New hampshire food emergency response network laboratory flexible funding model - overall project summary/abstract during the 2025-2030 period, new hampshire public health laboratories (NH PHL)…

The Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration awarded New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services a $2.51 million cooperative agreement on September 20, 2025, to establish and enhance food testing laboratory capabilities supporting an integrated food safety system through the Food and Drug Administration Research program (CFDA 93.103).

NH PHL will conduct 15 coordinated projects across three disciplines spanning the period through June 30, 2030. Under Microbiology, the recipient will perform human food product testing (500 analyses), NARMS product testing (150 analyses), animal food product testing (100 analyses), whole genome sequencing maintenance, food defense activities, and method development and validation. Under Chemistry, NH PHL will conduct human food product testing (500 analyses), animal food product testing (100 analyses), food defense activities, and method development and validation. Under Radiochemistry, the recipient will execute food defense, method development and validation, and capacity/capability development activities. Work is performed in Concord, New Hampshire. The grant strengthens NH PHL's capacity to prevent foodborne illnesses and minimize exposures by increasing sample throughput and serving as a resource within the state and nationally, operating under FDA Laboratory Flexible Funding Model guidance.

New hampshire food emergency response network laboratory flexible funding model - overall project summary/abstract during the 2025-2030 period, new hampshire public health laboratories (NH PHL) intends to maintain and enhance the capabilities of human and animal food testing laboratories in support of an integrated food safety system (ifss). This objective will be accomplished through prioritized sample testing and food defense preparedness, with guidance from FDA lffm. The multicomponent grant with fifteen projects will strengthen and improve NH PHL's efforts to prevent foodborne illnesses and minimize foodborne exposures by supporting a nationally integrated network, and equipping NH PHL to serve as a resource capable of increasing sample throughput capacity within the state and nationally. NH PHL proposes a total of 15 projects comprised of the following: discipline a: microbiology track A1: human food product testing (500 analyses) track A2: narms product testing (150 analyses) track A3: animal food product testing (100 analyses) track A4: whole genome sequencing - maintenance track A6: food defense track A7: method development/validation track A8: capacity/capability development discipline b: chemistry track B1: human food product testing (500 analyses) track B2: animal food product testing (100 analyses) track B3: food defense track B4: method development/validation track B5: capacity/capability development discipline c: radiochemistry track C1: food defense track C2: method development/validation track C3: capacity/capability development