FDA’s 2014 Food Safety Challenge
The Food Safety News website reported that the Food and Drug Administration has launched the 2014 FDA Food Safety Challenge, the FDA’s first open innovation competition under the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act, which grants all federal agencies broad authority to conduct prize competitions to spur innovation, solve tough problems, and advance their core missions. Backed by a $500,000 prize purse, the challenge calls on innovators to submit concepts that achieve breakthrough improvements in detecting Salmonella in fresh produce.
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