# Special Project NFSDX Integration or ORAPP Adoption Analytical Track

> **NIH FDA U19** · OHIO STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $20,000

## Abstract

Increasing the Capability and Capacity of 
Microbiological and Chemical Testing to Support an 
Integrated Food Defense and Food Safety System 
Special Projects Discipline, NFSDX and ORAPP Integration Analytical Track 
Project Summary / Abstract 
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) Consumer Protection Laboratory (CPL) proposes to 
enhance their laboratory information management system (LIMS) to allow for direct transfer of 
laboratory results to the FDA National Food Safety Data Exchange (NFSDX). This enhancement 
will allow laboratory information to be immediately accessible and linked to active FDA 
investigations through the Office of Regulatory Affairs Partners Portal (ORAPP). To accomplish 
this, ODA-CPL’s laboratory and IT team will work with the FDA NFSDX and ORAPP Teams as 
well as the development vendor for their LIMS, Acclaim, to identify gaps in reporting fields or 
formatting that need adjusted, present a final scope of work, authorize said work and put the 
finished product into production before the end of the project year. During this process ODA- 
CPL will collaborate in meetings with the NFSDX and ORAPP Teams for troubleshooting, 
guidance and identification of emergent issues during the implementation phase of the project. 
The laboratory will enter into a Memorandum of Understanding and Interconnection Security 
Agreement with the FDA as required for program participation. Lastly, the laboratory will 
participate in data exchange onboarding meetings and complete any FDA assignments related to 
NFSDX and ORAPP.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10173200
- **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:** $20,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10173200

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10173200, Special Project NFSDX Integration or ORAPP Adoption Analytical Track (1U19FD007087-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10173200. Licensed CC0.

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