Radiochemistry Food Defense

PAR-20-105实验室灵活资助模式（LFFM）（U19）放射化学食品防御轨道 综合实验室服务处 项目摘要 主要研究者：Christopher Waggener，Ph.D. 项目总监：Shane Wyatt 项目摘要 综合实验室服务部（DCLS）是公共卫生实验室， 弗吉尼亚联邦，并提供各种各样的实验室测试服务，为国家和联邦 机构，地方政府和其他国家支持公共卫生，环境保护， 应急处置食物质素监察及化验服务部为 弗吉尼亚州农业和消费者服务部（VDACS）食品安全计划， 通过微生物学、化学和放射化学方法对食品样品进行全面检测。DCLS是一个 FDA合作协议计划（CAP）的长期参与合作伙伴，并能够提供 筛查伽马和α/β放射性核素。DCLS还能够定量α和 β辐射发射DCLS建议继续提供粮食防御活动， 应急准备，参与持续监测和国家安全事件 分配任务，参与能力验证，以及单个或多个实验室验证，以扩展FERN 方法能力。DCLS参与这一分析轨道将确保其能力，并扩大其 作为英联邦食品放射化学检测的主要反应实验室， 弗吉尼亚州和支持蕨类植物计划在大型活动。

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.