9 Out of 10 Food Safety Testing Labs Diss Congressional Investigators

On Thursday, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing titled “American Lives Still at Risk: When Will FDA’s Food Protection Plan Be Fully Funded and Implemented?”

The Committee’s eighth hearing on food safety will assess the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) progress in implementing and funding the Administration’s Food Protection Plan. It will also explore FDA’s most recent warning linking tomatoes to Salmonella.

Of the ten private laboratories that test food products contacted by the committee, only one (Private Laboratories, Inc., of Miami, Florida) complied with the Committee’s request for information.

Those which failed to respond and could be subject to subpoena are:

1. ABC Research Corporation, Gainesville, FL
2. Michelson Laboratories, Inc., Commerce, CA
3. Certified Laboratories, Inc., Plainview, NY
4. Central Analytical Laboratories, Inc., Metairie, LA
5. Northland Laboratories, Northbrook, IL
6. Strasburger & Siegel, Inc., Hanover, MD
7. Microbac Laboratories, Inc., Wexford, PA
8. The National Food Laboratory, Inc., Dublin, CA
9. Analytical Food Laboratories, Inc., Grand Prairie, TX

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