# Presentation: 210716

## CSREES and Food Safety Research 	

**Mary E. Torrence ****DVM, Ph.D., DACVPM, FACE**
**National Program Leader for Food Safety**

## U.S. Department of Agriculture

- <date/time>

**I. Miley Gonzalez**
**Under Secretary**
**720-5923**

**Eileen Kennedy**
**Deputy ****Under Secretary**
**720-8885**

**Office of the**
**Under Secretary**

- Agricultural
- Research Service
- (ARS)
- ......
- Administrator
- Floyd Horn
- 720-3656

- Cooperative State
- Research, Education,
- and Extension Service
- (CSREES)
- ......
-  Administrator
- Colien Hefferan
- 720-4423

- Economic Research
- Service
- (ERS)
- ......
- Administrator
- Susan Offutt
- 694-5000

- National Agricultural
- Statistics Service
- (NASS)
- ......
- Administrator
- Donald Bay
- 720-2707

**USDA Global Change Program Office**
**Office of Water Quality**
**National Agricultural Pesticide Impact**
**  ****Assessment Program**
**Office of REE Advisory Committee**

- Administrative and
- Financial Management
- (AFM)
- ......
- Acting Deputy Administrator
- Wiz Horner
- 690-2575

**U.S. Department of Agriculture**

**Research, Education, and Economics**

## Funding Opportunities

**www.reeusda.gov**

***Funding Opportunities***

**National Integrated Food Safety Initiative**
**NRI- 32.1 Epidemiological Approaches for Food Safety**
**NRI -  32.0 Food Safety (Human Nutrition, Food Safety, and Animal Health)**
**Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems ****(IFAFS)**

## CSREES Food Safety Grants- 2000  (NRI)

- 32.1 Epidemiological Approaches for F.S.
- 5 awards
- Range: $231,000-$1,392,000
- Avg: $811,000

- 32.0 Ensuring F.S
- 24 Awards
- Range: $60,000 - $310,000
- Avg: $196,5000

## 32.0 Food Safety 

***32.0 Food Safety****** ***

**Basic, laboratory- type research with an emphasis on method development**
**Development of prevention/control strategies and improved detection methods**
**Identification of obstacles to safe food habits and development of intervention strategies**
**Approaches to and models for risk assessments**

## 32.1 Epidemiological Approaches for Food Safety

***32.1 Epidemiological Approaches for Food Safety***

**Large, population-type/field studies**
**Identification of risk factors, sources and reservoirs **
**Identification and/or assessment of management practices, intervention strategies**
**Provide data for risk assessments**

## National Integrated Food Safety Initiative	

**New integrated program that replaced Special Food Safety Research Grants and Food Safety and Quality National Education Initiative**
**Awarded around $14 million in 2000**
**Proposals due May 14, 2001**

## 2000 Grant Awards

**29 Awards **** **
**Range: $285,491 - $600,000**

##    Major Areas of Emphasis

**Integration of a research and educational or extension program**
**Food Safety research areas include risk assessment, control measures, fresh fruits and vegetables, sources and reservoirs**
**Educational areas include food handler education, HACCP model development, testing, and implementation**

## Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (IFAFS)

**Proposals were due April 23**
**To provide science-based solutions for emerging issues**
**Areas include agricultural genome, biotechnology, food safety, technology and human nutrition, new uses for agricultural products, natural resources, farm efficiency and profitability.**

## Funded Research from the National Integrated Food Safety Initiative - Listeria monocytogenes

## Minimizing the risk of Listeria monocytogenes and other pathogens in dried foods(J. Sofos, Colorado State Univ., $479,223)

**Develop pre-drying treatments and drying processes effective in destroying bacteria**
**Evaluate the incorporation of antimicrobials for inhibition of contaminants**

## Control strategies for Listeria monocytogenes in food processing environments(M. Wiedmann, Cornell Univ., $534,287)

**Develop, evaluate and deliver science-based outreach programs for improved control strategies**
**The use of environmental control strategies and sanitation procedures to reduce *****Listeria***

## Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes biofilms by plasma-deposited antibacterial layers(A. Wong, Univ. of Wisconsin, $285,491)

**To use plasma-aided technologies ****to develop antibacterial surfaces to inhibit biofilm formation**

## 1999 NRI Awards-

**Genetic markers and pathogenesis features of *****Listeria monocytogenes***** serotype 4b ****(S. Kathariou, Univ of Hawaii, $222,000)**
**A membrane fluidity model for sensitivity of foodborne pathogens to preservatives (T. Montville, Rutgers Univ., $230,405)**
**Transmission of *****Listeria monocytogenes***** in food systems (M. Wiedmann, Cornell U., $192,000)**

## NRI continued.....	

**Molecular mechanisms of psychotropy in  *****Listeria monocytogenes***** (****B. Wilkinson, Illinois State U., $253,000)**** **
***Listeria monocytogenes*****: ozone inactivation ****(S. Martin, Univ of Ill., $95,000)**

## Special Research Grants- 1999	

**Post-process Pasteurization of Packaged, RTE Meat Products for Control of *****Listeria monocytogenes***** (H. Thippareddi, Kansas State U, $124,026)**

## Characterization of Antimicrobials and Risk Assessment of Listeria monocytogenes on Hot Dogs (J. Sebranek, Iowa State Univ., $275,000)

**Exploratory Phase****- ****Sodium diacetate; sodium diacetate/sodium lactate/potassium benzoate; sodium diacetate/potassium benzoate**
**Comprehensive Phase****- ****3%, 6% solutions; 5 temperatures**

## Quantitation of Listeria monocytogenes in RTE foods and Risk Assessment (D. Gombas, NFPA Research Foundation, $340,000)

**Preliminary findings****- 1% prevalence ****in luncheon meats; 2% prevalence ****in prepared salads; low counts**
**Next steps****- compare subtypes with human outbreaks; survey 5 other product categories**