Cooperative Agreement to Support a National Center for Food Safety and Technology; Notice of Intent to Renew a Cooperative Agreement

Résumé

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its intention to accept and consider a single source application for the award of a cooperative agreement in fiscal year 1999. An estimated amount of $2 million per year, with an additional 4 years of support, is available to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to support the National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST), which is located on IIT's Moffett Campus in Summit-Argo, IL. Competition is limited to IIT because IIT has the unique capability to bring together diverse perspectives on food safety; IIT has access to the exceptional combination of scientific expertise, pilot plants, and research facilities necessary to focus those perspectives on cooperative food safety programs; and IIT has underway a cooperative food safety research program and an academic degree program in food safety. This is the first American effort to join the resources of government, academia, and industry in a consortium to study issues of food safety.