# Discipline B - Chemistry: Animal Food Product Testing - Analytical Tracks 1 - 3

> **NIH FDA U19** · TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH · 2020 · $257,714

## Abstract

Abstract 
PROJECT SIX: Texas Animal Food Product Testing for Chemical Hazards 
The OTSC Animal Food Surveillance of Chemical and Environment Hazards project includes: 
1) sampling and analyzing 600 products for chemical hazards, 2) Removing adulterate product 
from market, and 3) expanding OTSC-AAS analytical methodology to encompass target analytes 
including cannabis (year 1), pentobarbital (year 2), ethoxyquin (year 3), and glyphosate and acid 
herbicides (year 4). The Texas Animal Food Product Testing for Chemical Hazards project 
includes analyzing surveillance samples as follows: 200 rendered products for toxic metal 
analysis; 200 pet food products for aflatoxin analysis and vitamin D, and 200 distiller grains, 
wheat midds, and similar products for fumonisin and zearalenone. OTSC is the Texas regulatory 
agency that has the authority collect and analyze these samples in their ISO/IEC 17025:2017 
laboratory and perform regulatory compliance activities to remove adulterate product from the 
market. These surveillance samples will be built into the OTSC regulatory Plan-of-Work (POW), 
which is developed annually using procedures contained in SOP F0032 in fulfillment of AFRPS 
standard 8 and 11. The POW is statistically derived and risk-based. The sample collection and 
analysis strategically capture market activities and balance the chemical hazard surveillance with 
laboratory throughput to meet the OTSC 10-day turnaround time goal. OTSC lab is staffed by 13 
analysts, a laboratory quality manager, and 4 laboratory attendants. The lab is equipped with 
current and well maintained instrumentation. OTSC regulatory personnel include 14 field 
investigators who are qualified to collect samples for chemical and microbiological analysis 
using official procedures and has the authority to remove adulterate product from the market. As 
an outcome of this project, Texas animal food testing for chemical hazards will be strengthened, 
scope of ISO accreditation expanded to include more chemical contaminants through method 
development, validation and implementation into the OTSC laboratory resulting in capacity and 
capability increase.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10160668
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007097-01
- **Recipient organization:** TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH
- **Principal Investigator:** TIMOTHY JOHN HERRMAN
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $257,714
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10160668

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10160668, Discipline B - Chemistry: Animal Food Product Testing - Analytical Tracks 1 - 3 (1U19FD007097-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10160668. Licensed CC0.

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