# Salmonella Risk Assessment - FSIS

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/fsis-02152022-salmonella-risk-assessment-fsis/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/338092

> Food Safety Inspection Service offered grants of up to $295,000 (at least $100,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $295,000 in total. Applications closed on May 16, 2022.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | FSIS-02152022 |
| Agency | Food Safety Inspection Service |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | May 16, 2022 |
| Award ceiling | $295,000 |
| Award floor | $100,000 |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $295,000 |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 10.479 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

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.

## What the grant funds

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) responsible for ensuring the safety of meat, poultry, and egg products. The Office of Public Health Science (OPHS)—one of many program areas supporting FSIS’ mission—brings public health leadership to FSIS to assure the establishment and support of scientifically sound food safety programs. The OPHS Risk Assessment and Analytics Staff (RAAS) conducts scientific risk assessments and develops new analytic methods for assessing risks of biological and chemical hazards in meat, poultry and egg products that inform risk management decisions and risk communication activities. RAAS’ scientific and technical analyses guide, support and enhance FSIS public health goals as they relate to regulatory initiatives, internal policymaking, data collection, research priorities, and the FSIS food safety goals. 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. Inputs will include prevalence, levels, and subtypes of Salmonella at various points in the production-to-consumption chain, along with pre-harvest and post-harvest production practices. FSIS will be able to use FSIS-generated data for some of the model inputs. Other inputs may be informed by published scientific studies, or expert elicitations.

## Questions people ask

### Is FSIS-02152022 still open?

No. It closed on May 16, 2022.

### Who can apply for Salmonella Risk Assessment - FSIS?

Food Safety Inspection Service accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Salmonella Risk Assessment - FSIS?

Closed May 16, 2022. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $295,000 each. About $295,000 in total for one award.

### Who has won Food Safety Cooperative Agreements grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Health Research, Inc. The program made 58 awards worth $13.7 million in that time.