Discipline B - Chemistry - Analytical Track 4 - Chemistry Capability/Capacity Development

摘要 作为一个拥有近1300万人口，年经济价值61亿美元的大州， 宾夕法尼亚州农业，这是最重要的宾夕法尼亚州拥有一个实验室，专门 食品和饲料产品的分析，以提供有关的防御知识， 联邦生产的产品的安全性和完整性。这种知识的完整性是 这对决策者制定公共政策和保护公共健康至关重要。 2015年，宾夕法尼亚州农业部食品安全局实验室部门 和实验室服务（“实验室”）开始参与食品和药物管理局的 动物饲料监管计划标准合作协议计划，主要目标是 获得ISO/IEC 17025标准的认证，该标准定义了测试的能力， 校准实验室2020年，实验室将实现这一目标，并期待着 扩大其认证范围，以更好地支持其食品和饲料监管计划， 反过来，支持根据2011年食品安全法案创建的FDA综合食品安全系统 现代化法案。为此，该实验室专注于四个目标，这四个目标对实验室的发展至关重要。 服务：1）加强质量管理和持续改进的利用，2） 扩大其认证和测试能力的范围，3）建立和扩大制成品食品 和饲料产品检测的监管目的，和4）继续发展持久的实验室 伙伴关系。

Abstract As a large state with a population of nearly 13 million, and an economic value of 6.1 billion in Pennsylvania agriculture, it is of primary importance for Pennsylvania to possess a laboratory dedicated to the analysis of food and feed products in order to provide defensible knowledge concerning the safety and integrity of the products produced by the commonwealth. The integrity of this knowledge is critical to inform decision makers in the production of public policy and protection of public health. In 2015 the Laboratory Division of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services (“Laboratory”) began its participation in the Food and Drug Administration’s Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standard Cooperative Agreement Program with the primary goal of achieving accreditation to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard, that defines the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. In 2020, the Laboratory is set to achieve this goal and is looking toward expanding the scope of its accreditation to better support its Food and Feed regulatory programs, and, in turn, support the FDA Integrated Food Safety System created under the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act. To do this, the Laboratory is focused on four goals pivotal to the development of its services: 1) To strengthen its utilization of quality management and continuous improvement, 2) to expand its scope of accreditation and testing capabilities, 3) to establish and expand manufactured food and feed product testing for regulatory purposes, and 4) to continue to develop lasting laboratory partnerships.