# Enhancement of California's Integrated Food Safety and Security System: Discipline B Track 2

> **NIH FDA U19** · CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH · 2020 · $36,942

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract: Discipline B Chemistry, Track 2 
FDA LFFM (U19), FOA PAR-20-105 
One primary focus of the Food and Drug Laboratory Branch (FDLB) Chemistry Section is 
the monitoring of food and drug products to ensure a safe supply for public consumption. 
The primary objective of the human food product testing project is to improve and expand 
the surveillance testing capacity and capabilities of California's human food products for 
chemical contaminants and adulterants to support the regulatory agencies in identifying 
adulterated food items and conducting investigations. We propose to expand and improve 
chemical testing capacity in the analyses of inorganic and organic contaminants on 
different food matrices that should cover a variety of food commodities such as fresh 
produce (vegetables and fruits), manufactured beverages (juice, bottled water, and 
alcoholic drinks, etc.), milk and related dairy products, baby foods, spices, and seafoods, 
etc. We will work with FDA and our State food regulatory agency to identify commodity / 
hazard pairs, and conduct complete studies consisting of large sample counts for each 
identified pair. To accomplish the goals, we will maintain a well-trained staff who are 
proficient in all the major analytical methods such as the GC-MS / LC-MS for organic 
compounds and ICP-MS (EAM 4.7, EAM 4.10, EAM 4.11, EPA 200.8) for metals and 
speciation analyses, and other technologies such as XRF and ELISA. Recently we have 
purchased and are acquiring some new instruments to be used in this project, such as 
LC-QTOF, ICP-MS, and LC-TripleQuad.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10175992
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007104-01
- **Recipient organization:** CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** DADONG XU
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $36,942
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175992

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10175992, Enhancement of California's Integrated Food Safety and Security System: Discipline B Track 2 (1U19FD007104-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10175992. Licensed CC0.

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