(FOA)-
FERN Cooperative Agreement Program (FSIS-FERN-030220); April 10, 2020
Agency
US
Department of Agriculture - Food
Safety Inspection Service
Description
The
Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) currently comprises federal, state, and
local government regulatory laboratories with varying capacities to perform
threat agent testing. The FERN Staff in USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) is seeking to award new cooperative agreements thereby
continuing its program of providing surge capacity and capability for food
defense and food safety testing to FSIS. The agreements will enhance the
ability to analyze for microbiological, radiological and chemical threat agents
utilizing approved FERN methods to improve laboratory capacities for food
defense assignments, outbreak response, and other food testing projects. The
agreements will support FERN sample testing, method training, supplies required
by the approved methods and the possible purchase of equipment and
reimbursement of personnel expenses.
Announcement
Number:
FSIS-FERN-030220
Closing
Date:
April
10, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=325011
Contact
Information
Robert
W Phillips
706-546-2349