# NH PHL Discipline B Chemistry Analytical Track 3 - animal food product testing

> **NIH FDA U19** · NH STATE DEPT/HLTH STATISTICS/DATA MGMT · 2020 · $235,000

## Abstract

Discipline B: Chemistry 
Analytical Track 3: Animal Food Product Testing 
The NH PHL plans to improve animal food testing surveillance programs through the chemical 
analysis of animal food products in New Hampshire. The test results generated by these analyses 
can be used to remove adulterated animal food from commerce and aide the New Hampshire 
Department of Agriculture, Markets and Foods regulatory inspection program in conducting 
investigations. 
The NH PHL plans to perform analyses for toxic metals and pesticides using FERN methods to 
ensure compliance with toxic element action levels and pesticide tolerances. The following 
commodity/hazard pairs will be analyzed; 
Commodity Hazard (s) 
Fish meal Heavy metals 
Fish products Toxin/ Pesticide residues 
The NH PHL will analyze a minimum of 250 Fish Products (mainly fish meal), ensuring a complete 
study of this commodity that a source of food provided for fish raised in hatcheries for sport fishing 
in New Hampshire. Additional samples of commodities identified by the NH DAMF as having 
potential for contamination may also be analyzed to assist in their investigations. 
NH PHL will participate and pass annual proficiency tests, attend the LFFM Face-to-Face 
meeting and monthly FERN calls, maintain ISO 17025 accreditation of CHE.0009 and bring other 
methods under this scope, maintain facilities and personnel necessary to complete the work 
proposed, and provide a detailed quarterly summary of all samples collected and analyzed. The 
NH PHL will maintain a valid 20.88 agreement with the FDA. Sampling will be conducted by the 
NH Bureau of Food Protection, the official agency overseeing dairy farms and plants in the State 
of New Hampshire, following standard FDA-approved practices.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10173077
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007070-01
- **Recipient organization:** NH STATE DEPT/HLTH STATISTICS/DATA MGMT
- **Principal Investigator:** Christine Louise Bean
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $235,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10173077

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10173077, NH PHL Discipline B Chemistry Analytical Track 3 - animal food product testing (1U19FD007070-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10173077. Licensed CC0.

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