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RI State Health Laboratories will enhance capabilities to identify microbiological contaminants in food and will continue active participation in FERN-directed emergency preparedness and response.

Award Number: U18FD005529
ORGANIZATION: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
OPDIV: FDA
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: KDA (KNOWLEDGE/DEVELOPMENT/APPLICATION)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2015
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2020

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RI State Health Laboratories will enhance capabilities to identify microbiological contaminants in food and will continue active participation in FERN-directed emergency preparedness and response. - FDA FERN Microbiology Cooperative Agreement -Project Summary This proposal is for the continuation of the previous cooperative agreement with the RI State Health Laboratories. We have been the recipient of the MCAP funding for several cycles, and continually since 2009. Previous rounds of funding allowed us to build laboratory infrastructure, including traditional culture/biochemical capabilities, molecular detection and identification instrumentation, and trained personnel to greatly enhance our ability to perform rapid microbiological identification of pathogens implicated in food borne outbreaks. In this application, we propose to build on these gains and further enhance our detection capabilities and to continue our participation in the FDA-directed food surveillance for pathogens in food, proficiency testing and method validation studies. We will also increase microbiology testing capabilities and capacity to offer even greater support to the FDA to aid the agency's food defense and food security efforts. This will also enhance laboratory preparedness for responding to local foodborne outbreaks involving contaminated (intentionally or unintentionally) food products. We will continue our efforts towards ISO 17025 accreditation, with the anticipation accreditation date in 2016.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2021	2019	HEALTH, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF	3 CAPITOL HILL	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project	000	5	2/22/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2020	2019	HEALTH, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF	3 CAPITOL HILL	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project	000	5	6/16/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $214,000 )
2019	2019	HEALTH, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF	3 CAPITOL HILL	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project	001	5	8/26/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$214,000
2019	2018	HEALTH, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF	3 CAPITOL HILL	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project	000	4	3/1/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $214,000

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $214,000 )
2018	2018	HEALTH, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF	3 CAPITOL HILL	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project	001	4	8/20/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$214,000
2018	2017	HEALTH, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF	3 CAPITOL HL STE 3	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project	000	3	10/18/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $214,000

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $214,000 )
2017	2017	HEALTH, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF	3 CAPITOL HL STE 3	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project	001	3	8/24/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$214,000
2017	2016	HEALTH, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF	3 CAPITOL HL STE 3	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project	000	2	6/12/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $214,000

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $257,000 )
2016	2016	RI ST DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	3 CAPITOL HILL	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project	000	2	9/2/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$257,000
														Subtotal = $257,000

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $257,000 )
2015	2015	RI ST DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	3 CAPITOL HILL	PROVIDENCE	RI	02908	PROVIDENCE	USA	Food Safety and Security Monitoring Project	000	1	8/31/2015	NEW	$257,000
														Subtotal = $257,000

Grand Total All Awards = $1,156,000

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RI State Health Laboratories will enhance capabilities to identify microbiological contaminants in food and will continue active participation in FERN-directed emergency preparedness and response.

Award Number: U18FD005529

ORGANIZATION: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

OPDIV: FDA

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: KDA (KNOWLEDGE/DEVELOPMENT/APPLICATION)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2015

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2020

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