# Discipline D - Special Projects - Analytical Track 2 - NFSDX and ORAPP Integration

> **NIH FDA U19** · PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · 2020 · $45,000

## Abstract

Abstract 
As a large state with a population of nearly 13 million, and an economic value of 6.1 billion in 
Pennsylvania agriculture, it is of primary importance for Pennsylvania to possess a laboratory dedicated 
to the analysis of food and feed products in order to provide defensible knowledge concerning the 
safety and integrity of the products produced by the commonwealth. The integrity of this knowledge is 
critical to inform decision makers in the production of public policy and protection of public health. 
In 2015 the Laboratory Division of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Bureau of Food Safety 
and Laboratory Services (“Laboratory”) began its participation in the Food and Drug Administration’s 
Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standard Cooperative Agreement Program with the primary goal of 
achieving accreditation to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard, that defines the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories. In 2020, the Laboratory is set to achieve this goal and is looking toward 
expanding the scope of its accreditation to better support its Food and Feed regulatory programs, and, 
in turn, support the FDA Integrated Food Safety System created under the 2011 Food Safety 
Modernization Act. To do this, the Laboratory is focused on four goals pivotal to the development of its 
services: 1) To strengthen its utilization of quality management and continuous improvement, 2) to 
expand its scope of accreditation and testing capabilities, 3) to establish and expand manufactured food 
and feed product testing for regulatory purposes, and 4) to continue to develop lasting laboratory 
partnerships.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10176012
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007103-01
- **Recipient organization:** PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Charles George Decker
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $45,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10176012

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10176012, Discipline D - Special Projects - Analytical Track 2 - NFSDX and ORAPP Integration (1U19FD007103-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10176012. Licensed CC0.

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