The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has an expansive foodsafety inspection and regulatory laboratory testing program. The New York State FoodLaboratory, a division within the Department of Agriculture and Markets, is New YorkState's primary food safety laboratory and is accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025:2005standard and additional criteria set by the AOAC-I ALACC. The New York State FoodLaboratory has comprehensive testing programs for foodborne pathogens and chemicalresidues/toxic elements in food and beverages. If funded by the FDA the New YorkState Food Laboratory will significantly expand laboratory capacity and capabilitythrough the following; expand the number of methods and technologies within our scopeof accreditation, support training of laboratory staff, provide additional staff resources tothe laboratory QA/QC office, and improve laboratory systems for data capture andreporting. We will focus laboratory program enhancements to programs that directlysupport testing of manufactured foods that are produced, sold and/or distributed in NewYork State. In addition the key personnel on this proposal are committed to mentoringother laboratories who seek accreditation to the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard.
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has comprehensive food safety inspection and regulatory food safety laboratory testing programs. Support from the FDA will enable significant expansion of laboratory capacity and capability to test food and beverages for microbiological and chemical hazards. Specific enhancements to laboratory programs include; expanding the number of methods and technologies under our scope of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation, expanding training programs for laboratory staff, expanding the quality assurance and quality control programs in our laboratory and improving data capture and reporting tools.
