Food Safety in the Heartland

University Of Iowa, Iowa City IA

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Abstract

RR Other Project Information 7. Project Summary/Abstract The primary goal of this project is to provide surge capacity support for federal laboratories involved in testing food and food products for chemical contaminants that may threaten public health in addition to being a lab resource for testing of food and food products during surveillance activities. Other goals include the refinement or extension of existing analytical procedures for testing chemical contaminants in foods, the development of new testing procedures when suitable testing procedures are not available, and finally to establish a network of food safety labs that communicate, collaborate, and support one another with the common goal of food safety. A variety of analytical instruments will be used to support chemical testing procedures: ICP/MS for the testing of metals, GC/MSD and LCMS ion trap for the testing of organic chemicals, and ELISA for rapid screening of select organic chemicals.