Cooperative Agreement 584000900580

Safetyspect Inc. received a $174,923 Project Grant awarded September 1, 2025, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The grant supports Phase I development of the Contamination Sanitation Inspection (CSI) System, an advanced detection solution designed to address critical food safety gaps in poultry processing. The system integrates fluorescence imaging, edge...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, awarded a $349,935 Project Grant to Food Enterprise Solutions, LLC on September 30, 2025, under the Food and Drug Administration Research program (CFDA 93.103). The grant, with an ultimate completion date of September 29, 2026, supports the development and deployment of a digital platform designed to deliver virtual training, disseminate critical food safety information, and validate...

SR1 received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Food Safety Outreach Program (CFDA 10.328) to develop and provide customized food safety education and outreach from farm to table. The two-year award will fund SR1's Community Oriented Opportunities for Learning Food Safety from Farm to Table project, which aims to build upon existing food safety education and address the specialized needs of socially...

This $108,852 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports collaborative research on how decisions made by multinational food companies influence the movement of people, animals, and resources into rural America. The research team at Rutgers, The State University will conduct a two-year study focused on roughly 54 food industry facilities across 20 counties in two U.S. states. Data collection will...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Award Details: The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $249,818 to Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services (TST BOCES) under the Food and Drug Administration Research program (CFDA 93.103) on August 1, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2027. The project, titled "Tompkins County Healthy School Meals Research and Implementation Project," is performed in Ithaca,...

This $398,085.00 federal Cooperative Agreement award was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) under the FNS Food Safety Grants program (CFDA 10.585). The funding supports the development and delivery of food safety education and training for USDA nutrition assistance programs such as the National School Lunch Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program. Kansas State University, doing business as Pre-Awards Services, will lead this project to...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) awarded Brownsville Independent School District (BISD) a $4.0 million Cooperative Agreement under the Food and Drug Administration Research program (CFDA 93.103) effective August 1, 2025, through May 31, 2027. This pilot study, titled "Healthy School Meals: A Research Study of BISD Scratch Cooking Implementation," will generate the first systematic evidence on contaminant levels in National...

The Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service awarded a $590,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Maryland, College Park from October 2021 through September 2022 under the Food Safety Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 10.479). Under the award, the University will assist FSIS in developing two separate risk assessment models for Salmonella in chicken and turkey production. The models will estimate reductions in foodborne illness attributed to controlling Salmonella...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) awarded a $403,507 cooperative agreement under the FDA Research program (CFDA 93.103) to Groton Central School District, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2027. This pilot research study generates systematic evidence on contaminant levels and ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in National School Lunch Program meals served to approximately 800 students in...

Visimo LLC received a $123,680 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program to develop a risk management tool for small and mid-sized agricultural producers. The tool will integrate machine learning capabilities to predict safety risks on farms and suggest risk-reducing changes. Data will be collected from farm sites and used to...