# Discipline B: Chemistry, Analytical Track 2. Human Food Product Testing

> **NIH FDA U19** · MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $69,759

## Abstract

Abstract 
In response to the FDA's Laboratory Flexible Funding Model program announcement, the 
Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory (MSCL) has submitted a robust proposal titled 
“Enhancement of Mississippi's Capabilities in Integrated Food Safety Partnerships.” This plan 
encompasses six projects: 
• Discipline B: Chemistry, Analytical Track 1. Food Defense (Years 1-5) 
• Discipline B: Chemistry, Analytical Track 2. Human Food Product Testing (Years 1-5) 
• Discipline B: Chemistry, Analytical Track 3. Animal Food Product Testing (Years 1-5) 
• Discipline D: Special Projects 1. Sample Collection (Years 1-5) 
• Discipline D: Special Projects 2. NFSDX and ORAPP Integration (Year 1 only) 
• Discipline D: Special Projects 3. Method Development/Validation (Year 2 only) 
The Human Food Product Testing Project will be conducted in Years 1 through 5 of the cooperative 
agreement. The goal of this project is to enhance the State of Mississippi's human food testing program 
in partnership with the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH), who will collect the majority of our 
samples. In Year 1, we will screen a variety of retail food products for major classes of potential 
contaminants. These products and associated tests include the following: infant formula/baby food for 
pesticides, condiments for pesticides, corn products/grains/meal for aflatoxins, juices for pesticides and 
mercury/heavy metals, fruits and vegetables for pesticides, and seafood for marine toxins and 
mercury/heavy metals. Based on the results from Year 1, two commodity-hazard pairs will be chosen for 
Year 2, and 200 samples of each pair will be analyzed. An additional 100 samples will continue to be 
screened for the other commodities as well; in this manner, each the commodity-hazard pairs chosen in 
the following years can continue to be modified based upon these results. The total sample loads for 
Years 3 through 5 will be 500 as well. By the end of the project, the plan would be to permanently 
implement these tests into our normal regulatory testing that we provide to the State.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10173407
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007069-01
- **Recipient organization:** MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Ashley Nicole Meredith
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $69,759
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10173407

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10173407, Discipline B: Chemistry, Analytical Track 2. Human Food Product Testing (1U19FD007069-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10173407. Licensed CC0.

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