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IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group welcomes Dr. Peter Evans as Vice President of Technical Services. Dr. Peter Evans brings over 20 years of experience in food safety through his work at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)...

A new peer-reviewed study in the World Mycotoxin Journal examines repeated sample measurements for total aflatoxin and ochratoxin A (OTA) in pistachio lots intended for export. Authored by IEH scientists, including J.P. Davis, S. Sanchez, Jason Osborne, and Mansour Samadpour,...

A new peer-reviewed study, co-authored by Meiting Wu, Cesar Nadala, David Cox, Anna W., Kissi Yesu, Mansour Samadpour, et al., published in the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL, confirms the performance of the OnSite Gluten Test Kit for detecting gluten in various food products and on environmental...

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group is pleased to welcome Dr. Paul Gerhardt as Vice President of Technical Services. Dr. Gerhardt brings over 30 years of experience in applied research, food safety, process validation, and production operations. Before joining IEH, he served as Research Fellow...

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group is pleased to welcome Jayne Roth, as Senior Director of Technical Services. Mrs. Roth brings over two decades of experience in food safety, public health, and regulatory compliance. She holds an M.P.H. from the University of Illinois Springfield and...

IEH Laboratories announces the publication of the study, “Performance Validation of the IEH Laboratories Multiplex PCR Listeria Detection System for Environmental...

IEH now offers HPAI testing to detect the H5N1 virus with a 2-3 day turnaround time. Contact us today to find HPAI H5N1 testing solutions for your business:...

Food allergens often present significant challenges. In this episode of the Analytically Delicious podcast presented by LVA GmbH, Adrian Rogers and Richard Fielder from Bio-Check UK discuss allergen detection and explain why clear communication between...

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group is pleased to welcome Randalynn Ranich as Senior Director of Technical Services. Ms. Ranich brings over a decade of expertise in laboratory testing, covering microbiological, chemical, sensory, and physical evaluations, inspections...

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group is pleased to welcome Gwyn Serbentas as Senior Director of Technical Services. Ms. Serbentas brings over two decades of expertise in the food industry, specializing in dairy, spices, and pet food. She holds a B.S. in Microbiology from Purdue...

Pet food samples were evaluated for nutrient levels, ingredient authenticity, and potential contaminants, including heavy metals and pathogens. Read the full study to learn more…

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group proudly welcomes Mr. Reza Motamedi as Vice President of Technical Services. Mr. Motamedi brings over 35 years of experience across diverse industries, including petroleum, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and nutritional products...

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group is pleased to welcome a new U.S.-based aquatic toxicology testing laboratory to its portfolio. The laboratory, which will be operated as Nautilus Environmental, Inc. (Nautilus), is located at 4340 Vandever Avenue in San Diego, CA ...

We are pleased to welcome Lambton Scientific to our family of IEH labs! Lambton Scientific is a full-service analytical laboratory specializing in wastewater and soil testing. As a CALA ISO 17025 accredited lab…

IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group partnered with PlasticList to conduct an independent study, testing nearly 300 everyday food products for the presence of phthalates and bisphenols. The finding offer valuable insights that...

We are pleased to welcome Founders Science Group LLC (FSG)  to our family of IEH labs! FSG is an FDA-registered contract research laboratory specializing in analytical testing, formulation development, stability testing, and GMP-compliant services...

We are pleased to announce the publication of our recent study, “Comparison of Roka Atlas® System Performance and Health Canada Reference Method for Listeria Detection from Plastic, Sealed Concrete, and Stainless Steel Surface Samples,”...

IEH proudly welcomes John Allan as Vice President of Technical Services. John Allan brings over 26 years of experience in food safety and regulatory affairs. He holds a B.S. in Microbiology and an M.S. in Food Science and Technology from the University...

IEH proudly welcomes Jim Wohlgemuth as Senior Director of Technical Services. With over 40 years of experience in food and ingredient operations, Mr. Wohlgemuth brings extensive expertise to our team. His career began with roles at Frito-Lay, MGP Ingredients...

