Testing Laboratories and Process Authorities: Below is alist of testing labs and process authorites that conduct food product and microbiological analyses for a fee. For a complete list of services and fees provided by each lab, contact the laboratory directly. Laboratories
Pennsylvania Analytical Labs 4208 Bethlehem Pike Telford, PA 18969 Phone: 215-723-6466 Brevan Labs P. O. Box 112 Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Phone: 215-947-4121 Free-Col Laboratories P.O. Box 557 Meadville, PA 16335-0557 Phone: 800-836-4130 http://www.mi-erie.com/newweb/MRD/FreeColLaboratories/fooddairy.htm Microbac Laboratory 2000 Corporate Drive, Suite 350 Wexford, PA 15090 724.934.5030 (phone) 724.934.5088 (fax) info@microbac.com http://www.microbac.com QC, Inc. P. O. Box 514 Southampton, PA 18966 Phone: 1-800-289-8378 Silliker Labs of PA Northeast Laboratory 6390 Hedgewood Drive Allentown, PA 18106 Tel: 610-366-9257 http://www.silliker.com/ Seewald Laboratories, Inc 1403 W Fourth Street Williamsport, PA 17701 Phone: 570-326-4001 Laboratory/Facilities approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture http://www.agriculture.state.pa.us/ Maryland Strasburger & Siegel Inc. 7249 National Drive Hanover, Md. 21076-1324 www.sas-labs.com Massachusetts Krueger Food Laboratories, Inc. 24 Blackatom Street Cambridge, MA 02139 Phone: 617-876-9118 http://www.kfl.com/ Shuster Laboratories 3 Hayward Street Quincy, MA 02171 Phone: 617-328-7600 http://www.shusterlabs.com/   New Jersey Acts Testing Labs, Inc. 276 Main Avenue Clifton, New Jersey 07014 USA Phone: 973-470-2200 FAX: 973-470-8115 http://www.mtl-acts.com/mtl-acts/servlet/com.bv.corporate.acts.j2ee.ActsStart Garden State Labs 410 Hillside Avenue, Hillside, NJ 07205 Phone: 800-273-8901 http://www.gslabs.com/index.html Silliker Labs of NJ. 400 South Avenue Garwood, NJ 07027 Phone: 908-233-6053 http://www.silliker.com/ Marypaul Microbiological Laboratories P.O. 952, 12 Wilson Drive Sparta, NJ 07871 Phone: 1-800-548-1874 http://www.marypaullabs.com/ New York *Acts Testing Labs, Inc. 3900 Broadway Buffalo ,NY 14227-1192 pH, Aw, micro., nutrient-confirm only Phone: 716-684-3300 http://www.actstesting.com/ *Add Testing & Research 19 Edison Place Valley Stream, NY 11580 pH, micro. Phone: 516-568-9197 FAX: 516-568-3147 **Nutritional & Environmental Analytical Service 777 Warren Road Ithaca, NY 14850 pH, Aw, nutrient Phone: 607-257-2345 http://www.vet.cornell.edu/public/neas/ American Standards Testing Bureau, Inc. 40 Water St. New York, NY 10004 PH, Aw, micro, nutrient Phone: 212-943-3160 FAX: 212-825-2250 http://www.astm.org/consultants/cdirect/000224.htm *Ameritech Laboratories 128-17 20th Avenue College Point, NY 11356 pH, Aw, micro., nutrient Phone: 718-461-0475   *Associated Analytical Laboratories 141 East 44th Street, Suite 404 New York, NY 10017 pH, Aw, micro, nutrient Phone: 212-682-2544 Bacti-Chem Labs of NY, Inc. 42-15 Crescent St. Long Island City, NY 11101 pH, primarily spice analysis Phone: 718-729-5499 Central Hudson Laboratory P.O. Box 762 Chester, NY 10918 extraneous matter (insects) analysis Phone: 914-496-7584 FAX: 914-496-2469 Certified Laboratory, Inc. 200 Express Street Plainview, NY 11803 pH, Aw Phone: 516-576-1400 FAX: 516-576-1410		New York (continued) *Chenango Valley Environmental Laboratory P.O. Box 848 Norwich, NY 13815-0848 pH, chemistry, water testing Phone: 607-334-2877 *Converse Laboratory, Inc. 26190 NYS Route 283 Watertown, NY 13601 pH, Aw, micro., nutrient Phone: 315-788-8388 *Friend Lab. Inc. 1 Research Circle Waverly, NY 14892-1532 pH, micro. Phone: 607-565-2893/3500 FAX: 607-565-7160 *Galson Laboratories 909 Culver Road Rochester, NY 14609 pH, micro Phone: 716-654-6350 FAX: 716-654-6354 http://www.galsonlabs.com/   International Food Network, Inc. Mail Address:95 Brown Rd. Cornell Research & Technology Park Ithaca, NY 14850 USA Phone: 607-257-5129 FAX: 607-257-4695 http://www.intlfoodnetwork.com/ *Life Science Laboratories, Inc. 5854 Butternut Drive East Syracuse, NY 13057 pH, Aw, micro., nutrients, stability, preservatives Phone: 315-445-1105 FAX: 315-445-1301 *McAndrew Testing Laboratories, Inc. 3858 Sheldon Road Orchard Park, NY 14127 pH, micro. (state certified) Phone: 716-649-7960 Microbiology Consultants 4 Sleator Dr. Ossining, NY 10562 Phone: 914-762-1247 New York Testing Laboratories, Inc. 81 Urban Ave., P.O. Box 1021 Weatbury, L.I. NY 11590 Phone: 516-334-7770 FAX: 516-334-7720 *Orange Co. Lab. Goshen Turnpike, Wallkill Park West Bloomingburg, NY 12721 pH only on site. Will send to Eastern