Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Q Laboratories, Inc. has been named an AFNOR Certified Expert Laboratory, as is therefore qualified to perform validation studies on instruments, test kits and materials for the food microbiology testing industry in France.

Representatives of Q Laboratories, Inc. were in Paris, France the week of January 22nd to present before the Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR) Technical Board. Based on the results of this presentation, they were granted Expert Lab status.  By acquiring AFNOR Expert Laboratory NF 102 Validation status, Q Laboratories, Inc. is one of only two labs in the world, and the only lab in the Western Hemisphere, certified by all three major certification bodies, AOAC, MicroVAL and AFNOR, to perform these critical independent laboratory studies.