The accreditation of a laboratory will be suspended if the laboratory or any individual or entity responsibly connected with the laboratory is indicted or has charges on information brought against them in a Federal or State court for any of the following violations of law:
- (a) Any felony.
- (b) Any misdemeanor based upon acquiring, handling, or distributing of unwholesome, misbranded, or deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection with transactions in food.
- (c) Any misdemeanor based upon a false statement to any governmental agency.
- (d) Any misdemeanor based upon the offering, giving or receiving of a bribe or unlawful gratuity.