date:May 27, 2016
-called state-approved private labs for testing dairy products for pathogens.
CDFA is not aware of a state agency that issues approvals to private industry laboratories regarding the testing of dairy products for foodborne pathogens, and the commercial laboratory used by OPDC is not approved by CDFA to conduct official testing, he said, adding,While a commercial laboratory may be useful for a firms own quality control monitoring program, results from such testing do not supersede official