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Research Projects Database

The Food Safety Research Information Office (FSRIO) operates the Research Projects Database (RPD). The RPD tracks food safety research that is funded by FSRIO-partner agencies (identified as Funding Sources below). The funding agencies are listed in the order of funded projects. The RPD is also searchable by the Category of the funded projects and the primary Commodity group of the funded project.

Browse by Category

  1. Bacterial Pathogens(11,174)
  2. Natural Toxins(5,009)
  3. Chemical Contaminants(2,507)
  4. Sanitation and Quality Standards(1,822)
  5. Risk Assessment, Management, and Communication(1,571)
  6. Food Defense and Integrity(1,390)
  7. Escherichia coli(1,201)
  8. Legislation and Regulations(889)
  9. Salmonella(832)
  10. Viruses and Prions(793)

Browse by Commodity

  1. Meat, Poultry, Game(2,677)
  2. Produce(1,381)
  3. Nuts, Seeds(384)
  4. Seafood(337)
  5. Eggs(290)
  6. Dairy(183)
  7. Grains, Beans, Legumes(139)

Browse by Funding Source

Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture(5,139)
Agricultural Research Service(2,939)
Food and Drug Administration(1,871)
Nat'l. Inst. of Allergy and Infectious Diseases(1,564)
Food Standards Agency(931)
United States Nat'l. Science Fndn.(802)
European Commission(581)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council(302)
Nat'l. Cattlemen's Beef Assoc.(226)
Nat'l. Inst. of Environmental Health Sciences(216)
ARS (NP108)(209)
Dept. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs(153)
Nat'l. Center For Toxicological Research(126)
Nat'l. Inst. of General Medical Sciences(117)
Ontario Min. of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs(117)
European Food Safety Authority(113)
Center for Produce Safety(107)
Nat'l. Inst. of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases(96)
Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.(96)
Center For Food Safety and Applied Nutrition(75)
Fndn. for Meat and Poultry Research and Education(68)
Nat'l. Center for Environmental Health(58)
Nat'l. Inst. of Child Health and Human Devel.(54)
Dairy Research Inst.(45)
Nat'l. Inst. of Neurological Disorders and Stroke(40)
Pork Checkoff(35)
Campden BRI(31)
safefood(30)
Binational Agricultural Research and Devel. Fund(25)
Nat'l. Cancer Inst.(19)
Economic Research Service(16)
Fogarty Int'l. Center(16)
Nat'l. Pork Board(15)
United States Army(14)
Nat'l. Center for Research Resources(14)
Nat'l. Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases(11)
Nat'l. Center for Complementary and Integrative Health(10)
Agriculture & Horticulture Develop. Board(10)
Fresh Express(9)
Nat'l. Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine(9)
Int'l. Life Sciences Inst.(8)
Nat'l. Inst. of Health(7)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(7)
Food Safety Inspection Service(7)
Nat'l. Dairy Council(7)
Nat'l. Inst. of Mental Health(7)
Nat'l. Heart, Lung and Blood Inst.(7)
Nat'l. Inst. on Aging(6)
Nat'l. Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health(6)
European Union(6)
Innovate UK(4)
Office of the Director(4)
Economic and Social Research Council(4)
National Center for Environmental Health(3)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service(3)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry(3)
Nat'l. Eye Inst.(2)
Nat'l. Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities(2)
Beef Checkoff(1)
Nat'l. Center for Advancing Translational Sciences(1)
Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response(1)
United States Dept. of Agriculture(1)
Center for Disease Control(1)
Medical Research Council(1)
Nat'l. Library of Medicine(1)
United States Navy(1)
Food Marketing Inst. Fndn.(1)
Nat'l. Inst. on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism(1)
Nat'l. Inst. of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering(1)

Recent Projects

Extending NARMS surveillance of antibiotic resistance in retail foods in California

Project Summary/Abstract Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an important issue for food safety and public health. TheNational Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) Retail Food Surveillance insouthern California started in 2018. This…

Impact of Egg Handling and Long-term (25 wk) Storage on Egg Physical and Microbial Quality

Compare Salmonella shedding and microbial quality of eggs and environment in commercial-style conventional cage, enriched colony cage, enrichable colony cage, cage-free, and free range systems for various genetic strains of laying hens.

INVESTIGATION OF THE HIGH HERD PREVALENCE OF BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA (BVD) IN DAIRY FARMS IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION OF THE UNITED STATES

The long-term goals of my laboratory is to apply novel approaches for pathogen identification and support the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of veterinary diseases. The goals of the current proposal are to investigate the unusually high herd…

NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program to Strengthen Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens (U01) Clinical Trials Not Allowed

Project Summary/AbstractThe Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is a long-term participant and leader in theNational Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System Retail Food Surveillance (RFS)program. TDH feels that the expansion of the retail food…

Improving integrated pest management (IPM) of aphid BYDV vectors (PhD)

Various aphid species, particularly the bird cherry–oat aphid and grain aphid, transmit Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) to cereal crops. BYDV management needs to change, primarily because of two important developments. Firstly, moderate levels of…