Promoting a Nationally Integrated Food Safety System in Tennessee by Achieving and Maintaining ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Laboratory Accreditation

资助机会 – ISO/IEC 17025:2005 国家食品检测认证 实验室（U18）竞赛A 申请人：田纳西州农业、消费者与工业部 服务部 PHS 398 研究计划 项目概要 CIS 技术服务实验室 (TSL) 充当主要的监管食品检测机构 位于田纳西州的实验室，将是该项目的重点。 TSL 提供食品检测 食品安全部门的服务，包括制造和零售食品安全 节目。为食品监管计划提供服务的两个主要部门是食品监管部门 微生物学部分和残留物部分（食品和环境），这是两个 本项目范围内的部分。 TSL 通过本次合作的具体目标 协议计划 (CAP) 旨在通过加强 CIS 计划来更好地保护公众健康 在三个关键领域。首先，助理质量保证经理和二级化学师 将在现有员工队伍中增加职位，以确保有足够的人员配备 完成项目目标并充分参与 CAP 活动。项目经理职位将 还需添加以与 TSL 工作人员协调；确保实现进度目标，报告 按时完成任务，并组织现场考察、电话会议和审核。其次，谢瑞麟将 通过经批准的认证机构寻求 ISO/IEC 17025:2005 认证，以确保 准确、可靠、可靠的测试数据始终可用，并建立对测试的信心 该实验室对合作机构的分析能力。最后，TSL 打算 通过利用资金购买新设备来扩大其分析能力的范围 并获得其他测试方法的认可。最终结果将更好地装备TSL 参与地方和国家层面的合作努力，积极减少粮食 公共卫生安全风险，并在疫情或危害发生时更好地应对。

Funding Opportunity – ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Accreditation for State Food Testing Laboratories (U18) Competition A Applicant: State of Tennessee, Department of Agriculture, Consumer & Industry Services Division PHS 398 Research Plan Project Summary The CIS Technical Serves Laboratory (TSL) functions as the primary regulatory food testing laboratory in Tennessee and would be the focus of this project. TSL provides food testing services for the Food Safety Section, which includes both Manufactured and Retail Food Safety Programs. The two primary sections that service the food regulatory programs are the Food Microbiology Section and the Residue Section (Food and Environmental) and these are the two sections under the scope of this project. The specific aims for the TSL through this Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) are to better protect public health by strengthening the CIS program in three critical areas. First, an Assistant Quality Assurance Manager and a Level II Chemist position will be added to the existing work force to ensure adequate staffing is available to accomplish project goals and fully participate in CAP activities. A project manager position will also be added to coordinate with TSL staff; making sure progress goals are achieved, reporting deadlines are met, and organizing on-site visits, conference calls, and audits. Second, TSL will seek ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation through an approved accrediting body to ensure that accurate, reliable, and defensible test data are consistently available and build confidence in the analytical capacities of this laboratory for collaborating agencies. Finally, the TSL intends to expand the scope of its analytical capabilities by leveraging funding to acquire new equipment and achieve accreditation for additional testing methods. The end result will better equip TSL to participate in cooperative efforts at both local and national levels to proactively reduce food safety risks to public health, and better respond to outbreaks or hazards when they do occur.