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Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods Program

About the Program

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) final rule on Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (LAAF) establishes a laboratory accreditation program for the testing of food in certain circumstances. Under the LAAF program, FDA will recognize accreditation bodies that will accredit laboratories to the standards established in the final rule (referred to as LAAF-Accredited Laboratories).

Important Note:

FDA has not yet determined that sufficient laboratory capacity has been attained for any of the testing covered by the LAAF final rule. Therefore, use of a LAAF-accredited laboratory for food testing is not currently required. Once FDA has confirmed sufficient LAAF-accredited laboratory capacity for the testing covered by § 1.1107, a document will be published in the Federal Register giving owners and consignees 6 months’ notice that they will be required to use a LAAF-accredited laboratory for such testing.

For additional information and guidance, see FSMA Final Rule on Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (LAAF).

FDA recognizes LAAF accreditation bodies which assess LAAF accredited laboratories.

Tables below identify accreditation bodies that have been recognized and laboratories that have been accredited under the LAAF program. One recognized accreditation body (RAB) may LAAF-accredit many laboratories. A recognized accreditation body may issue one or many certificates of accreditation for any LAAF-accredited laboratory (LAAF-AL) location covering one or multiple laboratory scopes (LS). Separate laboratory locations under common ownership may be LAAF-accredited by different recognized accreditation bodies.

Recognized Accreditation Bodies

Accreditation bodies with RAB Type of Change values of “Recognized”, “Reinstatement”, or “Probation” are considered active RABs. RABs with any other RAB Type of Change value are considered inactive. Active RAB Count is the distinct number of active RABs after the data is reduced by any applied filters. Inactive RABs are not included in the total and are also displayed in red with strikethrough.

LAAF-Accredited Laboratories

LAAF-accredited laboratories that have at least one scope with LS Type of Change value of “Approved Scope”, “Reinstated”, or “On Probation” are considered active LAAF-accredited laboratories. Laboratories with none of these LS Type of Change values are considered inactive. Active LAAF-AL Count is the distinct number of active LAAF-ALs after the data is reduced by any applied filters. Inactive LAAF-ALs are not included in the total and are also displayed in red with strikethrough. Inactive scopes are also displayed on the LAAF-Accredited Laboratory Scopes table in red with strikethrough.

LAAF-Accredited Laboratory Scopes

LAAF-Accredited Laboratory scopes with LS Type of Change values that are “Approved Scope”, “Reinstated”, or “On Probation” are considered active. Laboratory scopes with any other status are considered inactive. Inactive scopes are displayed in red with strikethrough.