The FDA reinstated the employees who run the proficiency testing program. After this story was published, Vianca N. Rodriguez Feliciano, Press Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health & Human ...

Four laboratories encountered issues during a proficiency test for Listeria monocytogenes whole genome assembly, according to a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) report. The ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. The FDA has suspended a quality control program for ...

Sponsored by: Diagnostica Stago, Inc. Laboratories are required to participate in proficiency testing (PT). PT is a powerful tool for laboratories to learn about their own testing performance and ...

For the time being, it appears that the FDA will be suspending milk quality tests as a new lab gets built. First reported by Reuters, the Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control ...

The Food and Drug Administration recently announced a temporary suspension of its quality control program for testing milk and other dairy products. This unexpected pause comes during significant ...