# Chemistry Capability / Capacity Development Analytical Track

> **NIH FDA U19** · OHIO STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $62,000

## Abstract

Increasing the Capability and Capacity of 
Microbiological and Chemical Testing to Support an 
Integrated Food Defense and Food Safety System 
Chemistry Discipline, Capability / Capacity Development Analytical Track 
Project Summary / Abstract 
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) Consumer Protection Laboratory (CPL) proposes 
incorporate an allergen screening method developed by the FDA into their laboratory as a 
routine screening method for human food products. The xMAP Food Allergen Detection Assay 
(xMAP FADA) kit innovates by working through a multiplex assay technology rather than more 
conventional ELISA technology; benefits include the ability to test for multiple allergens 
simultaneously and reduces the potential for a false positive through cross-reactivity of proteins 
across different kits. ODA-CPL has developed a plan for the first project year to purchase, 
install and develop the method with the end goal to authorize an analyst on its use for routine 
surveillance of human food products to supplement the state sampling program as well as 
LFFM’s human food testing analytical track. As part of the process, ODA-CPL will enroll in a 
proficiency testing scheme as part of its test of competency and develop written standard 
operating procedures for incorporation into the laboratory’s quality program. The laboratory 
will update its laboratory information management system to include the new test and a cost 
analysis per sample will be performed. ODA-CPL intends to continue applying for similar 
capability and capacity development projects as the FDA continues to offer them assuming 
ODA-CPL’s current personnel, technology and equipment and workflow is compatible with the 
project.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10173198
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007087-01
- **Recipient organization:** OHIO STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Jason Siu Kong
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $62,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10173198

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10173198, Chemistry Capability / Capacity Development Analytical Track (1U19FD007087-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10173198. Licensed CC0.

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