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

> **NIH FDA U19** · ARIZONA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HLTH SRVCS · 2020 · $250,000

## Abstract

Radiochemistry – Tract 1 Food Defense 
Narrative 
The Arizona Department of Health Services Laboratory (ASPHL) Radiation Measurements 
Laboratory proposes to collect and analyze select foodstuffs for gamma emitting radionuclides 
as well as screen for and quantify, gross alpha and gross beta activity in support of FDA Food 
Defense efforts. The program will collect and analyze 100 samples per year for 5-years using 
validated FDA methods for the determination of radionuclides in foodstuff and participate in all 
FDA activities, exercises, trainings, and proficiencies so as to continue to enhance the nation’s 
food defense radiochemical testing capabilities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10175849
- **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:** $250,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175849

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10175849, Arizona Department of Health Services Laboratory - Radiochemistry Tract 1: Food Defense (1U19FD007108-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10175849. Licensed CC0.

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