a more efficient development and dissemination of natural products research and science and to complement the diverse activities

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of both the public and private sectors.Specifically, this cooperative agreement will provide continued support to:(1) assist in the identification and development of a prioritized list of botanical ingredients based on safety concerns, trends and knowledge of botanical ingredients in foods, dietary supplements, and cosmetics marketed in the U.S.; (2) acquire, validate and characterize authenticated reference materials, including raw and processed plant materials and purified natural products of relevance to FDA for evaluation of safety; (3) exchange technical and scientific information, methods and reference material with FDA scientists and other stakeholders; (4) collaborate with FDA scientists in research areas of mutual interest; (5) coordinate scientific workshops, training and conferences on botanical topics of public health relevance to address high priority science and research needs.