Project Grant 20236701739208
- 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...
- This $256,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Industrial Innovation, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), funds the development of a rapid, simple, and low-cost Salmonella detection and quantification test. Secure Food Solutions, Incorporated will optimize a multi-layer 96-well microplate method to demonstrate 90% sensitivity and specificity for Salmonella in raw poultry and processing environment samples within 15 hours without pre-enrichment. They...
- Kansas State University received a $650,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) program on July 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 14, 2028. The research project will investigate Salmonella contamination in ground turkey and poultry products through a three-year study conducted at the university's Manhattan, Kansas facility. The primary deliverable is detailed, science-based research data...
- Grant Award Summary The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research received a $650,000 Project Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective from September 15, 2025, through September 14, 2028. This three-year research initiative focuses on developing and optimizing Self-Destructing Attenuated Adjuvant Salmonella (SDAAS) strains as immunological delivery vehicles for commercial...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. received a $299,991 project grant awarded March 1, 2026, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) (CFDA 10.310) program, administered by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The three-year project, concluding February 28, 2029, addresses the poultry industry's critical need for tools and methodologies to comply with the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Salmonella...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the University of Missouri System under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to develop rapid detection technologies and decision support systems to mitigate food supply chain threats from Salmonella contamination. The one-year project will investigate multiple transformative sensing technologies, including surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy sensors, impedance-based biosensors, and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Texas A&M Agrilife Research received a $300,000 Project Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), awarded February 1, 2026, with a completion date of January 31, 2028. The research builds upon Dr. Li's previously developed nanotechnology for capturing and releasing cells from biological samples and adapts this methodology to detect bacterial pathogens in food...
- Grant Award Summary The University of Connecticut received a $650,000 Project Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029. The project, conducted at the Storrs, Connecticut campus, develops evidence-based interventions to improve sustainability for small broiler poultry enterprises. The research delivers a comprehensive, cost-effective...
- Chapman University received a $295,703 Project Grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) (CFDA 10.310), awarded August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2027. The grant supports a single-laboratory validation study to optimize detection procedures for Salmonella in meat analog products. The research will develop and validate improved pre-enrichment broths and rapid molecular screening methods for...
- This $429,812 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001), supports strategies to control poultry-associated foodborne pathogens at the retail level. The principal awardee, Auburn University, will conduct comprehensive scientific research and development to make agricultural research discoveries, evaluate alternative research methods, and provide...
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** PROBLEMATIC LEVELS OF CAMPYLOBACTER AND SALMONELLA CONTINUE TO BE DETECTED ON PROCESSED POULTRY PRODUCTS. WHILE CURRENT CONTROL MEASURES HAVE IMPROVED POULTRY SAFETY, THEY HAVE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED HUMAN ILLNESS RATES NOR BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND IN REAL-TIME TO PATHOGEN CONTAMINATION ISSUES. THEREFORE, THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR NEW RESEARCH TO EXPLAIN THE FUNDAMENTAL WAY BACTERIA SHED FROM, ATTACH TO, AND SURVIVE ON CHICKEN DURING CRITICAL PROCESSING STEPS. NOT MEETING THIS NEED REPRESENTS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, BECAUSE WITHOUT CLEAR SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS INFORMING PATHOGEN CONTROL, THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR POULTRY PRODUCTS TRANSLATES INTO INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR FOODBORNE DISEASE OUTBREAKS.ADDRESSING THESE CONCERNS, OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO BUILD TOOLS FROM EXPERIMENTS AND MATHEMATICAL MODELS TO PREDICT PATHOGEN TRANSFER AND SURVIVAL DYNAMICS DURING THE SCALDING, CHILLING AND POST-CHILL STAGES. THIS RESEARCH IS SIGNIFICANT, SINCE IT WILL PROVIDE THE POULTRY INDUSTRY WITH SCIENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO REDUCE SALMONELLA AND CAMPYLOBACTER CONTAMINATION LEVELS DURING PROCESSING. THE RESULTING NEW INSIGHT INTO PATHOGEN CROSS-CONTAMINATION WILL ALSO FURNISH KEY INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS SEEKING TO CHARACTERIZE RISK ALONG THE POULTRY SUPPLY CHAIN. FINALLY, DUE TO GROWING POPULATIONS, LIMITED RESOURCES, AND THE CONTINUED PUBLIC HEALTH BURDEN FROM SALMONELLOSIS AND CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS, OUR RESULTS WILL WORK TOWARDS PROVIDING ALL AMERICANS ACCESS TO SAFER POULTRY PRODUCTS AND HELP ENSURE THE USDA'S CONTINUED GLOBAL ROLE AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF FOOD SAFETY.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 3/27/26 | ||
| Not listed | $498.2k | 2/6/23 |