# Discipline A Microbiology Track 3: Animal Food Product Testing

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

## Abstract

PAR-20-105: Discipline A - Microbiology - Track 3: Animal 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 Animal 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 3 to enhance the capacity 
and capabilities of state animal food testing laboratory in support of an integrated food safety system. 
 The WSDA FS&CS Laboratory has all the required technical expertise (prohibited materials 
 (BSE), filth, pathogen, toxin etc.) 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 AFRPS MCAP and BSE grant. 
 Has a long-standing collaboration with WSDA Animal Feed Program’s samplers. For over 10 
 years these samplers have demonstrated competence in aseptic sampling techniques and 
 adherence to the strict sampling guidelines of FDA and/or USDA. 
 Provides testing support under WSDA’s FDA-funded RRT Cooperative Agreement and has 
 responded to multiple Washington State animal food poisoning and labeling cases. 
 Has the necessary space to continue supporting 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. The Port of Seattle, the state’s largest city and 
 port, is the gateway port for all Asian and Canadian trade. 
 Has been accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005-2017 since 2011 and also received FDA ISO 
 funding support in the past 9 years. 
If our Track 3 proposal is accepted, we are willing and able to do the following: 
 1. Participate in animal food sample 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:** 10173383
- **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/10173383

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10173383, Discipline A Microbiology Track 3: Animal Food Product Testing (1U19FD007086-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10173383. Licensed CC0.

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