FERN Microbiological Cooperative Agreement

FDA FERN微生物合作协议延续计划 RFA-FD-12-018 （重新印发PAR-09-215） 项目摘要 宾夕法尼亚州卫生部实验室局（BOL）将维持一个 根据FDA FERN与美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）达成的合作协议 微生物合作协议计划（计划公告：RFA-FD-12-018， 重新发布PAR-09-215）。化验所会分析食物及与食物有关的样本， 为粮食紧急反应网络（FERN）提供扩大的实验室能力。 FERN将提供样品、仪器、测试程序、培训和能力测试。 BOL将保持每周至少测试100个样品的能力， 每年500个样本。检测的目的是为了监测、食品 突发事件应急反应和大规模粮食紧急事件激增能力。

FDA FERN Microbiological Cooperative Agreement Continuation Program RFA-FD-12-018 (Reissue of PAR-09-215) PROJECT SUMMARY The Pennsylvania Department of Health Bureau of Laboratories (BOL) will maintain a cooperative agreement with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the FDA FERN Microbiological Cooperative Agreement Program (Program Announcement: RFA-FD-12-018, reissue of PAR-09-215). The BOL will conduct analyses of food and food-related samples to provide expanded laboratory capacity to the Food Emergency Response Network (FERN). FERN will provide samples, instrumentation, test procedures, training and proficiency testing. The BOL will maintain capacity to test a minimum of 100 samples per week and a minimum of 500 samples per year. Testing will be performed for the purposes of surveillance, food emergency outbreak response, and large-scale food emergency event surge capacity.