Location: Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research
Project Number: 0500-00007-122-001-S
Project Type: Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Aug 2, 2019
End Date: Aug 1, 2024
Objective:
Quality Assurance Services: To monitor all IR-4 Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) studies conducted at USDA-ARS residue research laboratory in Wapato Washington.
Approach:
The members of the IR-4 Quality Assurance Unit located at the UC-Davis IR-4 Regional Office will periodically send qualified GLP auditors to the USDA-ARS IR-4 pesticide residue testing laboratory in Wapato, Washington to conduct inspections of study procedures, facility equipment and personnel. They will also audit data and reports generated. The Wapato location, which develops data cooperatively with IR-4, does not have Quality Assurance expertise which are required to ensure the data developed will meet the Federal Good Laboratory Practice Standards regulations (40 CFR Part 160).
