# Discipline A Microbiology Track 1

> **NIH FDA U19** · MICHIGAN STATE DEPT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $165,000

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract Discipline A Microbiology Track 2 Human Food Product Testing 
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Microbiology Laboratory 
emphasizes food safety for human food through the use of surveillance testing for foodborne 
pathogens. The lab employs four food safety microbiologists to perform the testing using validated and 
verified test methods. The lab routinely tests samples for Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes and 
pathogenic E. coli (Shiga-toxin producing E. coli, or STEC). 
Manufactured food samples are routinely collected at retail stores by inspectors of MDARD’s Food and 
Dairy Division.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10172242
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007092-01
- **Recipient organization:** MICHIGAN STATE DEPT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Ted Gatesy
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $165,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10172242

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10172242, Discipline A Microbiology Track 1 (1U19FD007092-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10172242. Licensed CC0.

---

*[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*