Maintenance and Enhancement of ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation

项目总结/摘要 《制成品监管计划标准》（MFRPS）为以下方面建立了统一的基础： 管理负责监管食品制造设施的国家计划，包括 化学和微生物污染物的实验室分析。根据格鲁吉亚部 农业（GDA）2011年改进计划报告，确定了需求， 合作协议获得认可。2019年新合作协议 为了扩大我们的认证的维护和加强， 为GDA的主要服务实验室提供必要的资源， 标准此外，将根据这些标准（ISO/IEC 17025）对实验室进行评估或审核。 第三方认证机构的要求。GDA实验室最近获得了认证， 代表FDA协助其监管机构遵守合同工作的合规要求。 为了使GDA实验室保持其认证，目前正在通过以下方式申请资金： 国家食品检测实验室ISO/IEC 17025认证的维护和提高 （竞争A）RFA，以抵消所需质量保证活动的额外费用以及 关键分析设备的持续保养。让国家伙伴承担更多的责任， 全球食品安全倡议，进一步加强和丰富将是必要的， 服务实验室的分析能力，以满足这些目标。为了实现这些目标，实验室将 依靠与我们的监管机构建立的关系及其收集和 在MFRPS下分析样品。GDA已经发展并展示了成功的关系 与他们的监管合作伙伴和实现这一目标的能力。此外，已签署的协议 伪造了至少110个额外的MFRP样本进行污染物分析。 这些结果将被提交到国家数据库中， 但须采取适当管制行动。如果被授予，这项合作协议将允许GDA 实验室保持ISO标准的现有认证，以及继续 收集和分析样品，以支持国家综合食品安全系统。

Project Summary/Abstract The Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS) established a uniform foundation for management of state programs responsible for the regulation of manufactured food facilities, including laboratory analysis for chemical and microbiological contaminants. Based on the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) 2011 Improvement Plan Report, needs were determined and a five-year FDA cooperative agreement was awarded to obtain accreditation. This new 2019 cooperative agreement is for an additional year in order to expand upon the maintenance and enhancement of our accreditation, providing the GDA’s primary servicing lab the necessary resources to adopt and implement international standards. Furthermore, the labs would be assessed or audited to these standard (ISO/IEC 17025) requirements by a third-party accrediting body. GDA laboratories recently achieved accreditation which assists their regulatory agencies in compliance requirements for contractual work on behalf of FDA. In order for GDA laboratories to maintain their accreditation, funding is now being requested through the ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation Maintenance and Enhancement for State Food Testing Laboratories (Competition A) RFA to offset the added expense of required Quality Assurance activities as well as the ongoing upkeep of critical analytical equipment. For state partners to assume added responsibility for Global Food Safety initiatives, further enhancement and enrichment will be necessary for the primary servicing labs’ analytical capability to meet these goals. In part to achieve these goals, the laboratory will rely upon the established relationships with our regulatory agency and their agreement to collect and analyze samples under MFRPS. GDA has already developed and demonstrated successful relationships with their regulatory partners and ability to fulfill this objective. In addition, signed agreements have been forged to collect a minimum of 110 additional MFRP samples to be analyzed for contaminants. These results will be submitted in a national database repository and violative adulterations will be subject to appropriate regulatory action. If awarded, this cooperative agreement will allow GDA laboratories to maintain the current accreditation to ISO standards, as well as the ability to continue collecting and analyzing samples to support an integrated national food safety system.