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Research Project:
Coordination of Food Sample Preparation and Analytical Quality Assurance for USDA Contracts
Location:
Nutrient Data
Project Number: 1235-52000-051-09
Project Type:
Specific C/A
Start Date: Sep 01, 2002
End Date: Aug 30, 2007
Objective:
The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to provide quality control and support for USDA-initiated laboratory contracts and other laboratory projects to improve the quality of data in the National Nutrient Database.
Approach:
The proposed effort will utilize multiple tasks including reference material development and handling to evaluate offerors and monitor contractors, preparation and shipment of food samples to contract laboratories to obtain analytical data, and initial processing of nutrient data from the contract laboratories. In addition, this agreement includes consultations with NDL and contract laboratories on issues of methodology, sample analysis, handling and storage, and it may include analysis of specific nutrients in selected foods.
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