Support for TDA Kord Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory's participation in the FDA's Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network

摘要 田纳西州农业部(TDA)根据拟议的VET-LIRN进行的工作 合作协议支持以下内容： 1.加强国家食品安全系统识别潜在掺假或掺假的能力 通过支持研究和能力建设污染动物性食品或动物性药物 通过案例调查(化学、微生物和/或病理学) 兽医诊断实验室； 2.验证和协调全国食品分析方法和设备平台 安全网； 3.加强兽医诊断实验室的机构间协调 向国家食品安全局和食品药品监督管理局(FDA)食品安全 通过潜在的动物食源性疾病暴发实施《现代化法案》； 4.通过员工培训和熟练程度练习保持卓越的质量保证； 和发展机构间数据共享进程； 5.扩大实验室的国际标准化组织/国际电工委员会17025：2017年的认可范围，因为它涉及动物 诊断和食品/饲料测试。 实现上述目标的机制是积极参与FDA兽医实验室 调查和反应网络(VET-LIRN)。Vet-LIRN合作伙伴关系跨越多个州 和联邦机构，并提供了紧急情况下的浪涌测试机制。这个 Network还提供各种毒物的熟练测试或实验室间比较练习 以及可能对粮食供应产生负面影响的微生物制剂。一旦发生紧急情况， TN农业部(TDA)可以接收由联邦、州或地方收集的样本 政府机构或其他被认为是响应努力所必需的地方来源。 TDA是唯一有资格参与这项协议的部门的兽医诊断 C.E.Kord动物健康诊断实验室(KAHDL)与 为该州动物饲料监管标准计划(AFRPS)检测提供服务的实验室。这 第二个实验室，技术服务实验室(TSL)，在测试方面与KAHDL语言相辅相成 能力和专业知识。KAHDL的工作人员非常有资格进行兽医诊断工作，同时 TSL的工作人员在进行宠物食品/动物饲料监管分析方面有成功的经验。 此外，两个实验室分支机构共同领导，包括一名质量经理和实验室 管理员/主任。 该项目的总体目标将是重申KAHDL对Vet-LIRN伙伴关系的承诺，以 及时提供高质量的分析数据，扩大实验室的认可范围 根据国际标准化组织/国际电工委员会17025：2017年。小规模方法开发和/或验证项目也可以 应VET-LIRN方案办公室(VPO)的要求进行。TDA与FDA达成了其他协议 与食品/饲料检测有关，这一新的/更新的VET-LIRN合作伙伴关系进一步表明 这两个机构都有对保存食品/饲料供应的承诺。

Abstract Work performed by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) under the proposed Vet-LIRN cooperative agreement supports the following: 1. Strengthening the national food safety system’s ability to identify potential adulteration or contamination of animal foods or animal drugs by supporting research and capacity building through case investigations (chemical, microbiological, and/or pathological) within the purview of a veterinary diagnostic laboratory; 2. Validating and harmonizing analytical methods and equipment platforms across the national food safety network; 3. Strengthening inter-agency coordination of veterinary diagnostic laboratories as their efforts relate to the national food safety system and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) through potential animal foodborne illness outbreaks; 4. Maintaining excellence in quality assurance through employee training and proficiency exercises, and developing inter-agency data sharing processes; 5. Expanding the laboratory’s ISO/IEC 17025:2017 scope of accreditation as it relates to animal diagnostics and food/feed testing. The mechanism for achieving the above is active participation in the FDA Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network (Vet-LIRN). The Vet-LIRN partnership spans across various state and federal agencies and provides a mechanism for surge testing in the event of an emergency. The network also offers proficiency testing or interlaboratory comparison exercises for a variety of toxicological and microbiological agents that could negatively impact the food supply. In the event of an emergency, the TN Department of Agriculture (TDA) may receive samples collected by federal, state, or local government agencies or other local sources as deemed necessary for the response effort. TDA is uniquely qualified to participate in this agreement as the department’s veterinary diagnostic laboratory, the C. E. Kord Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory (KAHDL), shares a facility with the laboratory that services the state’s Animal Feed Regulatory Standards Program (AFRPS) testing. This second laboratory, the Technical Services Laboratory (TSL), complements KAHDL in terms of testing capabilities and expertise. KAHDL staff are highly qualified to perform veterinary diagnostic work while TSL staff have a demonstrated history of success performing regulatory pet food/animal feed analysis. Additionally, the two laboratory branches share leadership, including a Quality Manager and Lab Administrator/Director. The overall goals for the project will be to renew KAHDL’s commitment to the Vet-LIRN partnership, to provide quality analytical data in a timely manner, and to enhance the laboratory’s scope of accreditation under ISO/IEC 17025:2017. Small scale method development and/or validation projects may also be undertaken at the request of the Vet-LIRN Program Office (VPO). TDA has other agreements with FDA relating to food/feed testing, and this new/renewed Vet-LIRN partnership further demonstrates the commitment that both agencies have to the preservation of the food/feed supply.