Microbiology: Analytical Track 1: Food Defense

总结：微生物学分析轨道1（食品保护） 国家的食品供应有可能被武器化：故意在食品中掺入致命的 病原体或毒素可以将广泛的食品分销网络变成一个高效的， 毁灭性的伤害传递系统防止这种生物恐怖主义行为的关键保护措施是食物 监测和有效的疫情调查。这一大型多层面提案的核心宗旨是 为食品安全提供一个全面和综合的食品保护实验室中心， 应急响应网络（FERN），能够分析许多不同的食物， 威胁优先级的多样性接受从疫情管理到预防的战略转变 通过大量的样品测试，我们最近整合了我们广泛的CLIA认证的反生物恐怖主义 与我们经验丰富的FDA认证的食品微生物实验室合作。这项提案现在寻求 保持这种能力，通过使用 我们强大的方法，广泛的技术能力，以及我们的生物恐怖主义经验丰富的分析师， 实验室微生物学分析轨道1食品保护内的活动将有目的地集中在 以实现PAR-20-105中概述的15个通用特定目标和4个轨道特定目标 节目预告

SUMMARY: MICROBIOLOGY ANALYTICAL TRACK 1 (FOOD PROTECTION) The nation’s food supply has the potential to be weaponized: intentional adulteration of food with deadly pathogens or toxins could turn a widespread food distribution network into an efficient and potentially devastating harm-delivery system. The key protections against such acts of bioterrorism are food surveillance and efficient outbreak investigation. The core tenet of this large and multifaceted proposal is to contribute a comprehensive and integrated food protection laboratory hub to the Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) that is capable of analyzing many different foods across a diversity of threat priorities. Embracing the strategic shift from outbreak management to prevention through large volume sample testing, we recently integrated our extensive CLIA-certified anti-bioterrorism activities with our experienced FDA-certified Food Microbiology Laboratory. This proposal now seeks to sustain this capability by maintaining a state of readiness through testing of food samples using our robust methods, extensive technical capabilities, and the experienced Analysts of our Bioterrorism Laboratory. Activities within Microbiology Analytical Track 1 Food Protection will be purposefully focused to achieve the 15 general Specific Aims and 4 Track Specific Aims that were outlined in the PAR-20-105 program announcement.