# Discipline A - Microbiology - Analytical Track 2: Human Food Product Testing

> **NIH FDA U19** · WA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $165,000

## Abstract

PAR-20-105: Discipline A - Microbiology - Track 2: Human Food Product Testing 
Project Summary 
The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) Food Safety and Consumer Services 
(FS&CS) Laboratory is the State’s Primary Regulatory Human Food Safety Laboratory. The WSDA 
FS&CS Laboratory seeks five years of funding through the FDA Laboratory Flexible Funding Model 
(LFFM) Cooperative Agreement Program’s Discipline A Microbiology Track 2 to enhance the capacity 
and capabilities of state human food testing laboratory in support of an integrated food safety system. 
 The FS&CS Laboratory has all the required technical expertise in testing and sampling under 
 this analytical track; conducts an average of 20,000 individual tests on over 8,000 food, feed, 
 environmental and dairy samples under our state directed food safety program. 
 Is eligible to apply for this cooperative agreement program since we have received funding 
 under the FDA FERN MCAP. The Laboratory has proven itself a successful partner under 
 this cooperative agreement from 2010. Our FERN team has contributed 3,600+ samples in 
 2-year) among all 14 FERN MCAP labs through our self-sampling & testing program. 
 Has a long-standing collaboration with WSDA Food Safety Program’s samplers. These 
 samplers have demonstrated competence in aseptic sampling techniques and adherence to 
 the strict sampling guidelines of FDA. Eight lab personnel have been trained in sampling. 
 Provides testing support under WSDA’s FDA-funded Rapid Response Team Cooperative 
 Agreement and has responded to multiple Washington State animal food poisoning and labeling 
 cases: Salmonella from Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter, environmental samples from a custom meat 
 slaughtering facility, and Listeria monocytogenes found in Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream to 
 name a few past incidents. FDA-FERN MCAP was instrumental in support of these efforts. 
 Has the necessary facilities and equipment to continuously to support the additional work 
 associated with this project. 
 Is located in a strategic geographic area of the United States. Washington State is home to 
 several major international shipping ports, through which nearly $16 billion in food and 
 agricultural products were exported in 2018. 
 Has been accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 since 2011. 
If our Track 2 proposal is accepted, we are willing and able to do the following: 
 1. Participate in human food samples collection and analysis (500+) 
 2. Provide analytical data for potential regulatory utilization 
Washington State Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Consumer Services Laboratory

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10173382
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007086-01
- **Recipient organization:** WA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Yong Liu
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $165,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10173382

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10173382, Discipline A - Microbiology - Analytical Track 2: Human Food Product Testing (1U19FD007086-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10173382. Licensed CC0.

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