Progress of Strategies Developed and Implemented to Maintain a Human and Animal Food Rapid Response Team

维持人类和动物食品快速反应小组的战略制定和实施进展

• 批准号: 10828540
• 负责人: Pamela W Miles
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: VA ST DEPT/ AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SRVS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10828540
• 关键词: Progress; Strategies; Developed; Implemented; Maintain

The Virginia Rapid Response Team (VA RRT) Background: In 2009, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services was awarded a grant by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop strategies to improve food and feed rapid response capabilities within the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Virginia Rapid Response Team was formed to include representation from the major food safety agencies operating within the Commonwealth of Virginia as a multidiscipline team for response to food and animal feed emergencies. Federal funding also provided many opportunities for continual training for VA RRT core team members and state response partners. RRT core team members attend FDA HAF2E district meetings, the national Rapid Response Team meetings and National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) regional meetings. The VA RRT was able to provide three training events during the previous funding period, to introduce and exercise the state Food Emergency Response Plan (VA FERP) to state and local emergency response agencies. During the previous five-year funding period, the Virginia Rapid Response Team activated to coordinate multi-agency responses to thirty-nine foodborne outbreaks and adverse event reports and seven emergency weather events. Methods: The VA RRT was activated for these multi-agency outbreaks to facilitate communication between all partners VDH, FDA Baltimore District Office, Human and Animal Foods 2 East (FDA HAF2E), VDACS, DCLS and USDA during the outbreak response using a using a modified Incident Command Structure with the FDA HAF2E Emergency Response Coordinator (ERC). The responses required coordination and communication with several agency partners and included joint facility inspections, environmental, ingredient and product sampling. Tests to detect cases matching into the outbreaks and samples collected by the VA RRT were completed by the state health laboratory, Division of Consolidated Laboratories (DCLS). Results: The development and implementation of the Virginia Rapid Response Team (VA RRT) has greatly increased cooperation and coordination between the state central offices and local health departments, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) Food, Dairy and Produce Safety Programs, the VDACS Agriculture Commodities Program, the state health laboratory (DCLS), USDA, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, FDA HAF2E and the FDA CORE TEAM. Funding provided in the RRT cooperative agreement provides team training and collaboration between these groups to decrease foodborne outbreak investigation response time, increasing the probably of detecting the root cause of the outbreak and collecting valuable information for outbreak prevention. The VA RRT collaborated with Virginia Department of Emergency Management to provide two statewide training seminars to introduce the VA FERP. An intentional contamination tabletop exercise written by the VA RRT core team and VDEM to implement and test the VA FERP with new agency partners was completed during the recent funding period.

弗吉尼亚快速反应小组 (VA RRT) 背景： 2009年，弗吉尼亚州农业和消费者服务部获得了食品部的拨款 和药物管理局 (FDA) 制定提高食品和饲料快速反应能力的策略 弗吉尼亚联邦境内。弗吉尼亚快速反应小组的成立包括 弗吉尼亚联邦内主要食品安全机构的代表作为 应对食品和动物饲料紧急情况的多学科团队。 联邦资金还为 VA RRT 核心团队成员提供了许多持续培训的机会 和国家响应合作伙伴。 RRT 核心团队成员出席 FDA HAF2E 地区会议、全国 快速反应小组会议和国家环境卫生协会 (NEHA) 区域会议 会议。 VA RRT 在上一个资助期间提供了三项培训活动， 针对州和地方紧急情况引入并实施州食品紧急响应计划 (VA FERP) 响应机构。 在上一个五年资助期内，弗吉尼亚快速反应小组启动协调 对 39 起食源性疫情和不良事件报告以及 7 起紧急事件的多机构反应 天气事件。 方法： 针对这些多机构爆发的疫情，VA RRT 已启动，以促进所有机构之间的沟通 合作伙伴 VDH、FDA 巴尔的摩地区办事处、人类和动物食品 2 East (FDA HAF2E)、VDACS、 DCLS 和 USDA 在疫情应对期间使用修改后的事件指挥结构 FDA HAF2E 紧急响应协调员 (ERC)。应对措施需要协调和 与多个机构合作伙伴进行沟通，包括联合设施检查、环境、 成分和产品取样。进行测试以检测与疫情爆发和收集样本相匹配的病例 由 VA RRT 完成，由国家卫生实验室、联合实验室部完成 （DCLS）。 结果： 弗吉尼亚快速反应小组（VA RRT）的建立和实施极大地促进了 加强州中央办公室和地方卫生部门之间的合作与协调， 弗吉尼亚州农业和消费者服务部 (VDACS) 食品、乳制品和农产品安全 计划、VDACS 农业商品计划、国家卫生实验室 (DCLS)、USDA、 弗吉尼亚州应急管理部、FDA HAF2E 和 FDA 核心团队。资金 RRT合作协议中提供了团队培训以及这些团体之间的协作 减少食源性疫情调查响应时间，增加检测根源的可能性 查明疫情发生的原因，收集有价值的信息，以预防疫情发生。 VA RRT 与弗吉尼亚州应急管理部合作提供两次全州范围的培训 介绍 VA FERP 的研讨会。 VA 编写的故意污染桌面练习 RRT 核心团队和 VDEM 与新代理合作伙伴一起实施和测试 VA FERP 已完成 在最近的资助期内。