# Colorado Dept of Agriculture Application for the FDA LFFM PAR-20-105

> **NIH FDA U19** · COLORADO STATE DEPARTMENT/AGRICULTURE · 2022 · $153,000

## Abstract

The Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) Biochemistry Laboratory is seeking funding
under FDA funding opportunity PAR-20-105, "Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM) (U19)."
The Colorado Department of Agriculture is committed to working with the FDA to enhance the
capacity and capabilities of state human and animal food testing laboratories to support the
overall goal of an integrated food safety system. The CDA supports the goal of the Microbiology
Analytical Tracks 1, 2 and 3 and a coordinated sampling program “to improve food testing
surveillance programs through the microbiological analysis of human and animal food products,
including food defense”. Our Research Plan for these three Microbiology Analytical Tracks and
associated sampling special project establishes that the CDA Biochemistry Laboratory (CDA-BCL)
meets the eligibility requirements for this funding opportunity. Furthermore, our research plan
demonstrates that the CDA-BCL is competent and currently has the capability to achieve the
program requirements and goals outlined in the funding opportunity including the proper
laboratory facilities and equipment, credentialed sampling program, organizational structure,
personnel, management system, food testing capabilities, and laboratory quality management
system. Through overall funding requested, the CDA-BCL will:
  Participate in FDA-requested exercises, surveillance and method improvement projects
 through Microbiology Analytical Track 1 – Food Defense.
  Conduct microbiological analyses of 200 human food samples for a single
 commodity/hazard pair through Microbiology Analytical Track 2 – Human Food Product
 Testing, and 300 pet treat products for Salmonella through Microbiology Analytical
 Track 3 – Animal Food Product Testing.
  Provide a regulatory sampling program and participate in one year of the NFSDX /
 ORAPP project through Discipline D: Special Projects 1 and 2.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10447660
- **Project number:** 5U19FD007074-03
- **Recipient organization:** COLORADO STATE DEPARTMENT/AGRICULTURE
- **Principal Investigator:** Kristina Jean McCallum
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $153,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10447660

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10447660, Colorado Dept of Agriculture Application for the FDA LFFM PAR-20-105 (5U19FD007074-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10447660. Licensed CC0.

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