The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA ) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced March 31, 2015 funding awards totaling nearly $19 million to 36 grantees to ensure the availability of a safe and nutritious food supply while maintaining American agriculture competitiveness. NIFA made the awards through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), which is authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill.
Enhancing Food Safety through Improved Processing Technologies
University of California, Davis, CA
$751,000 | Characterize the risk of cross-contamination of fresh produce as a function of flow conditions in a washer and optimize washer design; develop innovative biosensing approaches; evaluate novel sanitizers technologies; engineer self-regenerating antimicrobial coatings to reduce risk of cross contamination.
University of Maine, Orono, ME
$900,000 | Develop an integrated project among academia, government, industry partners, and stakeholders to create effective waterless, non-thermal processing technologies to provide consumer with safe, nutritious, high-quality produce and love-moisture foods, equip extension agents with knowledge and tools, and facilitate commercialization of the technology and dissemination of information.
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