# Strengthening California's Food Testing Surveillance Program

> **NIH FDA U19** · CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH · 2020 · $143,000

## Abstract

Micro A: Track 2 
Project Abstract/Summary 
Application Title: Enhancement of California's Integrated Food Safety and Security System 
Project title: Strengthening California's Food Testing Surveillance Program 
The California Department of Health, Food and Drug Laboratory Branch (FDLB) is the State food testing 
laboratory which serves as the primary servicing laboratory for the State of California’s manufactured 
food regulatory program (MFRP) for microbiological and chemical analyses. FDLB is enrolled through 
the Food and Drug Branch in the food safety inspection contract with the Food and Drug Administration 
(FDA) and the MFRP. 
The purpose of this analytical track is to improve food testing surveillance programs through the 
microbiological analysis of food products and environmental samples. The test results generated by 
FDLB can be used to remove adulterated food from commerce and aide regulatory inspection programs 
in conducting investigations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10175995
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007104-01
- **Recipient organization:** CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** David Kiang
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $143,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175995

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10175995, Strengthening California's Food Testing Surveillance Program (1U19FD007104-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10175995. Licensed CC0.

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