Support for TDA Kord Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory's participation in the FDA's Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network

支持 TDA Kord 动物健康诊断实验室参与 FDA 兽医实验室调查和响应网络

• 批准号: 10630209
• 负责人: Adam Ryan Travis
• 金额: $ 2.22万
• 依托单位: TN STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2027-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10630209
• 关键词: Support; TDA; Kord; Animal; Health

Abstract Work performed by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) under the proposed Vet-LIRN cooperative agreement supports the following: 1. Strengthening the national food safety system’s ability to identify potential adulteration or contamination of animal foods or animal drugs by supporting research and capacity building through case investigations (chemical, microbiological, and/or pathological) within the purview of a veterinary diagnostic laboratory; 2. Validating and harmonizing analytical methods and equipment platforms across the national food safety network; 3. Strengthening inter-agency coordination of veterinary diagnostic laboratories as their efforts relate to the national food safety system and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) through potential animal foodborne illness outbreaks; 4. Maintaining excellence in quality assurance through employee training and proficiency exercises, and developing inter-agency data sharing processes; 5. Expanding the laboratory’s ISO/IEC 17025:2017 scope of accreditation as it relates to animal diagnostics and food/feed testing. The mechanism for achieving the above is active participation in the FDA Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network (Vet-LIRN). The Vet-LIRN partnership spans across various state and federal agencies and provides a mechanism for surge testing in the event of an emergency. The network also offers proficiency testing or interlaboratory comparison exercises for a variety of toxicological and microbiological agents that could negatively impact the food supply. In the event of an emergency, the TN Department of Agriculture (TDA) may receive samples collected by federal, state, or local government agencies or other local sources as deemed necessary for the response effort. TDA is uniquely qualified to participate in this agreement as the department’s veterinary diagnostic laboratory, the C. E. Kord Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory (KAHDL), shares a facility with the laboratory that services the state’s Animal Feed Regulatory Standards Program (AFRPS) testing. This second laboratory, the Technical Services Laboratory (TSL), complements KAHDL in terms of testing capabilities and expertise. KAHDL staff are highly qualified to perform veterinary diagnostic work while TSL staff have a demonstrated history of success performing regulatory pet food/animal feed analysis. Additionally, the two laboratory branches share leadership, including a Quality Manager and Lab Administrator/Director. The overall goals for the project will be to renew KAHDL’s commitment to the Vet-LIRN partnership, to provide quality analytical data in a timely manner, and to enhance the laboratory’s scope of accreditation under ISO/IEC 17025:2017. Small scale method development and/or validation projects may also be undertaken at the request of the Vet-LIRN Program Office (VPO). TDA has other agreements with FDA relating to food/feed testing, and this new/renewed Vet-LIRN partnership further demonstrates the commitment that both agencies have to the preservation of the food/feed supply.

摘要 田纳西州农业部（TDA）根据拟议的Vet-LIRN开展的工作 合作协议支持以下内容： 1.加强国家食品安全系统识别潜在掺假或 通过支持研究和能力建设，防止动物食品或动物药品污染 通过在以下职权范围内的个案调查（化学、微生物和/或病理学）， 兽医诊断实验室; 2.验证和协调全国食品行业的分析方法和设备平台 安全网; 3.加强兽医诊断实验室的机构间协调， 国家食品安全体系和食品药品监督管理局（FDA）食品安全 现代化法案（FSMA）通过潜在的动物食源性疾病爆发; 4.通过员工培训和熟练程度练习保持卓越的质量保证， 以及制定机构间数据共享程序; 5.扩大实验室ISO/IEC 17025：2017认证范围，因为它与动物有关 诊断和食品/饲料检测。 实现上述目标的机制是积极参与FDA兽医实验室 调查和反应网络。Vet-LIRN合作伙伴关系跨越各州 和联邦机构，并提供了一种在紧急情况下进行浪涌测试的机制。的 网络还提供各种毒理学的能力测试或实验室间比较练习 以及可能对食品供应产生负面影响的微生物制剂。在紧急情况下， 田纳西州农业部（TDA）可能会收到联邦、州或地方政府收集的样本 政府机构或其他当地来源认为必要的响应工作。 TDA是唯一有资格参加本协议作为该部门的兽医诊断 实验室，C. E. Kord动物健康诊断实验室（KAHDL）与 该实验室服务于该州的动物饲料监管标准计划（AFRPS）测试。这 第二个实验室，技术服务实验室（TSL），在测试方面补充KAHDL 能力和专业知识。KAHDL的工作人员具有很高的资格进行兽医诊断工作， TSL员工具有成功执行监管宠物食品/动物饲料分析的历史。 此外，两个实验室分支机构共享领导层，包括质量经理和实验室 署长/主任。 该项目的总体目标是重申KAHDL对Vet-LIRN伙伴关系的承诺， 及时提供高质素的分析数据，并扩大实验所的认可范围 符合ISO/IEC 17025：2017标准。也可以进行小规模方法开发和/或验证项目 应Vet-LIRN计划办公室（VPO）的要求进行。TDA与FDA有其他协议 关于食品/饲料测试，这种新的/更新的Vet-LIRN伙伴关系进一步表明， 这两个机构对保护食品/饲料供应的承诺。