# Washington State Food Safety Surveillance Project

> **NIH FDA U19** · WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH · 2020 · $15,464

## Abstract

1 WASHINGTON STATE FOOD SAFETY SURVEILLANCE PROJECT 
2 Abstract 
 3 The Washington State Department of Health Public Health Laboratories (WAPHL) is proposing 
 4 multiple projects through this cooperative agreement that will benefit from the strong 
 5 collaboration between the Microbiology and the Environmental Laboratory Sciences 
 6 Departments. Projects proposed in this application span all disciplines for which funding is 
 7 available. The proposed projects will either maintain or expand WAPHL capabilities in the areas 
 8 of Food Microbiology, Chemical Food Defense, Advanced Molecular Detection, Shellfish 
 9 Biotoxins, Shellfish Biomonitoring and Food Radiochemistry. 
10 The projects being proposed by all of the laboratories within the WAPHL will be accomplished 
11 through the inner workings of having a well-established organizational structure, management 
12 style, quality assurance program, subject matter experts, a solid laboratory infrastructure, 
13 established sample collection relationships, and long lived collaborations. 
14 WAPHL have been managing grants successfully for over 20 years. Among these, multiple 
15 United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Center for Disease Control and 
16 Statistics (CDC) grants have continuously been funded. Currently the WAPHL proposal includes 
17 projects that will be managed by the microbiology and the environmental laboratory sciences 
18 departments. The laboratory has sufficient, equipment, and personnel to support all of the 
19 projects proposed in this application. The laboratory also boasts ISO accreditation for some of 
20 its radiation chemistry activities, has plans for expanding ISO accreditation and has a quality 
21 management plan for sections not covered under ISO accreditation. The environmental 
22 sciences and microbiology sections also have strong collaborations with several environmental 
23 programs within Washington State Department of Health. 
24 The collaboration within the WAPHL is a holistic approach by our Environmental Laboratory 
25 Science and Microbiology departments here at WAPHL to work together in helping to create a 
26 safer food supply for not only Washington State residents but also for visitors and other 
27 consumers of Washington’s extensive food supply.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10173514
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007085-01
- **Recipient organization:** WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Ailyn C Perez-Osorio
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $15,464
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10173514

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10173514, Washington State Food Safety Surveillance Project (1U19FD007085-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10173514. Licensed CC0.

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