The department will, if requested by an owner or operator and subject to the availability of appropriations from the legislature and the staffing needs of other projects, conduct tests on food products upon payment of the following fees:

1. (1) for a test dealing with microbiology:

   1. (A) aerobic plate count (APC): $30 for each sample;
   2. (B) presumptive coliform: $17 for each sample;
   3. (C) confirmed coliform, total or fecal: $17 for each sample;
   4. (D) Escherichia coli, non-0157: H7: $17 for each sample;
   5. (E) Escherichia coli 0157: H7, rapid method: $25 for each sample;
   6. (F) Staphylococcus aureus: $50 for each sample;
   7. (G) Salmonella spp., Association of Official Analytical Chemists method: $70 for each sample with a minimum of four samples, or $80 for each sample with no minimum;
   8. (H) Salmonella spp., rapid method: $25 for each sample;

   9. (I) Listeria spp., Association of Official Analytical Chemists method:

      1. (i) $35 for a negative or presumptive-positive sample; or
      2. (ii) $50 for a positive sample, including confirmation of positive identification;
   10. (J) Listeria spp., rapid method: $25 for each sample;
   11. (K) Streptococcus spp.: $25 for each sample;
   12. (L) other requested tests: $50 per hour with a one-hour minimum;

2. (2) for a test dealing with chemistry:

   1. (A) water activity: $10 for each sample;
   2. (B) water phase salt: $30 for each sample;
   3. (C) total salt: $20 for each sample;
   4. (D) total water: $10 for each sample;
   5. (E) nitrate: $120 for each sample;
   6. (F) nitrite: $30 for each sample;
   7. (G) sulfite: $120 for each sample;
   8. (H) heavy metals and elements: $50, plus $10 for each sample of each metal or element;
   9. (I) pH: $20 for each sample;
   10. (J) other requested tests: $50 per hour with a one-hour minimum;
3. (3) for a test dealing with organoleptics, adulteration, crude fiber, protein, or fat content: $50 per hour, billed in 15 minute increments.

(Eff. 6/28/2001, Register 158)

Authority: AS 17.20.005, AS 17.20.180, AS 44.46.020, AS 44.46.025