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Laboratory Services

The Lab Services Program provides consumer protection and encourages economic growth in the state of Oregon by providing chemistry and microbiological testing services for the following programs and clients:

  • ODA's Food Safety Program:
    Work to provide consumer protection against food borne illness and injury
  • ODA’s Fertilizer and Pesticide Enforcement Programs:
    Work to reduce exposure to toxics and potential impacts on human health and the environment
  • ODA’s Confined Animal Feeding Operation Program (CAFO):
    Work to achieve water quality on agricultural lands
  • ODA's State Meat Inspection Program:
    Allows meat to cross state lines
  • Cannabis Reference Lab Program:
    Provide analytical support to OLCC cannabis work and ODA Hemp program for the cannabis industry.
  • Interstate milk shippers program:
    Allows milk and milk products to move across state lines
  • Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference National Shellfish Program:
    Monitoring waters for bacteria levels to allow shellfish harvested in Oregon’s waters to be sold and moved across state lines
  • Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Ground Water Program:
    Work to monitor pesticide residue
  • The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), DEQ, US Forestry Department, and other state and federal agencies

Approved by

  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Central laboratory for the Interstate Milk Shippers Program and the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference
  • EPA: Drinking water certification for pesticide residue and microbiological analyses
  • Food Emergency Response Network: Microbiological and chemical analyses
  • United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS)
  • ISO/IEC 17025:2017

Services

  • Microbiological analyses
  • Food chemistry analyses
  • Pesticide residue analyses
  • Fertilizer chemistry analyses
  • Request for analysis

Please call the lab to make arrangement for sample submissions: 503-986-4767