Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced it will award $24 million to research projects for improving food safety. 
The grants were awarded to 35 projects at
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Food Safety Wins Thumbs-Up in 2012 Specialty Crop Grants
It’s a green light for food safety from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2012 specialty crop grants, with 8.4 percent of the total number of grants going to food safety projects – among them
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Center for Produce Safety Awards 10 Projects $1.8 Million
The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) at the University of California, Davis this week announced ten new grant awards for research projects that will look at critical food safety issues for fruit, vegetable and nut
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USDA Looks to Dole Out More Food Safety Research Grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has released requests for applications (RFA) to support improving the safety of the U.S. food through research and education. The USDA said
Microbe Found in Salt Could Lead to Salmonella Vaccine
The Baltimore Sun reported Thursdaythat a team of University of Maryland School of Medicine scientists have spent years researching and developing salt crystals harboring microbes that could act as carriers vaccines for pathogens such
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Researchers to Look at 8 Harmful E. Coli Strains
A $25 million grant has been awarded to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to study how to reduce the risk of 8 pathogenic E. coli strains that can contaminate beef and cause human illness.
The five-year
Clemson Prof Gets Grant to Prevent Norovirus in Schools
The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $542,999 grant to a Clemson University food safety scientist to study how norovirus spreads in elementary schools, a project that is especially timely given
USDA Doles Out $10.4 Million in Food Safety Grants
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded 17 grants in 13 states to improve the safety of the food supply through research, education and extension.
USDA’s National
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USDA Funds Norovirus Study
North Carolina State University (NCSU) has received a $25 million federal grant to study how human noroviruses are transmitted and survive in food, with a goal of finding better ways to control them and reduce
$6.8 Million in Produce Safety Grants Awarded
The University of California-Davis’ Center for Produce Safety has awarded $6.8 million to fund 41 research projects aimed at informing the production of safe fruits, vegetables, and other specialty crops.
“It’s the highest number of
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USDA Awards 22 Research Grants
Last week the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a statement announcing the recipients of 22 matching grants for an array of research topics.
In a press release the USDA explained, “These grants focus on
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