Food safety has become a talking point of global proportions, resulting in previously un-thought-of partnerships and information sharing
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced its National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council(BBSRC) have joined forces. The two agencies, separated by an ocean, are jointly funding five food safety-related initiatives.
Monies, in the form of research grants, will be awarded by the US-UK Collaborative Animal Health and Disease and Veterinary Immune Reagents program. This unified organization will fund food-safety research with almost $6 million, $2.3 million from NIFA and $3.5 million from the BBSRC.
NIFA’s director, Sonny Ramaswamy, spoke about the need for the safety, security, and quality of livestock produced in the U.S. and shipped around the world. He iterated that through this international partnership, new ways to control the spread of pathogens and effectively impact those issues relevant to food safety in both countries can be discovered.
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