Successful completion of these efforts will result in the laboratory meeting key responsibilities required to maintain level 1 laboratory designation and enhance the network's overall capacity and…

The Michigan State University will receive $249,994.55 through a cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The funding is provided under the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative program (FADI, CFDA #10.304), which aims to protect the U.S. food supply and agricultural production from threats.

Under this cooperative agreement, Michigan State University will work to maintain its Level 1 laboratory designation and enhance the network's overall capacity from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2022. Key activities include ensuring accredited quality management systems, trained personnel, electronic test result messaging capabilities, and active participation in routine surveillance and emerging disease and foreign animal disease investigations. Completion of these efforts is critical to maintaining preparedness across the national agricultural homeland security network.

Successful completion of these efforts will result in the laboratory meeting key responsibilities required to maintain level 1 laboratory designation and enhance the network's overall capacity and capability. Laboratories with accredited quality management systems, trained personnel, the ability to electronically message test results, and active participation in routine surveillance and emerging disease and foreign animal disease investigations are critical to maintaining our preparedness and strength as a network.