Shellfish and Seafood Safety Assistance Project

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Shellfish and Seafood Safety Assistance Project: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), Office of Seafood is announcing its intent to award, noncompetitively, a cooperative agreement to the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC) in the amount of $320,500 for fiscal year 2006, for direct and indirect costs combined. Subject to the availability of Federal funds and successful performance, 4 additional years of support will be available. FDA will support the research covered by this notice under the authority of section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (the PHS act) (42 U.S.C. 241). FDAs research program is described in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 93.103. Before entering into cooperative agreements, FDA carefully considers the benefits such agreements will provide to the public. This effort will enhance FDAs molluscan shellfish sanitation program and provide the public greater assurance of the quality and safety of these products.