Building an Integrated Laboratory System to Advance the Safety of Food and Animal

项目摘要/摘要 这项提案是由公共卫生实验室协会合作提交的 (APHL)、食品和药物官员协会(AFDO)和美国人协会 饲料控制官员(AAFCO)。合作的目的是为了实现以下目标 通过促进国家长期改善的食品安全现代化法案 食品和动物饲料安全体系。总体目标是加强和整合 促进公众健康的食品和饲料检测实验室社区。三位一体 协会是唯一有资格执行这项工作的机构，因为它们的使命是代表 并支持多学科实验室进行食品和动物饲料检测 支持监管计划、监测工作和疫情调查。特定的 工作目标包括：管理支持计划，以促进ISO/IEC 17025：2005年认可成员实验室；建立联邦、 国家、地方食品和饲料检测实验室；就验收达成全国共识 以及更好地分享分析数据；确定统一的国家框架 实验室对食品或动物饲料安全紧急情况的反应；改善沟通 联邦、州和地方测试实验室及其相关的监管和 公共卫生计划；为饲料实验室提供熟练测试计划；以及 加强与临床实验室的伙伴关系，以改善样本和 信息。实现这些目标将需要广泛的合作和协调 三个协会，与联邦合作伙伴，与广泛的利益攸关方。这些方法 为实现这些目标而采取的措施包括确定示范计划和过程； 试行新办法；组织国家和区域论坛和重点小组； 发展工作组、资源库和专题专家登记册； 提供正式培训课程和其他成人学习机会(与 国际粮食保护训练所)；以及现有委员会的利用 每个协会的基础设施。对成功的衡量将与既定的衡量标准相对照，书面 并在与资助机构协商后进行了改进。

Project Summary/Abstract This proposal is submitted collaboratively by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO), and the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO). The purpose of the collaboration is to further the goals of the Food Safety Modernization Act by facilitating long-term improvements to the national food and animal feed safety system. The overall goal is to strengthen and integrate a community of food and feed testing laboratories for the advancement of public health. The three Associations are uniquely qualified to perform this work because their mission is to represent and support the multi-disciplinary laboratories that perform food and animal feed testing in support of regulatory programs, surveillance efforts, and outbreak investigations. Specific objectives of the work include: management of support programs to facilitate ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation of member laboratories; establishment of equivalency between federal, state, and local food and feed testing laboratories; reaching national consensus on the acceptance and better sharing of analytical data; identification of a national framework for a unified laboratory response to food or animal feed safety emergencies; improvements in communication among federal, state, and local testing laboratories and with their associated regulatory and public health programs; providing a proficiency testing program for feed laboratories; and strengthening partnerships with clinical laboratories to improve the sharing of samples and information. Achieving these objectives will require extensive collaboration and coordination of the three Associations, with federal partners, and with a wide range of stakeholders. The methods to be employed to reach these objectives include identification of model programs and processes; pilot testing of new approaches; organization of national and regional forums and focus groups; development of working groups, resource repositories, and Subject Matter Expert registries; delivery of formal training sessions and other adult learning opportunities (in collaboration with the International Food Protection Training Institute); and utilization of the existing committee infrastructure of each Association. Measurement of success will be against stated metrics, written and refined in consultation with the funding agency.