18 AAC 34.905. Laboratory fees

(a) The following fees apply to requests to the department's food safety laboratory for laboratory analysis and testing conducted under 18 AAC 34.125(c) - (f) and (h):

(1) paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) for

(A) marine snails or other animals: $125 for each sample;

(B) geoducks: $125 for each sample; and

(2) domoic acid: $100 for each sample;

(3) other marine toxins: $54 per hour of laboratory time;

(4) microbiology:

(A) aerobic plate count (APC): $30 for each sample;

(B) presumptive coliform: $17 for each sample;

(D) Escherichia coli (non 0157:H7): $17 for each sample;

(E) Staphylococcus aureus: $50 for each sample;

(F) Salmonella spp.: $70 for each sample with a minimum of four samples or $80 for each sample with no minimum;

(G) Listeria spp.: $35 for a negative or presumptive-positive test, and an additional $15 for each additional procedure to confirm positive identification;

(H) Vibrio spp.: $75 for a negative or presumptive-positive test, and an additional $75 to confirm positive identification;

(5) chemistry:

(A) water activity: $10;

(B) water phase salt: $30;

(D) moisture: $10;

(E) nitrate: $120;

(F) nitrite: $30;

(G) sulfite: $120;

(H) heavy metals and elements: $50, plus $10 for each sample of each metal or element;

(I) mercury, total: $75 for each sample;

(J) histamine: $100 for each sample;

(K) indole: $75 for each sample;

(L) ethanol: $75 for each sample; and

(M) pH in food products: $20 for each sample;

(6) miscellaneous:

(A) organoleptic: $50 per hour; and

(B) adulteration: $50 per hour.

(b) The department may conduct analyses after normal state working hours as follows:

(1) after normal working hours, except as provided in (2) of this subsection, the charge will be one and one-half times the standard sample charge set out in this section; and

(2) on a Sunday or holiday, the charge will be twice the standard sample charge set out in this section.

History: Eff. 12/18/97, Register 144; readopt 12/2/99, Register 152; am 12/23/2005, Register 176

Authority: AS 17.20.005

Editor's note: Effective 12/2/99, Register 152, the Department of Environmental Conservation readopted 18 AAC 34.905, to affirm the validity of that section following statutory amendments made in ch. 72, SLA 1998. The department also amended 18 AAC 34.905(a) (4) and (5). Chapter 72, SLA 1998 relocated department authority to adopt regulations in 18 AAC 34 from AS 03.05 to AS 17.20.

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