VDH Laboratory Food Testing Capability and Capacity Enhancement Project

项目摘要 佛蒙特州卫生部实验室（VDHL）位于359南方公园大道， 佛蒙特州科尔切斯特VDHL的使命是通过提供 高质量的分析服务，实验室科学的领导地位和对公共卫生的支持， 环境活动。作为主要的服务实验室，VDHL致力于 通过支持监管和监督，加强佛蒙特州的食品安全体系 佛蒙特州卫生部食品和住宿计划（VDHFL）， 持有与FDA签订的国家制造食品监管计划合同。支持这些 活动，VDHL必须保持和加强其ISO/IEC 17025认证， 2016年9月，以确保生成的所有测试数据有效且可辩护。VDHL请求 从2020年7月到2025年6月，将有1，884，472美元的资金用于维持 提升ISO/IEC 17025认证，增加食物抽样和测试能力， 制定一种经验证的方法，检测人类食物中的伽马放射性核素，并报告所有 向FDA收集监测数据。这些资金的一些具体用途包括雇用两名新的 公共卫生实验室科学家，购买关键设备，前往面对面的会议， 分享最前沿的想法，并通过特殊项目验证新方法。通过这个 合作伙伴关系，进行的实验室分析数量和类型的增加将导致 通过综合食品安全体系加强对食品供应的保护。

Project Abstract Summary The Vermont Department of Health Laboratory (VDHL) is located at 359 South Park Drive in Colchester, VT. The mission of VDHL is to promote health and prevent disease by providing quality analytical services, leadership in laboratory science and support to public health and environmental activities. VDHL, as the primary servicing laboratory, is committed to strengthening the food safety system in Vermont by supporting the regulatory and surveillance activities of the Vermont Department of Health Food and Lodging Program (VDHFL), which holds the State Manufactured Food Regulatory Program contract with FDA. To support these activities, VDHL must maintain and enhance its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, obtained in September 2016, to ensure all test data generated is valid and defensible. VDHL is requesting funds in the amount of $1,884,472 to be used from July 2020 through June 2025 to maintain and enhance its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, increase its food sampling and testing capacity, develop a validated method for gamma emitting radionuclides in human food, and report all collected surveillance data to FDA. Some specific uses of the funds include hiring two new Public Health Laboratory Scientists, buying key equipment, traveling to face-to-face meetings to share cutting edge ideas, and verifying new methods through special projects. Through this partnership, an increase in the number and type of laboratory analyses conducted will lead to enhanced protection of the food supply through an integrated food safety system.