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Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration
Fiscal Year 2005

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Geographical Distribution of FDA Facilities

Location	Activities
Washington, D.C. area:
Rockville, MD	FDA Headquarters and headquarters operations of the Human Drugs, Biologics, Animal Drugs, Device and Radiological Health products programs and laboratories.
College Park, MD, and Washington, D.C.	Foods program headquarters and laboratories
Bethesda, MD	Human Drugs and Biologics laboratories
Beltsville, MD	Foods and Animal Drugs Research facilities
Chantilly, VA	Foods Color Certification Laboratory
White Oak, MD	Some Human Drugs and Medical Device laboratories

Field Operations Facilities:
Jefferson, AR	Arkansas Regional Laboratory
Oakland, CA	Pacific Regional Office
Alameda, CA	San Francisco District Office and laboratory
Los Angeles, CA	Pacific Regional Laboratory Southwest
Irvine, CA	Los Angeles District Office
Denver, CO	Denver District Office and laboratory (special emphasis in animal drugs residue testing)
Maitland, FL	Florida District Office
Atlanta, GA	Southeast Regional Office, Southeast Regional Laboratory, and Atlanta District Office
Chicago, IL	Chicago District Office
Lenexa, KS	Kansas City District Office and laboratory (special emphasis in pesticides and total diet analysis)
New Orleans, LA	New Orleans District Office
Stoneham, MA	New England District Office
Winchester, MA	Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center (testing of Medical Devices and Radiological Health Research products)- Testing facility for Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceutics.
Baltimore, MD	Baltimore District Office
Detroit, MI	Detroit District Office and laboratory
Minneapolis, MN	Minneapolis District Office
Parsippany, NJ	New Jersey District Office
Jamaica, NY	Northeast Regional Office, Regional laboratory and New York District Office
Cincinnati, OH	Cincinnati District Office and Forensic Chemistry Center (elemental analysis)
Philadelphia, PA	Central Regional Office, Philadelphia District Office and laboratory (special emphasis on Human Drugs)
San Juan, PR	San Juan District Office and laboratory (special emphasis on human drugs products testing)
Dallas, TX	Southwest Regional Office, Dallas District Office, and Southwest Import District
Bothell, WA	Seattle District Office and Pacific Regional Laboratory Northwest (special emphasis on seafood products testing)

Other Specialized facilities:
Dauphin Island, AL	Fishery research (CFSAN)
Jefferson, AR	National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)
St. Louis, MO	Specialized human drugs product testing laboratory (CDER)