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[CITE: 7USC138c]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
              CHAPTER 6A--NATIONAL LABORATORY ACCREDITATION
 
Sec. 138c. Samples


(a) Performance evaluation samples

                      (1) Provided by Secretary

        The Secretary shall ensure that performance evaluation samples 
    are provided to any laboratory that has applied for accreditation 
    under this chapter.

                     (2) Analysis by laboratory

        A laboratory described in paragraph (1) shall analyze such 
    performance evaluation samples and submit the results of such 
    analysis to the Secretary, as provided for in section 138a of this 
    title.

                         (3) Testing methods

        Samples shall be tested by the laboratory according to methods 
    specifically approved for such purpose by alternate methods of 
    demonstrated adequacy or equivalence, as determined in regulations 
    established under this chapter.

(b) Results of testing

                      (1) Submission of results

        The laboratory shall submit the results of the tests conducted 
    under subsection (a) of this section to the Secretary on forms 
    provided by the Secretary, on or before the date determined by the 
    Secretary.

                       (2) Evaluation of tests

        The Secretary shall evaluate the results of such tests achieved 
    by the laboratory and shall determine whether such laboratory is 
    capable of undertaking an accurate analysis of chemical residues in 
    agricultural products.

(c) Review of accreditation

    The Secretary shall ensure that performance evaluation samples for 
analysis are provided to laboratories accredited under this chapter not 
less than two times a year.

(Pub. L. 101-624, title XIII, Sec. 1324, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3564.)