IEH proudly welcomes Mrs. Jennifer Bender as Director of Technical Services. With over three decades of experience in the food industry, Mrs. Bender brings extensive expertise to our team. Her career began at Land O'Lakes, where she specialized in cheese...

Our most recent research publication by Samadpour et al., entitled “Microbiological survey and genomic analysis of Cronobacter sakazakii strains isolated from US households and retail food” was published in the American Society for Microbiology Journal...

IEH is proud to announce that on May 29th, 2024, it received national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Pacific region, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)...

We are pleased to announce the successful launch of our new lab in Calgary! On June 12th, 2024, we celebrated the grand opening of Brooks Applied Labs’ new Calgary location. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

Ruth Pierson joined IEH as Vice President of Technical Services in 2024. She holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Systems Engineering. Certified Six Sigma Black Belt from ASQ and has extensive experience in failure analysis…

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group proudly welcomes Richard Thompson as Senior Director of Technical Services. With a career spanning over four decades in Food Processing operations, Mr. Thompson brings valuable expertise and experience…

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group is pleased to announce Dr. Wilfredo Ocasio as Vice President of Technical Services. Bringing over three decades of experience in food safety research, Dr. Ocasio specializes in validating food processing…

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group proudly welcomes Michael DeCesare as Senior Director of Technical Services. With over two decades of experience in the food industry, Mr.DeCesare specializes in Italian dry-cured meats, demonstrating...

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group proudly welcomes Thomas Hammack as our new Vice President of Technical Services. With over 30 years of experience in food microbiology gained at the FDA’s Center for Food...

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group proudly welcomes Ms. Carol Cave as Executive Vice President. With a career spanning regulatory affairs and consumer protection, Ms. Cave brings invaluable expertise to our team. Her extensive tenure...

Tyson Foods, Inc. has licensed IEH’s patented technology. With a current portfolio of 77 patents, IEH is committed to providing innovative food safety solutions.

Congratulations to our IEH JL Modesto lab for achieving FDA Laboratory LAAF Accreditation for Food Analyses! This accreditation enables us to conduct thorough analyses across various food categories in response to identified or suspected...

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group proudly welcomes Dr. Suf Alkhaldi as our new Senior Vice President of Technical Services. With an M.S. and Ph.D. in Microbiology and Cell Molecular Biology, he brings over two...

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group is delighted to welcome Mr. Craig Wilson as our new Executive Vice President. With an impressive career that includes over four decades of transformative work at Costco Wholesale Corporation...

Our CEO Mansour Samadpour spoke with Fast Company about last year’s recall of Daily Harvest French Lentil + Leek Crumbles. Read more here: https://www.fastcompany.com/90908456/daily-harvest-food-startup-toxic-tara-flour-recall

We are thrilled to warmly welcome SL Stanlab, the newest addition to our network of European laboratories! Stanlab is a German laboratory specializing in comprehensive bacteriology and food hygiene services, encompassing allergen detection, GMOs...

Food Hygiene Control GmbH (FHC) is an Austrian laboratory offering microbiology and analytical chemistry services for food and water, holding ISO/IEC: 17025 accreditation as a testing lab for quality control and microbiological analysis of...

Inside Edition reported on the authenticity of Subway’s tuna sandwiches following a class-action lawsuit filed against the sandwich chain earlier this year falsely claiming that there was no tuna in their tuna sandwiches. Our team...

In its investigative news story, Inside Edition reported on foods falsely advertised as scallops on menus and in markets in NYC, Dallas, and other U.S. cities. Scientists at IEH Applied Food Technologies (AFT) tested the scallops collected by...

IEH has been re-approved as a testing lab through the Non-GMO Project! This certification allows us to continue offering qualitative and quantitative screening methods to test products as part of the Non-GMO Project Standard certification...

Do homemade baby foods have lower heavy metal content than store-bought brands? To answer this question, Healthy Babies Bright Futures conducted a research study. As part of this study, our colleagues at Brooks Applied...

