Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project (FERN)

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	Federal Grant Title:	Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project (FERN)
	CFDA Number:	93.448
	CFDA Description:	Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project
	Federal Agency Name:	Food and Drug Administration
	Category of Funding Activity:	Food and Nutrition
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	RFA-FDA-ORA-05-1
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	May 27, 2005
	Creation Date:	May 27, 2005
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 24, 2005
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Jul 24, 2005
	Expected Number of Awards:	6
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$2,100,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$350,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments
Additional Information on Eligibility: This cooperative agreement program is only available to State, local and Tribal government Food Emergency Response Laboratory Network (FERN) laboratories.
Grant Description: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA), Division of Federal-State Relations (DFSR), is announcing the availability of cooperative agreements for equipment, supplies, personnel, training, and facility upgrades to Food Emergency Response Laboratory Network (FERN) laboratories of State, local, and tribal governments. The cooperative agreements are to enable the analyses of foods and food products in the event that redundancy and/or additional laboratory surge capacity is needed by FERN for analyses related to chemical terrorism. These grants are also intended to expand participation in networks to enhance Federal, State, local, and tribal food safety and security efforts. The goal of ORA's cooperative agreement program is to complement, develop, and improve State, local, and Indian tribal food safety and security testing programs. With cooperative agreement grant funds this will be accomplished through the provision of supplies, personnel, facility upgrades, training in current food testing methodologies, participation in proficiency testing to establish additional reliable laboratory sample analysis capacity, and analysis of surveillance samples. In the event of a large-scale chemical terrorism event affecting foods or food products, the recipient may be required to perform selected chemical analyses of domestic and imported food samples collected and supplied to the laboratory by FDA or other Federal agencies through FDA. These samples may consist of, but are not limited to, the following: Vegetables and fruits (fresh and packaged); juices (concentrate and diluted); grains and grain products; seafood and other fish products; milk and other dairy products; infant formula; baby foods; bottled water; condiments; and alcoholic products (beer, wine, scotch). All grant application projects that are developed at State, local, and tribal levels must have national implication or application that can enhance Federal food safety and security programs. At the discretion of FDA, successful project formats will be made available to interested Federal, State, local, and tribal government FERN laboratories. There are four key project areas identified for this effort: (1) The use of Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis for the screening and identification of poisons, toxic substances, and unknown compounds in foods; (2) The use of Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) analysis for the screening and identification of poisons, toxic substances, and unknown compounds in foods; (3) The use of Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (ICP/ MS) analysis for the screening and identification of heavy metals and toxic elements in foods; and, (4) The use of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and other antibody-based analyses for the screening and identification of unknown toxins in foods. FDA will support the projects covered by this notice under the authority of section 312 of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (the Bioterrorism Act) (Public Law 107-188). This program is described in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance under number 93.448.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project (FERN)
http://www.fda.gov/ora/fed_state/default.htm
Grant Announcement Contact: Polit, Cynthia, Senior Grants Management Specialist, Phone 301-827-7180, Fax 301-827-7101, Email cpolit@oc.fda.gov cpolit@oc.fda.gov Polit, Cynthia
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