The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) is accepting applications for its Salmonella Risk Assessment program for ensuring the safety of meat, poultry, and egg products.
Donor Name: Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/15/2022
Grant Size: $295,000
Grant Duration: 10 months
Details:
FSIS recently announced it will develop a stronger and more comprehensive food safety framework for the control of Salmonella in poultry. Several initiatives are underway to incorporate the latest science, data and laboratory technology into FSIS’s decision-making to identify ways to control Salmonella in poultry and reduce foodborne illness.
FSIS is developing two separate risk assessment models, in chicken and in turkey. These production-to consumption risk models will estimate reductions in foodborne illness attributed to chicken and to turkey resulting from control of Salmonella. Specifically, the models will predict the impact of:
- controlling Salmonella prevalence, levels (enumeration), and subtypes of public health concern pre-harvest and post-harvest,
- implementing preharvest controls, post-harvest controls, and combined pre- and post-harvest controls, and
- establishing criteria limiting Salmonella prevalence, levels and/or subtypes, or requiring a specified reduction in a relevant indicator organism.
Funding Information
- Funding Amount: Total funding for this program is $295,000, including direct and indirect costs.
- Expected amounts of individual awards: Individual award amount is expected to be $295,000.
- Period of Performance: The period of performance is from June 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023 (10 months) with the possibility of a no-cost extension for up to 3 months.
Eligibility Criteria
Academic institutions, relevant non-government organizations, independent consultants specialized in microbial risk assessments for food safety, and/or multi-disciplinary groups that bridge the areas of expertise and responsibilities are sought as a collaborator on this work. Awardee must be a U.S. organization.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
