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SECRET BIOLOGICAL LAB IN REEDLEY SHUT DOWN BY HEALTH AUTHORITIES OVER SAFETY
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Biological Lab operated for several months before being shut down by FCDPH
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We are learning more about a biological lab in Reedley that's been shut down by
the Fresno County Department of Public Health.

From October 2022 until spring 2023 this warehouse at 850 I Street in Reedley
was operating a biological lab.

It was a well-kept secret. After seeing signs of activity there the City of
Reedley asked the county department of public health to investigate.

"Just a significant amount of 36 refrigerator freezers located on site and there
were a lot of biological agents. So there was a lot of contents of blood, serum,
everything that a biological lab would normally have," said Joe Prado, Assistant
Director for the Fresno County Public Health.


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"They were utilizing laboratory mice to see whether or not the Covid test kits
were actually testing for Covid. So that was the purpose for the laboratory mice
on-site," Prado said.


County public health asked for help from state and federal agencies. Prado says
it's not illegal to create a biological lab. The county went to its' legal
toolbox to shut it down.

"We used the health office authority to actually issue the order for inspection,
assess what's on-site, what are we really dealing with here. Once we completed
that assessment we then moved toward an abatement warrant. That is actually
signed by a judge," Prado said.

County public health destroyed all the biologicals in the warehouse. That
project was finished on July 7th. Prado has never seen anything like this in his
27-year career.

"Here at the public health department we operate our own lab so were very well
versed in the legal requirements and how to maintain and control an infectious
agent. And there was just a complete absence of those controls in place at the
warehouse," Prado said.

Signs posted at the warehouse read, unsafe to occupy. Reedley's city manager
says it's their responsibility to make sure the building stays unoccupied. The
city recently turned off electricity to the building.

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County public health says the job in Reedley isn't over. There are still
chemicals and medical devices on site that the City of Reedley will dispose of.





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