Expand surveillance testing of Milk in Wisconsin

放射化学：分析跟踪食品防御 2020 威斯康星州立卫生实验室 FDA 实验室灵活的资助模式 放射学科PAR-20-105项目 摘要/总结 建立威斯康星州乳制品的放射性基线 威斯康星州卫生实验室 (WSLH) 是威斯康星州的公共和环境实验室 健康实验室。作为威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的一部分，WSLH 致力于 探索新思路，制定新方案，造福国家和民族。的 WSLH 的放射化学部门已成为美国食品和药物管理局食品 应急响应网络 (FERN) 已有十二年多的历史。该协议使 WSLH放射化学部门保持并增强其检测能力和能力 在发生放射性食品紧急情况时快速准确地做出反应。部门 拥有伽马和阿尔法光谱、气体比例计数和液体方面的经验 闪烁计数。放射化学单位仅使用经批准的环境保护 机构 (EPA) 和 FDA FERN 合作协议计划方法。单位是 经EPA认证和检查，有完整的质量保证和质量控制程序 维持。该实验室不是人类或动物食品的监管实验室，也不是 提供动物诊断实验室服务。 据威斯康星州农业、贸易和消费者保护部称 去年牛奶产量超过 300 亿磅，是全国最大的乳制品生产商 产品。随着 EPA RadNet 牛奶采样计划于 2014 年 11 月停止， WSLH 的放射化学部门正在寻求通过以下方式填补国家食品监测的这一缺陷： 测试威斯康星州的原奶，以进一步推动 FDA 防止食源性接触的努力 放射性事件产生的污染物。该计划将重点分析原始数据 来自该州乳制品厂的未经高温消毒的牛奶样品，用于检测伽马发射同位素， 包括 137C 和 131I。该项目取得的所有成果将向国家报告 综合科学系统 FERN。未来的目标包括增加乳制品工厂的数量 超出了该项目的初始范围并扩展到包含 α 和 β 发射器， 例如镅、钚、90Sr。

Radiochemistry: Analytical Track Food Defense 2020 Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene FDA Laboratory Flexible Funding Model PAR-20-105 Project of Radiological Discipline Abstract/Summary Establishing a radiological baseline for the dairy products of Wisconsin The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) is Wisconsin’s public and environmental health laboratory. As part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the WSLH is committed to exploring new ideas and developing new programs to benefit the state and nation. The WSLH’s Radiochemistry unit has been a member of the Food and Drug Administration’s Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) for over twelve years. This agreement has enabled the WSLH radiochemistry department to maintain and enhance its testing capability and capacity for rapid and accurate response in the event of radiological food emergencies. The department has experience in gamma and alpha spectrometry, gas proportional counting, and liquid scintillation counting. The Radiochemistry unit uses only approved Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and FDA FERN Cooperative Agreement Program methodologies. The unit is certified and inspected by the EPA, a complete quality assurance and quality control program is maintained. This laboratory is not a regulatory laboratory for human or animal food, nor does it perform animal diagnostic laboratory services. According to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Wisconsin produced over 30 billion pounds of milk last year and is the country’s largest producer of dairy products. With the cessation of the EPA RadNet milk sampling program in November 2014, WSLH’s Radiochemistry unit is seeking to fill this deficit in the nation’s food monitoring by testing Wisconsin’s raw milk to further the FDA’s efforts to prevent foodborne exposures to contaminants from a radiological event. The program will focus on analysis of raw unpasteurized milk samples from the state’s dairy plants for gamma emitting isotopes, including 137Cs and 131I. All results obtained for this project would be reported to the nationally integrated science system FERN. Future goals include increasing the number of dairy plants beyond the initial scope of this project and expanding to incorporate alpha and beta emitters, such as americium, plutonium, and 90Sr.