# Microbiology: Analytical Track 2: Human Food Product Testing (Medium)

> **NIH FDA U19** · HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH · 2020 · $127,455

## Abstract

Hawaii State Department of Health 
 State Laboratories Division 
Laboratory Preparedness and Response Branch 
 Biological Response Section 
Discipline A – Analytical Track 2: Human Food Testing 
Project Summary: 
The Biological Response Section (BRS) of the SLD has been an active member of the Food Emergency 
Response Network (FERN). Currently, the BRS of the SLD is the front-line for FERN in Hawaii. As a FERN 
Microbiology Laboratory, BRS-SLD is responsible for the rapid detection of microbial threat agents in food, 
provides diagnostic support in response to a large-scale food-borne outbreak and local outbreaks, and 
performs laboratory analyses in support of food security and surveillance activities. The main objective of this 
project is to maintain, enhance and strengthen the capacity and capabilities of Hawaii's FERN Microbiology 
laboratory in support of the nation's objective of building an integrated laboratory science system. By 
enhancing and strengthening the HI FERN Microbiology, we hope to provide useful surveillance data that will 
be added to the national data base with the aim of removing contaminated food products before they reach the 
consumers. 
SLD plans to test at least 250 commodity samples of interest for hazards that are of interest to the FDA 
(examples: Salmonella, STEC, Listeria). Additionally, SLD will continue its partnership with the US FDA San 
Francisco District and the US FDA Honolulu Resident Post to test for Ready-to-Eat (RTE) imported food 
products.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10175094
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007124-01
- **Recipient organization:** HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Remedios B Gose
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $127,455
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175094

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10175094, Microbiology: Analytical Track 2: Human Food Product Testing (Medium) (1U19FD007124-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10175094. Licensed CC0.

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