# FDA LFFM: Discipline-Chemistry - Analytical Track- Human Food Product Testing at CT AES

> **NIH FDA U19** · CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STA · 2020 · $115,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY- HUMAN FOOD PROJECT 
FDA LFFM: Discipline-Chemistry; Analytical Track-Human Food Product Testing at CT AES 
Project Summary- This proposal is being submitted in response to RFA-PAR-20-105 Laboratory 
Flexible Funding Model (LFFM)(U19). The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CT 
AES) has a 145-year history of food safety research, including 15 years as a member of the FDA 
Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) Chemistry Cooperative Agreement Program 
(cCAP), and 8 years of funding under 4 different FDA ISO food safety CAPs. In addition to being 
the sole laboratory in CT providing chemical testing for the MFRPS program, the CT AES 
participates a broader surveillance and monitoring program to ensure the safety of food in the state. 
The primary goal of the proposed Human Food Project is to acquire the necessary funding to 
improve food testing surveillance programs through the chemical analysis of food products. 
 CT AES was an awardee under three previous FDA CAP awards focused on human food. Our 
current Scope, which includes methods for the chemical analysis of human food, is valid until 
February 2021. The Research Strategy associated with this Project highlights CT AES past 
activities with regard to human food product testing, and details our plan to meet the 15 Aims that 
cross all Projects, as detailed in the RFA, as well as the Human Food Product project-specific goals 
of improving food testing surveillance programs through the chemical analysis of food products. 
The Research Strategy also includes a specific description of the sample type/number, commodity 
pairs and analytical methods pursued under this Project. We will analyze 510 samples per year that 
will be collected by our state regulatory agency for food; the CT Department of Consumer 
Protection. Of these, 200 samples will be part of our ongoing ISO 17025 accredited MFRPS work; 
100 for pesticide analysis and 100 for arsenic analysis. Another 200 samples will be part of a 
commodity/hazard pair; year one will be juices and toxic elements. The last 110 samples will be 
spices for heavy metals and consumer complaint samples for filth/foreign material. 
 The CT AES has demonstrated the expertise, capability, and adaptability to fully meet the 
objectives of this RFA through our successful participation in a number of FDA CAPs, including 
several specifically targeting human food product testing. Receipt of this new award from FDA 
will significantly enhance the ability of the CT AES specifically, and CT in general, to meet the 
program goals laid out in the RFA, and as described by the President’s Food Safety Working Group, 
the Partnership for Food Protection and the Food Safety Modernization Act. 
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10170738
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007094-01
- **Recipient organization:** CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STA
- **Principal Investigator:** JASON C WHITE
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $115,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10170738

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10170738, FDA LFFM: Discipline-Chemistry - Analytical Track- Human Food Product Testing at CT AES (1U19FD007094-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10170738. Licensed CC0.

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