# Development of California's Animal Food Testing Surveillance Program

> **NIH FDA U19** · CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH · 2020 · $28,000

## Abstract

Micro A: Track 3 
Project Abstract/Summary 
Application Title: Enhancement of California's Integrated Food Safety and Security System 
Project title: Development of California's Animal 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 Food and Drug 
Branch (FDB) which regulates animal food within the state. The purpose of this analytical track is to 
improve the animal food testing surveillance programs through the microbiological analysis of animal 
food products. The test results generated by these laboratories can be used to remove adulterated 
animal food from commerce and aid regulatory inspection programs in conducting investigations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10175996
- **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:** $28,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175996

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10175996, Development of California's Animal Food Testing Surveillance Program (1U19FD007104-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10175996. Licensed CC0.

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