# Microbiology Capability/Capacity Development

> **NIH FDA U19** · OHIO STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $12,500

## Abstract

Increasing the Capability and Capacity of 
Microbiological and Chemical Testing to Support an 
Integrated Food Defense and Food Safety System 
Microbiology Discipline, Microbiology Capability/Capacity Development 
Analytical Track 
Project Summary / Abstract 
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) Consumer Protection Laboratory (CPL) propose to 
strengthen federal efforts to protect the national food supply and enhance the state's regulatory 
effectiveness in food safety as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act and the Food 
Emergency Response Network. ODA-CPL shall increase their existing capabilities and 
capacities through the incorporation of and implementation of Cyclospora testing on routine 
human and animal food products. We expect this process to be completed in the first year of the 
grant cycle. ODA-CPL seeks to address three issues during FY21. First, ODA-CPL shall 
purchase new equipment that is required of the FDA method. Second, we will develop a training 
plan for our scientists so that we can effectively train them on FDA BAM method 19b. 
Lastly, once the principal investigator determines the scientists can perform the method, we 
shall have the scientists participate in a proficiency exercise as a demonstration of competence. 
We look forward to adding this analyte to our capabilities. It will be an immense enhancement 
to our program and help us better serve our clients and federal partners.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10173194
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007087-01
- **Recipient organization:** OHIO STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** YAMIR ROSA
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $12,500
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10173194

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10173194, Microbiology Capability/Capacity Development (1U19FD007087-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10173194. Licensed CC0.

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