The Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Health (CEO) may approve laboratories and analysts in accordance with Part 7 of the Food Act 2008 (the Act), for the purposes of carrying out analyses under the Act.
Please find below relevant documents and a list of the approved laboratories and analysts in Western Australia.

• WA Food Regulation: Approval of Laboratories and Analysts Policy (PDF 224KB)
• Food Unit Notice: Approved Laboratories and Analysts (PDF 96KB)
• Application for Approval of an Analyst (PDF 91KB)
• Application for Approval of a Laboratory (PDF 92KB)
• List of approved laboratories and analysts
• Certificate of Analysis: Food Act 2008 Section 81 (PDF 61KB)

Laboratories must notify the CEO of the suspected presence or isolation of pathogens as prescribed in Part 4 of the Food Regulations 2009. Please find the relevant documents below.

• Food Act 2008 Fact Sheet 9: The Notification of Prescribed Pathogens (PDF 215KB)
• Notification of Suspected Presence or Isolation of Pathogen Form Requirements (PDF 159KB)
• Sample Form - Notification of Suspected Presence or Isolation of Pathogen (PDF 81KB)