Labs by shuttle service for other analysis. Phone: 914-733-1557 Scilab Albany, Inc. 15 Century Hill Dr. P.O. Box 787 Latham, NY 12110 Phone: 518-786-8100 *R & J Laboratory 1597 Route 14A Penn Yan, NY 14527 pH, micro & nutrient by contract; cert. water testing Phone: 315-536-7248     Shaevel & Associates Ltd. P.O. Box 1565 Buffalo, NY 14231 Phone: 716-688-6087 FAX: 716-689-9606 **New York State Food Venture Center Dept. of Food Science & Technology Cornell University/ NYSAES North St. Geneva, NY 14456-0462 pH, water activity, moisture Phone: 315-787-2273 FAX: 315-787-2284 http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/cifs/   Ohio Q Laboratories, Inc. 1400 Harrison Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45214 Phone: 513-471-1300 http://www.qlaboratories.com/ Silliker Labs of OH. 1224 Kinnear Road, Suite 114 Columbus, OH 43212 Phone: 614-486-0150 http://www.silliker.com/ Woodson-Tenent Laborabories, Inc. 313 East Helena P.O. Box 164 Dayton, OH 45404 Phone: 937-222-4179 http://wtlabs.com/ Washington DC Prime Label Consultants Labeling/Regulations P.O. Box 15240 Washington D.C. 20003 http://www.primelabel.com/ California Anresco Laboratories Analytical services, nutritional facts labeling, regulatory assistance 1370 Van Dyke Ave.            San Francisco, CA 94124 Phone: (415) 822-1100 Fax: (415) 822-6615  http://www.anresco.com Colorado Warren Analytical Laboratory 650 "O" Street Greeley, Colorado 80631 http://www.warrenlab.com/
Process Authorities Low-Acid Foods: "Scheduled processes for low-acid foods shall be established by qualified persons having expert knowledge of thermal processing requirements for low-acid foods in hermetically sealed containers and having adequate facilities for making such determinations.... Acceptable scientific methods of establishing heat sterilization processes shall include process calculations based on product heat penetration data.....Calculation shall be performed according to procedures recognized by competent processing authorities....Complete records covering all aspects of the establishment of the process.....shall be prepared and shall be permanently retained by the person or organization making the determination." 21 CFR 113.83 Acidified Foods: " The scheduled process shall be established by a qualified person who has expert knowledge acquired through appropriate training and experience in the acidification and processing of acidified foods." 21 CFR 114.83.
Strasburger & Siegel 7249 National Drive Hanover, Md. 21076-1324 http://www.sas-labs.com/services/thermal_processing.asp 1-800-875-6532 FMC Food Tech Process Authorities http://www.fmctechnologies.com/FoodTech/FruitsandVegetables/InContainerSterilizers/ProcessTechnologies.aspx FMC FoodTech Ridgely Fillers, Closers, Sterilization Box 944 Ridgely, MD 21660 Phone: +1 410 634 2521 Fax: +1 410 634 8677 Email: bob.wildrick@fmcti.com FMC FoodTech Madera Fillers, Closers, Sterilization 2300 Industrial Avenue, Box A Madera, CA 93639 Phone: 1-559-661-3200 Fax: 1-559-661-3222 Email: madera.fpsd@fmcti.com TechniCAL, Inc http://www.tcal.com/processAuthority.php WASHINGTON D.C. AREA OFFICE P.O. Box 189 Glenwood, Maryland 21738 USA PH: 410-489-9927 FAX : 410-489-7373 Contact: Mr. William Cole MAIN OFFICE 2400 Veterans Blvd., Suite 350 Kenner, Louisiana 70062 USA PH: 504-733-0300 FAX: 504-733-0345 Contact: Ms. Mimi Gonzalez The National Food Laboratory Dublin, CA 925-551-4297 http://www.thenfl.com/ Dublin, CA 94568 PH: 925-828-1440. PhF USA http://www.phfspec.com/phfspec/therm.htm San Jose, CA 95150 USA Phone: 408-275-0161 Email: phfspec@pacbell.net Contact: Mr. Peter Cocotas Kansas State University http://foodsci.k-state.edu/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=622 Thermal Processing Lab, Value-Added Support Facilities, Kansas State University Description: The lab offers processors an opportunity to develop new products, test thermal processes, scale up operations, and run test market batches. Dr. Aramouni, Fadi Animal Sciences & Industry 216D Call Hall Manhattan, KS 66506 Phone : (785) 532-1668 faramoun@ksu.edu New York State Food Venture Center -- acidified foods only (not low acid foods) http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/necfe/personnel.html Process Authorities Dr. Olga Padilla-Zakour - Director 315-787-2259 315-787-2397 oip1@nysaes.cornell.edu Aardvark Associates Dave French PhD 813 Maple Terrace Madison, WI 53705-2112 dave@aardvarkassociates.com 866-539-2771 toll free 608-233-5238 direct 608-692-8687 cell
Last updated May 15, 2008