​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Partnership for Food Protection (PFP) was established to provide guidance on implementing the necessary infrastructure and food safety strategies essential to building an integrated human and animal food safety system. Confidence in the integrity and scientific validity of laboratory analytical data and the acceptance of laboratory analytical data by regulatory agencies remains critical to the success of an integrated system. Integration endeavors include investments in laboratory accreditation, increasing laboratory capacity and capability, and building stronger relationships between the laboratory and regulatory agencies. These efforts provide added value for the mission of protecting the public health by enhancing the quality of data submitted to regulatory agencies.

Inside the Major Laboratory Initiatives Repository

The Major Laboratory Initiatives (MLI) repository captures information related to current national integration programs that contain a laboratory component. The PFP Laboratory Science Work Group created the MLI repository to summarize current integration efforts related to networks and capacity building, laboratory quality management systems and program-specific funding. The efforts listed below are collaborations and potential funding streams that involve human and animal food laboratories. Food safety professionals can use the MLI repository to improve coordination and cooperation among strategic partners and avoid any duplicative efforts. Laboratories can use the repository to identify new funding sources, as well as discover opportunities for collaboration among other laboratories or program partners. ​

The PFP Laboratory Sciences Workgroup intends to update the MLI repository on a regular basis to reflect changes in integration program initiatives and funding opportunities. Application deadlines vary for each initiative, and some funding opportunities will be unavailable post-publication. However, this repository can aide laboratories and other interested parties in recognizing the scope of integration initiatives and programs available and is current at the time of publication.

  
  
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