Shipping Instructions
Shipping Your Soil/Plant Tissue Samples
1. Collect your samples
- Remember to properly label your samples
- Please include a completed Work Request Form with the samples
- Call our lab if you have any questions on proper sampling techniques
2. Pack them up
- Place soil/plant tissue sample bags in a cardboard box
- To prevent mold, do not pack plant tissue too tightly and/or in plastic packaging
- Seal the box and label the outside with: “Contains soil/plant tissue samples from (Your County)”
3. Ship to our lab!
- 1910 W McKinley Avenue, Suite 110, Fresno, CA 93728
Shipping Your Water Samples
1. Collect your samples
- If you are unsure on how to collect your samples correctly, please give us a call!
- Double check if the analysis you want has a hold time
- Be sure to use permanent marker or indelible ink on bottle labels as water from melted ice may wash away writing.
- Please include a completed Work Request Form with the samples
- Enclosing sample bottles in zipped plastic bags helps to prevent sample contamination
2. Pack them up
- All water samples should be packed in a cooler with plenty of ice
3. Ship to our lab!
- Overnight shipping is recommended
- 1910 W McKinley Avenue, Suite 110, Fresno, CA 93728
Note: State/regulated water samples should arrive at the lab between Monday and Thursday to maintain testing compliance. Samples received on Fridays may not meet hold times.
Dropping your samples off
- Follow the Collection and Packing instructions above and deliver samples to one of our drop-off locations.
Drop-Off Locations
Fresno, CA
1910 W McKinley Avenue, Suite 110, Fresno, CA 93728
Hanford, CA
1216 N Douty Street, Hanford, CA 93230
Davis, CA
502 Mace Boulevard, #2-B, Davis, CA, 95618
Paso Robles, CA
North County Copy
3850 Ramada Drive, Suite A1, Paso Robles, CA 93446
Bakersfield, CA
Peninsula Messenger Service (Behind Jim Burke Ford)
2015 Westwind Dr., Suite 10
Bakersfield, CA 93301
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