RI State Health Laboratories will enhance capabilities to identify microbiological contaminants in food and will continue active participation in FERN-directed emergency preparedness and response.

FDA FERN微生物学合作协议 - 项目概要 这项建议是为了延续先前与国际扶轮社的合作协定 卫生实验室。我们已经接受了几个周期的MCAP资金， 自2009年以来，不断。前几轮融资使我们能够建立实验室基础设施， 包括传统的培养/生化能力、分子检测和鉴定 仪器和训练有素的人员，大大提高了我们的能力，执行快速 微生物鉴定与食源性疾病爆发有关的病原体。在这 应用，我们建议在这些成果的基础上进一步提高我们的检测能力， 继续参与FDA指导的食品中病原体的食品监测， 能力验证和方法验证研究。我们还将增加微生物检测 能力和能力，以提供更大的支持，以帮助FDA的食品 国防和粮食安全工作。这也将加强实验室的应急准备， 涉及受污染食物（有意或无意）的本地食源性疫情 产品.我们将继续努力取得ISO 17025认证， 认证日期2016年。

FDA FERN Microbiology Cooperative Agreement -Project Summary This proposal is for the continuation of the previous cooperative agreement with the RI State Health Laboratories. We have been the recipient of the MCAP funding for several cycles, and continually since 2009. Previous rounds of funding allowed us to build laboratory infrastructure, including traditional culture/biochemical capabilities, molecular detection and identification instrumentation, and trained personnel to greatly enhance our ability to perform rapid microbiological identification of pathogens implicated in food borne outbreaks. In this application, we propose to build on these gains and further enhance our detection capabilities and to continue our participation in the FDA-directed food surveillance for pathogens in food, proficiency testing and method validation studies. We will also increase microbiology testing capabilities and capacity to offer even greater support to the FDA to aid the agency's food defense and food security efforts. This will also enhance laboratory preparedness for responding to local foodborne outbreaks involving contaminated (intentionally or unintentionally) food products. We will continue our efforts towards ISO 17025 accreditation, with the anticipation accreditation date in 2016.