FDA FERN Cooperative Agreement Continuation Program (U18)

弗吉尼亚联邦 综合实验室服务处 FDA FERN合作协议计划 RFA-FD-15-019 工程摘要 综合实验室服务部（DCLS）为弗吉尼亚联邦提供服务 作为国家实验室，提供分析检测，支持食源性疾病监测 与国家分析机构协调， 要求. DCLS将继续使用州和FERN FDA合作协议 提供资金，以加强和改善迅速准确地查明 食品中的微生物和化学污染物。在过去的五年里，FDA Fern 资金使DCLS能够参与所有提供的监督任务，熟练掌握 测试，方法评估研究，并行使使用联邦标准化的分析 与FERN合作，提供数据库和电子结果报告。继续支持 人员、设备和试剂是DCLS继续全面参与所必需的， 支持这些举措，并继续加强弗吉尼亚州的食品检测计划。这 提案确定了DCLS维持和加强当前 快速准确应对食品安全和食品安全问题的能力 防御 通过FDA FERN合作协议资助的科学人员， 在培训、能力评估和建立专业知识方面投入了数百小时 FDA和FERN标准化方法和仪器。此外，仪器具有 并储存了供应品，以确保准备就绪。与 2015-2016年的资金，DCLS建议继续支持三个FERN FDA的工资 微生物学家和三名化学家致力于FERN实验室测试计划， 支持紧急爆发和激增测试需求。DCLS同意积极参与所有 提供的监督任务、能力测试工作和特别项目 在Fern NPO。DCLS将继续与FDA主题专家合作， 评估新的分析方法，以支持和扩展现有的FERN方法， 以提高病原体和化学检测的灵敏度和特异性。一旦发生食品 紧急情况下，DCLS承诺通过执行选定的任务来协助FERN网络。 对所收集的本地和进口食物样本进行微生物和化学分析， 由FDA提供或通过FERN指导。DCLS将提供所有数据， 根据FDA标准化的投诉和报告的指示，对FERN NPO采取监管行动 方法.

Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services FDA FERN Cooperative Agreement Program RFA-FD-15-019 Project Abstract The Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS) serves the Commonwealth of Virginia as the State Laboratory providing analytical testing in support of foodborne disease surveillance outbreak response and large-scale food emergency testing in coordination with State analytical requirements. DCLS will continue to use both State and FERN FDA Cooperative Agreement funding to strengthen and improve capability and capacity to rapidly and accurately identify microbiological and chemical contaminants in food. Over the past five years, FDA FERN funding has enabled DCLS to participate in all offered surveillance assignments, proficiency tests, method evaluation studies, and to exercise the use of federal standardized analytical worksheets and electronic result reporting in collaboration with FERN. Continued support for personnel, equipment and reagents is necessary for DCLS to continue full participation and support of these initiatives and to continue to strengthen Virginia’s food testing program. This proposal identifies critical resources necessary for DCLS to maintain and strengthen current capabilities and capacities to rapidly and accurately respond to issues of food safety and food defense. Scientific personnel supported through FDA FERN Cooperative Agreement funding have invested hundreds of hours in training, competency assessments and establishing proficiencies in FDA and FERN standardized methods and instrumentation. Additionally, instrumentation has been maintained and supplies stocked in order to assure a ready state of preparedness. With 2015-2016 funding, DCLS proposes to continue to support the salaries of three FERN FDA Microbiologists and three Chemists dedicated to FERN laboratory testing initiatives and to support emergency outbreak and surge testing needs. DCLS agrees to actively participate in all offered surveillance assignments, proficiency testing exercises and special projects as offered by the FERN NPO. DCLS will continue to collaborate with FDA subject matter experts to evaluate novel analytical methodologies to support and expand existing FERN methods in order to improve sensitivity and specificity of pathogen and chemical detection. In the event of a food emergency, DCLS commits to assisting the FERN Network by performing selected microbiological and chemical analyses of domestic and imported food samples collected and supplied by the FDA or as directed trough FERN. DCLS will provide all data for potential regulatory action to FERN NPO as instructed using FDA standardized worksheets and reporting methods.