The Secretary of Agriculture shall award a grant, on a competitive basis, to a research facility described in subsection (b) of this section to establish a red meat safety research center.
A research facility eligible for a grant under subsection (a) of this section is a research facility that—
(1) is part of a land-grant college or university, or other federally supported agricultural research facility, located in close proximity to a livestock slaughter and processing facility; and
(2) is staffed by professionals with a wide diversity of scientific expertise covering all aspects of meat science.
The red meat safety research center established under subsection (a) of this section shall carry out research related to general food safety, including—
(1) the development of intervention strategies that reduce microbiological contamination of carcass surfaces;
(2) research regarding microbiological mapping of carcass surfaces; and
(3) the development of model hazard analysis and critical control point plans.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall administer funds appropriated to carry out this section.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 1997 to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XVI, §1676, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3779; Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, §839, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1169.)
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