{"id":2668,"date":"2025-12-15T18:06:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/?p=2668"},"modified":"2025-12-15T18:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:06:04","slug":"center-for-analytical-chemistry-laboratory-staff-join-field-sampling-of-fertilizing-materials-they-regularly-analyze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/center-for-analytical-chemistry-laboratory-staff-join-field-sampling-of-fertilizing-materials-they-regularly-analyze\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Analytical Chemistry laboratory staff join field sampling of fertilizing materials they regularly analyze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"203\" data-attachment-id=\"2669\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/center-for-analytical-chemistry-laboratory-staff-join-field-sampling-of-fertilizing-materials-they-regularly-analyze\/12-05-25-cac-in-field-small\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12.05.25-CAC-in-Field-small.png\" data-orig-size=\"360,203\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12.05.25 CAC in Field small\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12.05.25-CAC-in-Field-small-300x169.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12.05.25-CAC-in-Field-small.png\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12.05.25-CAC-in-Field-small.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2669\" style=\"width:468px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12.05.25-CAC-in-Field-small.png 360w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12.05.25-CAC-in-Field-small-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>(Left) Center for Analytical Chemistry (CAC) Agricultural Biological Technician Tad Naquin collects a solid fertilizer sample while shadowing Fertilizing Materials Inspection Program staff in the field to see how samples are obtained that CAC regularly analyzes. (Right, L-R) CAC Environmental Scientist Silen Patel and CAC Senior Environmental Scientist Supervisor Elsa Poon join FMIP Environmental Scientist Zach Edmonds for a fertilizer facility inspection.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Recently, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/is\/cac\/\">Center for Analytical Chemistry (CAC)<\/a> staff had the opportunity to partake in the process of obtaining fertilizer samples they would lat\u00ader analyze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">CDFA regulatory activities include obtaining samples of fertilizing materials and analyzing them to ensure the fertilizer is safe, effective and meets registered label claims and guarantees. In CDFA\u2019s Inspection Services Division, fertilizer samples are obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/is\/ffldrs\/fertilizer.html\">Fertilizing Materials Inspection Program (FMIP)<\/a> field staff and then analyzed in the CAC laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">For CAC\u2019s Regulatory Analysis team to better understand the entire process, they stepped away from the laboratory to shadow Feed, Fertilizer and Livestock Drugs Regulatory Services (FFLDRS) Branch FMIP staff as they performed inspections, sampling and other duties in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">CAC scientists learned the inspection process, observed various sampling techniques and performed some of them. This opportunity provided a valuable way to con\u00adnect field sampling, regulatory inspection and laboratory analysis into one continuous process. It also strengthened collaboration between the Fer\u00adtilizer Field Inspection team and CAC Regulatory Analysis team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Center for Analytical Chemistry (CAC) staff had the opportunity to partake in the process of obtaining fertilizer samples they would lat\u00ader analyze. 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