The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has an expansive food and feedsafety inspection and regulatory program that covers all food, feed and dairy products that aremanufactured, distributed and sold in New York State. The New York State Food Laboratory, adivision within the Department of Agriculture and Markets, is New York State's primary food andfeed safety laboratory and is accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard and additionalcriteria set by the AOAC-I ALACC. The New York State Food Laboratory has comprehensivetesting programs for foodborne pathogens and chemical residues/toxic elements in food andbeverages. If funded by the FDA the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets willimplement an all hazards food and feed emergency Rapid Response Team (RRT) utilizing amulti-agency integrated approach to include our regulatory food and feed safety partners at thelocal, state, and federal levels.
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has comprehensive food and feed safety inspection regulatory program that includes state of the art laboratory testing resources. Support from the FDA will enable the creation and implementation of an all-hazards food and feed emergency Rapid Response Team (RRT) within the New York State Department of Agriculture &Markets and among our regulatory food and feed safety partners at the local, state, and federal levels.
