# B. Chemistry 3. Animal Food Product Testing

> **NIH FDA U19** · NEBRASKA ST DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $172,167

## Abstract

Discipline B. Chemistry, Analytical Track 3: Animal Food Product Testing 
 One of the primary goals of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture Feed, Fertilizer, and Ag 
Lime (FFAL) Laboratory is to support the Commercial Feed Act and Commercial Feed Regulations in their 
regulatory mission by providing accurate and timely testing services. The functions performed by staff in 
the FFAL Laboratory have a great and positive effect on the citizenry of the state. While much of the 
work done affects production agriculture, testing performed is important to pet and homeowners as 
well, whether in a rural or urban setting. For consumer protection all feed manufacturers, transporters, 
and distributors/retailers are subject to sampling to assure compliance with state and federal feed 
safety and labeling regulations. 
 We are willing and able to perform the following analyses on animal food products: mycotoxin 
analyses to ensure compliance with toxic elements (genotoxic and carcinogenic compounds), nutritional 
analysis to verify nutrition deficiencies or toxicities, toxic metals analyses to ensure compliance with 
toxic elements. For this project, we propose to perform monensin surveillance with an annual minimum 
of 100 animal food samples for the next five years. We consider monensin in animal feed as a hazard‐ 
commodity pair that is specific to our region. The lab has a sampling agreement with the NDA 
Commercial Feed Program to specify the numbers and types of animal food samples that will be 
collected and analyzed for the NDA Feed, Fertilizer, and Ag Lime Laboratory. This sampling agreement 
will be renewed for each project year.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10174035
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007083-01
- **Recipient organization:** NEBRASKA ST DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Sally Flowers
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $172,167
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10174035

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10174035, B. Chemistry 3. Animal Food Product Testing (1U19FD007083-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10174035. Licensed CC0.

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