Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§138d Application
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - NATIONAL LABORATORY ACCREDITATION › § 138d
Summary
To get accredited, a laboratory must send the Secretary an application that gives the lab’s name and address, the owners’ and managers’ names and addresses, the kinds of analyses it will do, a short history, and any other information the Secretary asks for. A lab denied or stripped of accreditation must wait at least 6 months to reapply and must include the steps taken to fix the problems that caused the denial or loss.
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Title 7, §138d
Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)An application for accreditation under this chapter shall be prepared and submitted to the Secretary and shall include—
(1)the name and address of the laboratory;
(2)the name and address of the owners and managers of such laboratory;
(3)a statement concerning the type of analysis the laboratory intends to conduct;
(4)a brief history of the laboratory and its previous operations; and
(5)such other information as may be required by the Secretary.
(b)A laboratory that has been denied, or has lost, accreditation under this chapter shall not reapply for accreditation until the expiration of at least 6 months after such denial or loss of accreditation. Corrective actions taken by the laboratory to address deficiencies upon which the denial or loss of accreditation was based must accompany the reapplication.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 138d
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73