Radiochemistry Food Defense

PAR-20-105实验室灵活资助模式(LFFM)(U19)放射化学食品防护轨道 综合实验室事务司 项目摘要 主要研究人员：克里斯托弗·瓦格纳，博士。 项目总监：谢恩·怀亚特 项目摘要 综合实验室服务部(DCLS)是公共卫生实验室 并为州和联邦政府提供各种实验室检测服务 机构、地方政府和其他州支持公共卫生、环境保护和 紧急响应。食环署署长为食物样本提供监察及紧急应变测试 弗吉尼亚州农业和消费者服务部(VDACS)食品安全计划通过提供近 用微生物学、化学和放射化学方法对食品样品进行综合检测。DCLS是一个 FDA合作协议计划(CAP)的长期参与合作伙伴，并有能力提供 对发射放射性核素的伽马和α/β进行筛选。DCLS还能够量化阿尔法和 贝塔辐射发射。DCLS建议继续提供食品防御活动，保持 为应急响应做好准备，参与持续监控和国家安全活动 作业、参与能力测试、单个或多个实验室的验证以扩展蕨类 方法功能。DCLS参与这一分析轨道将确保其能力，并扩大其 能力，作为英联邦食品放射化学测试的主要反应实验室 并在大型活动中支持蕨类项目。

PAR-20-105 Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM) (U19) Radiochemistry Food Defense Track Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services Project Summary Principal Investigators: Christopher Waggener, Ph.D. Project Director: Shane Wyatt Project Summary The Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS) is the public health laboratory for the Commonwealth of Virginia and offers a wide variety of laboratory testing services for state and federal agencies, local governments and other states in support of public health, environmental protection, and emergency response. DCLS provides surveillance and emergency response testing of food samples for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) Food Safety Program by offering nearly comprehensive testing of food samples by microbiology, chemistry, and radiochemical methods. DCLS is a long-term participating partner in the FDA Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) and is capable of providing screening for gamma and alpha/beta emitting radionuclides. DCLS is also able to quantitate for alpha and beta radiation emission. DCLS proposes to continue to provide food defense activities by maintaining readiness for emergency response, participation in ongoing surveillance and national security event assignments, participation in proficiency testing, and single or multi-laboratory validations to expand FERN method capabilities. Participation by DCLS in this analytical track will ensure its capability, and expand its capacity, to act as the primary response laboratory for food radiochemistry testing in the Commonwealth of Virginia and support the FERN program in large scale events.