MEDIA ADVISORY: Agriculture Secretary to Tour Animal Health Lab in Salisbury
Earlier this summer, the Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory in Salisbury became one of the few animal health labs in the nation to become accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). To qualify for accreditation, the lab had to demonstrate, through detailed documentation, that it adheres to strict internationally recognized standards and protocols when conducting the accredited tests.
Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance and Deputy Secretary Mary Ellen Setting will visit and tour the lab, and congratulate the staff for their efforts in achieving this internally recognized accreditation.
There are only eight total animal health labs in the nation that have been accredited by A2LA. MDA’s Salisbury and Frederick labs are also two of three A2LA-accredited labs that are associated with a state department of agriculture. For more information about the accreditation, see: http://www.mda.maryland.gov/article.php?i=40018
Who: Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance and Deputy Secretary Mary Ellen Setting
What: Touring MDA Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory and congratulating staff members for their efforts in helping the lab to become accredited, according to internal standards.
When: Friday, Nov. 9, at 11 a.m.
Where: Salisbury Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory, 27722 Nanticoke Road, Salisbury, 21801
RSVP: REPORTERS WHO WISH TO TOUR THE LAB with the Secretary and Deputy Secretary should RSVP to vanessa.orlando@maryland.gov or 410-841-5889 (office) or 443-370-9758 (cell).
1-888-373-7888
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