Maintenance and Enhancement of ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation and Whole Genome Sequencing for State Food Testing Laboratories

弗吉尼亚联邦 综合实验室服务部（DCLS） 维护和加强ISO/IEC 17025认证和全基因组 国家食品检测实验室测序 RFA-FD-19-018 SF 424：其他项目信息 项目摘要： 综合实验室服务部（DCLS）是公共卫生实验室 为弗吉尼亚联邦提供各种实验室测试服务 为州和联邦机构、地方政府和其他州提供支持， 卫生、环境保护和应急反应。DCLS提供监视 食品样品的紧急响应测试 农业和消费者服务（VDACS）食品安全计划，提供近 采用微生物、化学及放射化学方法对食物样本进行全面化验 方法. DCLS于2017年1月为五种食品获得ISO/IEC 17025认证 测试方法（三种微生物学方法和两种化学方法），扩大了这一范围 在2018年增加三种新的认证方法，并建议保持 并进一步扩大认证范围，包括多达三种新的测试方法， 在预算期间。DCLS的长期目标是将ISO/IEC标准整合到所有 VDACS制造食品所要求的食品安全测试方法 监管方案。DCLS建议分析制造食品监测 作为抽样协议的延续，采用ISO/IEC范围方法进行抽样 目前已与VDACS食品安全计划建立， 目标是零售和制造业企业。DCLS是一个长期的 FDA CFSAN GenomeTrakr计划的参与合作伙伴，并建议进一步 通过生成和共享GenomeTrakr网络病原体数据库， 来自食品、环境和环境中的400多种病原体分离物的基因组序列， 在预算期内的动物来源。提供的基因组信息 通过GenomeTrakr网络可以识别可能与 在疫情爆发时，协助追溯受污染的食品成分， 监测先前存在病原体污染问题的场所，并可以改善 了解病原体的毒力和致病性属性。

Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS) Maintenance and Enhancement of ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation and Whole Genome Sequencing for State Food Testing Laboratories RFA-FD-19-018 SF424: Other Project Information Project Summary: The Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS) is the public health laboratory for the Commonwealth of Virginia and offers a wide variety of laboratory testing services for state and federal agencies, local governments and other states in support of public health, environmental protection and emergency response. DCLS provides surveillance and emergency response testing of food samples for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) Food Safety Program by offering nearly comprehensive testing of food samples by microbiology, chemistry and radiochemical methods. DCLS obtained ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation in January 2017 for five food testing methods (three microbiology and two chemistry methods), expanded this scope of accreditation to include three additional methods in 2018, and proposes to maintain and further expand this accreditation scope to include up to three new test methods during the budget period. DCLS’ long term goal is to integrate ISO/IEC standards for all methodologies for food safety testing required by the VDACS manufactured food regulatory program. DCLS proposes to analyze manufactured food surveillance samples by ISO/IEC scope methods as a continuation of the sampling agreement currently established with the VDACS Food Safety Program for which high risk samples are targeted from retail and manufacturing establishments. DCLS is a long-term participating partner in the FDA CFSAN GenomeTrakr program and proposes to further enhance the GenomeTrakr Network pathogen databases by generating and sharing genome sequences of more than 400 pathogen isolates from food, environmental and animal sources during the budget period. The genomic information made available through the GenomeTrakr Network can identify food products potentially associated with an outbreak, assist with traceback of contaminated food ingredients, compliance monitoring of sites with previous pathogen contamination issues and can improve the understanding of pathogen virulence and pathogenicity atttributes.