# NYS AGM Food Laboratory Discipline Microbiology, Analytical Track 3 -Animal Food Product Testing - July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2025

> **NIH FDA U19** · NY STATE DEPT OF AGRICULTURE/ MARKETS · 2020 · $160,000

## Abstract

NY AGM Food Laboratory - Project Summary/Abstract: 
 The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (NY AGM) has an 
expansive and robust food safety inspection program and a regulatory food safety 
testing laboratory. The Food Laboratory, a division within the NY AGM, has a mission to 
provide expert state of the art analytical testing in support of food safety programs in 
New York State. The Food Laboratory, through food testing, provides support to the 
divisions of Food Safety and Inspection, and Milk Control and Dairy Services. The Food 
Laboratory has comprehensive testing programs for microbiological contamination in 
human food and beverages but not for animal food. This project will provide the 
opportunity to improve this program. 
 If funded for Microbiology Discipline and Analytical Track 3 – Animal Food 
Product Testing, the Food Laboratory will maintain resources and personnel necessary 
for testing 500 samples according to the Food Laboratory Sampling Plan. The 
laboratory will maintain a quality management system compliant with the managerial 
and technical requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 and continue to be accredited by a 
recognized accreditation body. It will participate in proficiency testing or competency 
exercises on an annual basis to maintain analyst competency. If funded, the following 
activities will be part of Food Laboratory deliverables: participation in small-scale 
microbiology method development, method validation research, and matrix extension 
research; microbiology related training and mentorship to other State laboratories, if 
requested; FERN membership and participation in conference calls, meetings, and 
support of FERN activities; key personnel will be sent to an annual LFFM Face-to-Face 
Meeting; quarterly summaries of all animal food samples collected and analyzed under 
the Sampling Plan, notification of FDA project manager and technical lead of any 
presumptive positive samples in a timely manner, full laboratory packages of any 
violative sample after laboratory report is released in a timely manner, maintenance of a 
confidentiality agreement with FDA, and participation in at least one FDA requested 
assignment annually related to animal food. The Food Laboratory will support the 
integrated food safety system by sharing laboratory results with the FDA when 
considering enforcement actions for surveillance and regulatory purposes.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10175121
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007122-01
- **Recipient organization:** NY STATE DEPT OF AGRICULTURE/ MARKETS
- **Principal Investigator:** Maria Lucia Ishida
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $160,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175121

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10175121, NYS AGM Food Laboratory Discipline Microbiology, Analytical Track 3 -Animal Food Product Testing - July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2025 (1U19FD007122-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10175121. Licensed CC0.

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