IEH is proud to announce the development of a new RT-PCR test that detects Naegleria fowleri with 2-day turnaround times. The test follows CDC protocols for sample preparation, DNA extraction, and amplification.Commonly called the

Dr. Mohammad Koohmaraie, President of the Meat Division at IEH, is a featured speaker at the 2022 American Meat Science Association (AMSA) Reciprocal Meat Conference. He will share his expertise at the “New Approaches to Reducing

IEH Laboratories tested samples collected by Inside Edition from three popular pool clubs in Las Vegas. According to the results, water samples from two pools revealed the presence of E. coli and a bacteria count of 100

Cargill, Inc. has licensed IEH’s patented technology. With a current portfolio of 77 patents, IEH is committed to providing innovative food safety solutions.

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group announces the launch of a new analytical service which provides rheology and texture analysis for food and cosmetic products. The laboratory has been fitted with advanced texture analyzers capable

IEH is proud to share that IEH Analytical Laboratories in Seattle became the first and only DEA-registered hemp analytical testing laboratory under the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program in Washington State! The U.S. Domestic

IEH Laboratories tested samples sent by Inside Edition, whose staff had swabbed commonly touched surfaces such as laptops, desk, and counters from the home offices of two individuals. Results revealed millions of pathogens, highlighting

In its investigative news story, ProPublica reported on the virulent, multidrug-resistant strain of Salmonella found in dozens of chicken processing plants, raw pet food and live chickens, sickening more than two dozen people within two

Led techno is a laboratory supply company based in Belgium. They specialize in equipment, disposables, reagents and 3M Food Safety products for microbiology labs in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Led techno is ISO

UW Medicine Newsroom article featured Watson, a portable, preprogrammed thermocycler developed by IEH. Watson is being used by UW School of Medicine in collaboration with ID Genomics to speed tracking of COVID variants from

AquaTox Testing & Consulting Inc. is a Canadian-based ecotoxicity testing laboratory providing services to government and industry for over 30 years. Aquatox performs freshwater and marine aquatic and terrestrial toxicology testing and has a

A study that our research team published with scientists from the University of Washington is featured in this Washington Post article.

In this episode of Food Safety Matters Will Daniels, president of the produce division at IEH, discusses “the human side of food safety as part of public health, reestablishing a relationship with the consumer, reliving the

Covid-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2 corona virus, has disrupted life on earth, causing a pandemic that has resulted in millions of infections and deaths. During the early phase of the pandemic there were large scale

Food Safety Summit 2020 featured Will Daniels with a keynote presentation titled “Back to Basics: Consumer-Focused Food Safety.”

“Keynote — “Back to Basics: Consumer-Focused Food Safety” — Will Daniels, president of the produce division at IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group will discuss how COVID 19 has changed the world. In the wake

As wine regions around the world face the immediate effects of devastating fires, the threat of smoke exposure is of concern. Wildfires and controlled burns generate smoke particulates that could be taken up by

Brooks Applied Laboratories brings extensive capabilities in trace metals and metals speciation to IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group. Toxicological and nutritional properties of a chemical element critically depend on the form in which it

IEH tested environmental samples for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 for this Inside Edition story.

IEH is actively working with clients to provide solutions to help respond to the current crisis. Please join members of the IEH leadership team for a webinar featuring updates on COVID-19, a detailed discussion

Nautilus Environmental Company, Inc. is a Canadian-based biological testing, research, and consulting company that performs environmental toxicological and microbiological tests that are required for regulatory compliance, as well as performing applied research to address

The food industry is vital to the well-being of the nation, and we must maintain our food supply during this pandemic. IEH is actively working with clients to provide solutions to help respond to

MEI (dba IEH Labs) Received CLIA Certification to perform COVID-19 Clinical Testing. For more information regarding our SARS CoV-2 Personnel Testing, please click here.

Focus Works is an award-winning, automation technology company based in New York serving the food industry. Automation is the future for batch control, lot tracking, food safety and regulatory compliance. Focus Works delivers essential

We are facing an unprecedented challenge with COVID-19 and how it will impact the food industry. The food industry is vital to the well-being of the nation, and we must maintain our food supply

IEH tested supermarket ground beef samples for the presence of E. coli, Listeria and Salmonella for this Inside Edition story.