Tt his project will serve to develop &enhance the effectiveness &response time for phe Food Safety Network within the State of Alabama. This project will serve to alace relevant software &computer technology within our food safety laboratories, indcdorspoecraiftiec dnieagrnroesatli-ctiemqeuiGpImS efunnt ctotioincarleitaysaeltoensgtiwngit&h esluercgterocnaipcaclliytyt,randsmitted Anspection &reporting forms. At the end of this project, the Alabama Department of s griculture &Industries will have effectively equipped diagnostic laboratories stationed in the state with sample processing &maintenance integrative software, mtrategically emplaced diagnostic laboratory enhancements, and can provide a t easurable increase in effectiveness &efficiency within our diagnostic testing & wracking system. This will increase effectiveness of inspections, communicate better toitehnsfouorde psaufbeltiyc dhievailstihon&hseaafedtqyuiasrmtearisn, tanindeodu. r state emergency operations center Tc his project will be accomplished through delivery of software &computer eanphabniclietmiees,nitnstteorninaclr&eaesxeteprnoadluocrtgivanitiyz.aTtihoinsaplrtorajeinctinwgi,lalntidesdpireecciftilcyloanbtoraetxoisryting i nhancement efforts, &will be a step in providing increased productivity &targeted snspections &diagnostic checks by more than 50 percent from current levels, and &erve as the foundation for integration with overarching laboratory enhancements surge capacity components.
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