# Arizona Department of Health Services Laboratory - Microbiology Tract 1: Food Defense

> **NIH FDA U19** · ARIZONA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HLTH SRVCS · 2020 · $196,882

## Abstract

Microbiology Tract 1 – Food Defense 
Narrative 
The Arizona Department of Health Services Laboratory (ASPHL) Microbiology program will 
continue to engage in food defense microbiology analysis by maintaining competency in FDA 
Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) analytical methods in support of an integrated 
food safety system. The ASPHL Microbiology Program will ensure laboratory surge capacity for 
the analysis of foods and food products related to microbiological contamination, through 
intentional means, and enhance the network capacity and readiness of state BSL2+ and BSL3 
laboratories and strengthen the collaboration of surveillance testing activities between Arizona 
and FDA so as to continue building a nationally integrated laboratory science system.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10175848
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007108-01
- **Recipient organization:** ARIZONA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HLTH SRVCS
- **Principal Investigator:** Jason Foster Mihalic
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $196,882
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175848

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10175848, Arizona Department of Health Services Laboratory - Microbiology Tract 1: Food Defense (1U19FD007108-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10175848. Licensed CC0.

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