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| About Certified Laboratories |
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| Analytical Capabilities |
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| CERTIFIED LABORATORIES is a private, independent laboratory
comprised of four nationally recognized laboratories; Certified Laboratories, Fitelson
Laboratories, Commodity Laboratories and
Columbia Food Laboratories of California. Each
of these laboratories has developed its own area of specialization and is an acknowledged
leader in its respective field. |
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| CERTIFIED LABORATORIES was established in 1926 by Dr.
Charles Paley. Since its inception, Certified
Laboratories has been involved in public health activities, utilizing its expertise in
food chemistry, microbiology and sanitation. In
1947, Bernard Tzall became Assistant Director and assumed full Directorship of the
laboratory in 1967. In 1977, Martin Mitchell
joined Certified as Assistant Director, and became Director in 1981. |
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| Fitelson Laboratories was founded in 1951 by Dr. Jack Fitelson, whose prior affiliation had been
with the United States Food & Drug Administration. Dr. Fitelson
had established a reputation for his ability to detect adulteration of
products such as vanilla, olive oil, and juice concentrates.
Today, Fitelson Laboratories excels in food analysis, and employs the
most sophisticated instrumentation in its testing procedures. |
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| Commodity
Laboratories was established in 1952 by Mr. Sal Sica to evaluate the cleanliness of
raw spices. The laboratory was one of the
first to be accredited by the American Spice Trade Association (ASTA) to perform these
tests. Commodity's expertise has since
expanded to the examination of a wide variety of foodstuffs for sanitation, pesticide
residues and other critical quality control characteristics. |
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| Columbia Food
Laboratories was established in Anaheim, California in 1982 by Dr. Colin Campbell. This laboratory is expert in all areas of food
chemistry and microbiology with specialization in the meat industry. It is the latest laboratory to join with Certified
Laboratories making it the acknowledged leader in food analysis in Southern California. |
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Our corporate facility is located in
Plainview, New York where we occupy a modern 20,000 square foot facility and employ a
staff of over 75 professionals to serve the food industry's analytical and scientific
needs. Our facility in Anaheim, California is
5,000 square feet, employing many great professionals. |
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| In 1999
Certified Laboratories became a fully validated cGMP laboratory for the drug, vitamin,
dietary supplement and medical device industries. This
is a full service department prepared to serve your microbiological and chemical needs. |
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| Today,
CERTIFIED LABORATORIES offers the most
extensive range of services available to the refrigerated, seafood, meat, dairy, spice,
frozen and prepared food industries, for products produced both domestically and abroad. |
