Laboratory flexible funding model (lffm) indiana department of health - overall project summary indiana department of health (idoh) laboratory will assist the FDA with a prevention-based approach to…

The Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration awarded the Indiana Department of Health a Cooperative Agreement (U19FD008587) for $1.782 million on September 20, 2025, under the Food and Drug Administration Research program (CFDA 93.103).

The Indiana Department of Health's multidisciplinary laboratory network will assist the FDA with food supply safety monitoring through increased food product analysis. The IDOH Food Microbiology Lab, IDOH Enterics Lab, and IDOH Biological Threat Lab will conduct routine testing and method validation in microbiology disciplines. The IDOH Food Chemistry Lab and IDOH Radiochemistry Lab, with support from the Organics, Chemical Threat and Metals Lab, will perform testing and capacity development in chemistry and radiochemistry disciplines. The departments will collaborate on method validation and capacity development projects involving unfamiliar matrices, methods, and analytes.

Performance runs from September 20, 2025, through June 30, 2030, at Indianapolis, Indiana. AB Sciex LLC is sub-recipient to the Indiana Department of Health under this award (sub-award U19FD008587-86619-A1, dated November 4, 2025), providing advanced analytical instrumentation and support services.

Laboratory flexible funding model (lffm) indiana department of health - overall project summary indiana department of health (idoh) laboratory will assist the FDA with a prevention-based approach to monitoring the safety of the food supply through increasing food product analysis. Idoh laboratories is a multidisciplinary team specializing in environmental and clinical testing for biological and chemical adulterants. Tracks in the microbiology discipline are being completed by the idoh food microbiology lab, idoh enterics lab, and idoh biological threat (BT) lab. Tracks in the chemistry and radiochemistry disciplines are being completed by the idoh food chemistry lab, and idoh radiochemistry lab, with assist from the organics, chemical threat and metals lab. Each department has the training and experience to complete routine testing in their respective lab areas as required in this cooperative agreement. For method validation and capacity development projects, these departments plan to work together using their respective expertise to tackle unfamiliar matrices, methods, and/or analytes to complete the projects.