# Microbiology Human Food Product Testing

> **NIH FDA U19** · MISSOURI STATE DEPT/ HEALTH & SENIOR SRV · 2020 · $183,062

## Abstract

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services 
 State Public Health Laboratory 
 Project Abstract for FOA PAR-20-105 
 Laboratory Flexible Funding Model 
 Discipline A (Microbiology): Track 2 Human Food 
Purpose: 
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) State Public Health Laboratory 
(MSPHL) seeks FDA cooperative agreement funding opportunity to improve food testing 
surveillance programs through the microbiological analysis of food products and environmental 
samples. 
The goals and outcomes of this cooperative agreement include the following: 
 1. The MSPHL, in support of Missouri’s manufactured food regulatory programs (MFRPS), 
 will conduct testing of targeted food samples using validated test methods under its ISO 
 17025 scope of accreditation. 
 2. The test results generated by the MSPHL will be used to remove adulterated food from 
 commerce and aid regulatory inspections programs in conducting investigations. 
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10165152
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007096-01
- **Recipient organization:** MISSOURI STATE DEPT/ HEALTH & SENIOR SRV
- **Principal Investigator:** Leon Luebbering
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $183,062
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10165152

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10165152, Microbiology Human Food Product Testing (1U19FD007096-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10165152. Licensed CC0.

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