# Enhancing Human and Animal Food Testing in North Carolina in Support of an Integrated Food Safety System: Microbiology Track 5

> **NIH FDA U19** · NC STATE DEPT OF AGRI AND CONSUMER SERV · 2020 · $135,000

## Abstract

Research & Related Other Project Information 
Project Summary/Abstract 
Component: Microbiology Track 5 
The Food & Drug Protection Division (FDPD) within the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & 
Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) will support a nationally integrated and prevention-focused food and 
feed safety system by building and deploying new analytical capabilities that can be used to supply state 
and federal partners with critical data. In Year 1 of this cooperative agreement, FDPD will develop 
whole genome sequencing (WGS) capabilities through equipment purchase, training, and competency 
assessments. Following development of the WGS program at FDPD, all pathogens isolated from food, 
feed, and environmental samples will undergo WGS, and data will be shared with GenomeTrakr to 
facilitate detection and control of outbreaks of foodborne illness.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10172326
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007091-01
- **Recipient organization:** NC STATE DEPT OF AGRI AND CONSUMER SERV
- **Principal Investigator:** Reagan Converse
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $135,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10172326

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10172326, Enhancing Human and Animal Food Testing in North Carolina in Support of an Integrated Food Safety System: Microbiology Track 5 (1U19FD007091-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10172326. Licensed CC0.

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