Improving the Capability of Maryland State Public Health Food Testing Laboratory

提高马里兰州公共卫生食品检测实验室的能力

• 批准号: 8730492
• 负责人: Prince A. Kassim
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8730492
• 关键词: Improving; Capability; Maryland; State; Public

PROJECT SUMMARY Food defense and food safety are core functions of the Food and Drug Administration. These activities are associated with protecting the nation's food supply from intentional tempering or unintentional contamination and to help food processors understand how and where food supplies could be contaminated. If left unabated, food contamination could cause massive illness or death, or produce devastating economic impacts, or mental anxiety (consumer fear, panic, and loss of confidence in the US food supply). Food defense and safety is not only important in terms of public health but has significant economic value and impact on food industries and thus on the US economy. In this vain, Maryland presents significant challenges for food protection with an intimate mix of urban and rural environments and activities. A major gap in the Nation's preparedness is the lack of a comprehensive nationally harmonized State-based food testing accreditation capability and capacity needed to identify, screen, and monitor chemical and microbiological contamination of foods for surveillance, terrorism, or emergencies. The Laboratories Administration food testing laboratory is the state's primary servicing laboratory for conducting chemical and microbiological food/feed analyses on behalf of the Maryland State manufactured food regulatory programs. To better address these laboratory and infrastructure challenges, the Laboratories Administration will use this Cooperative Agreement to: (1) develop, establish, and implement a quality system that meets the management and technical requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 with the goal of achieving laboratory accreditation; (2) participate in proficiency testing studies; (3) establish and maintain staff training, communication systems, and IT management; and (4) conduct gap analysis and request funding to obtain and acquire needed resources to obtain and maintain ISO17025 accreditation in chemistry and microbiology testing. These efforts will lead to national harmonization of tests performed and data generated to support Maryland State manufactured food regulatory programs. Additionally, it will provide Maryland with the ability to monitor certain imported and domestic food products that have a history of past contamination problems or that involve security concerns for the State and the nation. The subsequent surveillance program will also help maintain program proficiency and efficiency needed to ensure surge capacity and an adequate response during a disease outbreak or an actual emergency. The Laboratories Administration further proposes to develop and maintain this program under a timetable that would procure QA technical staff, outside consultation, equipment, supplies; develop and validate methods; train and evaluate staff for accreditation; apply and obtain ISO 17025 accreditation; participate in and maintain PT program; participate in prescribed drills/table top exercises, plan and conduct surveillance monitoring; develop communications architecture with grantor and stakeholders, and improve access, management, and security of information technology. The Laboratories Administration proposes to carry out this project in Year 1 with a requested federal budget of $300,000 and to further operate this project with a projected total budget of $1,200,000 for Years 2 through 5.

项目摘要 食品防御和食品安全是食品和药物管理局的核心职能。 这些活动与保护国家的粮食供应有关， 回火或无意的污染，并帮助食品加工商了解如何和在哪里 食品供应可能受到污染。如果不加以控制，食品污染可能会造成大规模的 疾病或死亡，或产生破坏性的经济影响，或精神焦虑（消费者恐惧， 恐慌，以及对美国食品供应的信心丧失）。食品安全不仅是 在公共卫生方面很重要，但对食品具有重大的经济价值和影响 产业，进而影响美国经济。在这种徒劳中，马里兰州提出了重大挑战 城市和农村环境与活动紧密结合， 国家准备工作中的一个主要差距是缺乏一个全面的国家 统一的国家食品检测认证能力和能力， 检查和监察食物的化学及微生物污染情况，以便进行监察， 恐怖主义或紧急情况。 实验室管理局食品测试实验室是国家的主要服务 化验所，代表食物及饲料管理局进行化学及微生物食物/饲料分析， 马里兰州制造食品监管计划。为了更好地解决这些实验室 和基础设施的挑战，实验室管理局将利用这一合作 同意：（1）开发、建立和实施符合管理要求的质量体系 ISO/IEC 17025：2005的技术要求，目标是实现实验室 （2）参与能力验证研究;（3）建立和维持工作人员 培训、通信系统和IT管理;以及（4）进行差距分析， 申请资金，以获得和获取所需的资源，以获得和维护ISO 17025 化学和微生物学测试认证。这些努力将使国家 为支持马里兰州制造的产品而进行的测试和生成的数据的协调 食品监管计划。此外，它将为马里兰州提供监测能力， 某些进口和国产食品过去曾有污染问题 或涉及国家和民族安全的问题。随后的监视 该计划还将有助于保持确保增兵所需的计划熟练程度和效率 在疾病爆发或实际紧急情况期间， 实验室管理局进一步建议开发和维护该计划 根据时间表，将采购质量保证技术人员，外部咨询，设备， 供应;开发和验证方法;培训和评估认证工作人员;申请和 获得ISO 17025认证;参与并维护PT计划;参与规定的 演习/桌面演习，计划和进行监督监测;发展通信 与授权人和利益相关者的架构，并改善访问，管理和安全 信息技术. 实验室管理局建议在第一年开展这一项目， 要求联邦预算300 000美元，并进一步运作这一项目，预计总额 第二年到第五年的预算为120万美元。