# Radiochemistry Food Defense

> **NIH FDA U19** · VA  DIVISION/CONSOLIDATED LAB SRVS · 2020 · $250,000

## Abstract

PAR-20-105 Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM) (U19) Radiochemistry Food Defense Track 
 Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services 
 Project Summary 
 Principal Investigators: Christopher Waggener, Ph.D. 
 Project Director: Shane Wyatt 
Project Summary 
 The Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS) is the public health laboratory for the 
Commonwealth of Virginia and offers a wide variety of laboratory testing services for state and federal 
agencies, local governments and other states in support of public health, environmental protection, and 
emergency response. DCLS provides surveillance and emergency response testing of food samples for the 
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) Food Safety Program by offering nearly 
comprehensive testing of food samples by microbiology, chemistry, and radiochemical methods. DCLS is a 
long-term participating partner in the FDA Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) and is capable of providing 
screening for gamma and alpha/beta emitting radionuclides. DCLS is also able to quantitate for alpha and 
beta radiation emission. DCLS proposes to continue to provide food defense activities by maintaining 
readiness for emergency response, participation in ongoing surveillance and national security event 
assignments, participation in proficiency testing, and single or multi-laboratory validations to expand FERN 
method capabilities. Participation by DCLS in this analytical track will ensure its capability, and expand its 
capacity, to act as the primary response laboratory for food radiochemistry testing in the Commonwealth of 
Virginia and support the FERN program in large scale events.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10174333
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007077-01
- **Recipient organization:** VA  DIVISION/CONSOLIDATED LAB SRVS
- **Principal Investigator:** SHANE A WYATT
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $250,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10174333

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10174333, Radiochemistry Food Defense (1U19FD007077-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10174333. Licensed CC0.

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