FDA Funds Cooperative Agreements on Food Safety

October 20, 1998

In Fiscal Year (FY) 1998, FDA funded seven (7) cooperative agreements under the President’s Food Safety Initiative. These projects may be funded for up to two or three years depending on progress and the availability of funds. In the April 16, 1998, Federal Register, FDA announced the availability of these research funds to study the microbiological hazards associated with the food animal production environment, which includes animal feeds.

A listing of the funded agreements follows:

Cooperative Agreements Funded in FY 98

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Organization	FY 98 Funding
On-farm risk factors for zoonotic enteropathogens associated with cattle feed and water	Dale Hancock	Washington State University Pullman, WA	$152,735
Waterborne dissemination of Escherichia coli 0157:H7	Charles Kaspar	University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI	$102,853
STEC, salmonella virulence and antibiotic resistance in cattle and feed	David Acheson	New England Medical Center Boston, MA	$198,192
Factors affecting numbers of acid-resistant Escherichia coli in cattle	James Russell	USDA/ARS Ithaca, NY	$72,530
Survey of antimicrobial resistant Enterococci in animals	Marcus Zervos	William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, MI	$148,448
Control of EHEC in cattle by probiotic bacteria	Michael Doyle	University of Georgia Athens, GA	$116,026
Evaluation and use of BAM/FDA and rapid methods for on-farm survey	Ann Draughton	University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN	$151,482

Additional information about these agreements is available from Dr. David B. Batson, Center for Veterinary Medicine
(HFV-502), Food and Drug Administration, 8401 Muirkirk Rd., Laurel MD 20708, 301-827-8021