# Discipline B: Chemistry, Analytical Track 3. Animal Food Product Testing

> **NIH FDA U19** · MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $73,606

## 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 Animal Food Product Testing Project will be conducted in Years 1 through 5 of the cooperative 
agreement. The goal of this project is to enhance Mississippi's animal food testing program in partnership 
with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce's Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI). We 
will screen rendered products, dairy cattle feed, horse feed, chicken feed, dog and cat food, and pig feed 
for mercury and heavy metals, pesticides, and aflatoxins. Samples will be provided by BPI, and in Years 
1 and 2, we will test a total of 250 samples; while in Years 3 through 5, the sampling load will increase 
to 500 samples annually. 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:** 10173408
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007069-01
- **Recipient organization:** MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Jeffrey Scott Boone
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $73,606
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10173408

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10173408, Discipline B: Chemistry, Analytical Track 3. Animal Food Product Testing (1U19FD007069-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10173408. Licensed CC0.

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