Northeast Laboratory Service

Northeast Laboratory Services is located in Winslow, Maine. The business was founded in 1972 as Maine Poultry Consultants and later became Maine Poultry Consultants/Northeast Laboratory Services. Due to changes in Maine s poultry business during the laboratory s first decade, emphasis shifted to environmental chemistry and microbiology testing and to the production of microbiological culture media and the name became Northeast Laboratory Services (NEL). Today, the laboratory stands at the forefront of the environmental services industry, with expertise in general and radiological chemistry, as well as in food, environmental, occupational and public health microbiology. In addition, Northeast Laboratory Services microbiology laboratory offers unique support services and improved test turn-around-times for food manufacturers.