# Enhancing Food Testing Capabilities at the WVDA through Discipline D: Special Projects; Analytical Track 1: Sample Collection

> **NIH FDA U19** · WEST VIRGINIA STATE DEPT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $45,000

## Abstract

Project Summary for Discipline D, Analytical track 1: Sample Collection 
 The cooperative agreement PAR-20-105: Laboratory Flexible Funding Model is intended 
to enhance the capacity and capabilities of state human and animal food testing laboratories in 
support of an integrated food safety system. Specifically, through sample testing in the areas of 
microbiology and chemistry and the development of special projects that would support and 
expand that testing. This project will strengthen and improve the collaboration of surveillance 
testing activities between the FDA and our state and local laboratory partners to continue 
building a nationally integrated laboratory science system. 
 The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) is the primary regulatory agency 
and laboratory for the Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards (AFRPS). The WVDA also 
has the Manufactured Foods Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) cooperative agreement 
with the FDA and is the primary laboratory in the state conducting testing for the program. The 
laboratory desires to enhance their capacity and capabilities of both programs in both the 
Microbiology and Chemistry Disciplines through the FDA Laboratory Flexible Funding Model 
Cooperative Agreement surveillance project. 
 Samples will be collected by the WVDA Regulatory Officers and will be analyzed by the 
WVDA Laboratory. Both parties will approve a sampling plan for each year. Currently, the 
WVDA is accredited for 18 microbiological methods with three of the Salmonella methods being 
approved for animal feed. Any methods used for surveillance activities will follow ISO 17025 
guidelines including proficiency testing and method validations. 
 With the current established framework at the WVDA of personnel, facilities, ISO 
accreditation, on-going involvement of surveillance activities, and MFRPS and AFRPS 
programs, the WVDA is committed to completing the objectives of this agreement. This project 
will enhance the surveillance efforts in West Virginia in order to support an integrated food 
safety system and enhance the collaboration with the FDA to build a nationally integrated 
laboratory science system.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10170843
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007093-01
- **Recipient organization:** WEST VIRGINIA STATE DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** AMIE J MINOR
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $45,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10170843

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10170843, Enhancing Food Testing Capabilities at the WVDA through Discipline D: Special Projects; Analytical Track 1: Sample Collection (1U19FD007093-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10170843. Licensed CC0.

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