Dairy One Milk Laboratories are one of the largest milk analysis laboratory networks currently operating in the United States. Not only are the laboratories acknowledged for sample volume and advanced technology, they are also recognized for outstanding customer service, timely results and the overall integrity and quality of those results.

There are four individual laboratory sites: Ithaca, New York; State College Pennsylvania; Hagerstown, Maryland; and Waverly, Pennsylvania. Each lab is run independently, but works closely with one another to balance out sample volume and lab throughput.

The Ithaca lab serves four different market segments:

The lab is also recognized and approved by the AOAC Research Institute and FDA as an independent reference laboratory. Fully equipped with state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation, the lab analyzes over 300,000 samples monthly.

The State College laboratory offers many of the same services as the Ithaca lab. This lab tests Dairy One DHIA samples and research samples for Penn State University and New Bolton Center. They also perform regulatory testing, direct microsocopic somatic cell counts, and bacteria standard plate counts. The lab tests approximately 150,000 samples per month.

Hagerstown, is the site of the third milk lab. This lab tests the bulk of their samples for Dairy One customers in Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. The Hagerstown lab is equipped with a Foss 300, Milko-Scan 303, and a Bentley 2000 Combi Unit. They average about 55,000 samples per month.

Associated with the Dairy One network, is Eastern Laboratory Services (ELS). Located in Waverly, PA, it is primarily an environmental and industrial laboratory testing facility. You can learn more about ELS by accessing their web site: http://www.elslab.com.

Please contact one of the laboratory managers below if you have questions or would like more information.