Enhancing Food Testing Capabilities at the WVDA through Discipline A: Microbiology Analytical Track 2: Human Food Product Testing

学科A的项目摘要，分析轨道2：人类食品检测 食品监督检测是保护消费者和国家健康不可或缺的一部分 食物供应。为了从供应链中检测并移除受污染的食品， 对于农业机构来说，能够快速准确地测试各种 病原体。西弗吉尼亚州农业部是主要的监管机构 人类食品产品检测机构，也是检测的主要监管机构 西弗吉尼亚州的人造食品(MFRP)。 西弗吉尼亚州农业部(WVDA)有18种生物方法ISO 17025个是经过认证的。ISO 17025认证支持强大的管理和 实验室中的技术结构。认证促进了实验室的发展。 被认可为官方合格的食品检测实验室，其结果是合理的。 使用国际标准化组织17025认可的方法对食品和药物管理局的产品进行监测分析。 任何用于监督活动的方法都将遵循国际标准化组织17025的指导方针，包括 能力测试和方法验证。 WVDA食品实验室与国家保持了一项抽样协议 自2014年起执行制造食品监管计划，以执行常规监督、检测 特定病原体包括大肠杆菌O157：H7、沙门氏菌和单核细胞增多性李斯特菌。这个 WVDA将在全年对各种商品和病原体进行监测测试 在认可范围内的配对。 世界粮食发展协会一直是粮食应急网络的积极成员 (FERN)，自2005年起，并获得FERN USDA FSIS合作协议项目 自2010年以来。实验室完成了方法开发、方法验证和 对弗恩的监视活动。自2013年以来，该实验室完成了以下监测活动 AFRPS ISO 17025合作协议计划。 WVDA将根据要求为其他州立实验室提供培训和指导 被美国食品和药物管理局。几名实验室工作人员参与了弗恩的培训，并从 WVDA在美国农业部和FDA网站提供了与蕨类培训相关的培训。 WVDA已经证明，凭借人员的结构和经验， 设施、ISO认证、研究项目、方法开发和持续监督 它致力于完成这一轨道的目标的项目。这一项目将增强 WVDA的人类食品监测能力和能力，并帮助支持 通过加强与FDA的合作，整合食品安全体系。

Project Abstract for Discipline A, Analytical Track 2: Human Food Product Testing Food surveillance testing is an integral part of protecting consumers and the nation’s food supply. In order to detect and remove contaminated food from the supply chain, it is important for agricultural agencies to be able to quickly and accurately test for a wide variety of pathogens. The West Virginia Department of Agriculture serves as the primary regulatory agency for human food product testing and is also the primary regulatory agency for the testing of manufactured foods (MFRPS) in WV. The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has 18 biological methods ISO 17025 that are accredited. ISO 17025 accreditation supports a strong management and technical structure in the laboratory. Accreditation has enhanced the laboratory in being recognized as an officially competent food testing laboratory with defensible results. Surveillance analysis is conducted on FDA products using the ISO 17025 accredited methods. Any methods used for surveillance activities will follow ISO 17025 guidelines including proficiency testing and method validations. The WVDA food laboratory has maintained a sampling agreement with the State Manufactured Food Regulatory Program since 2014 to perform routine surveillance, testing for specific pathogens including E.coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Listeria monocytogenes. The WVDA will perform surveillance testing throughout the year on various commodity and pathogen pairs that are under the scope of accreditation. The WVDA has been an active member of the Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) since 2005, and a recipient of the FERN USDA FSIS Cooperative Agreement Program since 2010. The laboratory completed method development, method validations, and surveillance activities for FERN. Since 2013, the laboratory completed surveillance activities for the AFRPS ISO 17025 Cooperative Agreement Program. The WVDA will provide training and mentorship to other state laboratories as requested by the FDA. Several laboratory staff have been involved in FERN trainings and analysts from the WVDA have provided training at USDA and FDA sites related to FERN trainings. The WVDA has demonstrated that with the structure and experience of personnel, the facility, ISO accreditation, research projects, method developments, and on-going surveillance projects that it is committed to completing the objectives of this track. This project will enhance the human food surveillance capability and capacity of the WVDA and help support an integrated food safety system by strengthening cooperation with the FDA.