Michelson Laboratories is an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory through A2LA and maintains several other accreditations including ELAP, USDA, and CDFA. The policies, principles and practices of our Quality Systems program are at the core of every employee and every level of the organization to ensure effective management and exceptional technical competence. The staff is committed to providing a high-quality services while fulfilling obligations to regulatory agencies and accrediting bodies.

Our Microbiology Laboratory provides a variety of food microbiology testing, including foodborne pathogen detection, indicator microorganism enumeration, shelf-life study, and challenge/special study. Assisting you 365 days a year, Michelson Laboratories, Inc., is performing routine testing using AOAC and FDA approved methodologies as well as USP and USDA guidelines.

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Michelson Laboratories has been in the laboratory testing industry for over 50 years. We provide Chemical and microbiological testing to importers that have to deal with product detention by the FDA.

Our knowledgeable personnel and friendly customer service staff will help guide you through this process when FDA requires a 3rd party lab testing for product on detention without physical examination (DWPE).

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Michelson Laboratories’ Chemistry Department can meet all your analytical chemistry needs, providing fast turn-around time and high-quality service. Our chemistry departments analyzing, and test capabilities includes:

With a diverse range of analytical services including proximate analysis, fat and oil testing, allergens, additives, sweeteners, fiber, and vitamin analyses, our analysts are committed to providing expert data interpretation and consultation in selecting appropriate analyses to meet your company needs.

Michelson Laboratories provides complete nutritional labeling testing following the NLEA requirements needed to meet FDA regulations. From new food products to manufacturers, processors, and importers, we can help with requirements needs for nutritional labeling using the new label requirements. We offer standard to rush turnaround times, as well as competitive pricing. We offer computer generated labeling through Genesis to ensure all our customer’s needs.

The science of filth analysis involves the examination of food products for insect and animal contamination as well as foreign objects identification. Filth analysis is often required to verify the quality, wholesomeness and requlatory compliance of all types of food products.

One significant area of our expertise is on FDA detained products and the specific criteria for the many different foods detained for filth contamination. For over thirty years, the FDA has accepted Michelson Laboratories’ analytical reports on detained items. Our analysts are highly trained and knowledgeable on the many procedures and analytical techniques required by the FDA.

The sensory examination of seafood for decomposition is a highly specialized analysis. Michelson Laboratories’ sensory analysts have received extensive training from both the USDC and FDA sensory experts. Our sensory analysts have analyzed thousands of FDA detained imported seafood products for decomposition. In addition, we offer many analyses specific to seafood products, including U.S. standard for grades of fishery products, net weight, count per pound, uniformity ratio and much more.

Our fully trained, state certified technicians offer analyses from raw milk to finished dairy products, infrared milk analyzer (FT120) utilized to scan milk profile, including butterfat, protein, lactose, total solids, solids nonfat, and other solids. To ensure product quality, our dairy laboratory utilizes soma count instrumentation for electronic somatic cell count, standard plate count, coliform, and laboratory Pasteurization count by SM-DP.

Finished products are analyzed for butter fat by extraction with Mojonnier, and total solids by forced air. Moisture analyzes for different matrices powder, solids by vacuum oven.

Michelson Laboratories, Inc. analyzes samples from raw and finished food products, beverages, drinking water, wastewater, ceramic ware, and consumer products. We are approved by the Consumer Products Safety Commission to test lead in paint, surface coating, and substrate materials. Minerals and heavy metals are analyzed by Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS).

We recognize the vital role that instrumentation plays in our ability to perform at the highest level for our customers. It is imperative for our laboratory to be the most modern, up-to-date, and technologically advanced in order for us to best serve our customers. Equipped with the most advanced instrumentation available, we are constantly adapting to accommodate new methodologies and technologies for analysis at ever-increasing sensitivity. Validated methods include AOAC, FDA, USDA, ELISA, and others.

Our vast array of instrumentation which includes, Triple Quadrupole LC/MS/MS, GC/MS, GC with FID, ECD ELCD and NPD detectors as well as HPLC with UV-VIS, Fluorescence and RI detectors, among others. Our Instrumentation department is staffed with highly trained scientist and technicians to work with complex testing needs for FDA Import Alerts, Nutritional, and others. If you are interested in a testing a compound that is not listed below, please contact us.

We provide analytical and field service for NPDES (storm water) and wastewater monitoring programs. Michelson Laboratories is certified by the State of California Department of Health Services and provide organic, inorganic, and microbiological analytical services.

Although every member of our staff is a member of the customer service team, we have an entire department dedicated to handling all your needs through superior performance and commitment. Our Customer Service team consistently works with our Laboratory management and technical teams to provide the best service to our customers in a professional, timely manner. Our team understands the importance and urgency in delivering our Laboratory Certificates to our customers. Our obligations are to facilitate communication, and prioritizing testing between customers and our laboratory personnel to ensure successful completion or projects. Our Chemistry customer service team is available Monday through Friday. Our Microbiology team is available Monday to Sunday.

We are collaborating with Accelerated Technology Laboratories (ATL) in building up our next-generation LIMS system to embrace your needs for accurate, impartial, and timely-reported data. Our new and user-friendly customer portal will allow you to easily submit orders online and manage your historical data, reports and invoices 24/7.

We are working hard in deploying the new LIMS system and expecting to have it fully go online by this December. Be prepared to enjoy the powerful features such as environmental mapping and trend analysis – stay tuned with us!

Our courier service is an integral part of the process at Michelson Laboratories. Specially equipped vehicles are outfitted with effective satellite communication technology and scheduling systems, geared to handle routine and emergency pickups. Additionally, Michelson Laboratories’ sampling department provides trained personnel to sample per FDA, MICA and wastewater guidelines. The careful attention we give our testing begins the moment we dispatch our courier to pick-up your samples.