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North Carolina will be hosting their 5th Annual Food Safety Forum on August 18th, 2009 9:00AM - 3:00 PM live through Adobe Connect. For more information and to register, visit the web site at http://www.ncagr.gov/ncfoodsafetyforum/index.htm.
The USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) announced the addition of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) to its funding opportunities available in 2009.
CSREES anticipates that $190 million will be available for AFRI to support six priority areas: 1) plant health and production and plant products; 2) animal health and production and animal products; 3) food safety, nutrition and health; 4) renewable energy, natural resources and environment; 5) agriculture systems and technology; and 6) agriculture economics and rural communities.
The Request for Applications is expected to be released early in 2009 on the CSREES and Grants.gov web sites.
Go to the AFRI Competitive Grants Program web site for more information. The complete public announcement can be viewed online at www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/afri/pdfs/program_announcement.pdf
The U.S Food and Drug Administration has published a progress summary of its year-old initiative to strengthen and update food safety efforts.
FoodSHIELD technical director, Eric Hoffman, will be the featured guest of an eSeminar on Thursday titled Collaboration and the American Food Supply. The eSeminar is hosted by Washington Technology news magazine and sponsored by Adobe.
The eSeminar is scheduled to be broadcast on September 11, 2008 at 2 PM EDT.
Go to the Washington Technology eSeminar page to register.
September is National Food Safety Education Month.
The FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, USDA Food Safety
and Inspection Service, the CDC, and the Partnership for Food Safety
Education provide several tools for public health professionals in one
place.
Visit www.FoodSafety.gov/September for more informaiton.
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