Officials bust illegal lab containing 20 infectious agents, hundreds of lab mice

https://lemmy.world/post/2344064

Officials bust illegal lab containing 20 infectious agents, hundreds of lab mice - Lemmy.world

So I did a bit of digging, and it's unlikely this is a foreign agent.

It looks like Prestige Biotech was a creditor for and acquired the assets of Universal Meditech when the company collapsed. Prestige was storing what was left of Universal in this warehouse.

Universal Meditech was selling SARS test kits that got recalled in February of last year, which likely led to their bankruptcy. My guess is that Prestige didn't have the available funding to properly dispose of the biohazards or care for the test subjects, ended up with a bunch of infectious mice that they couldn't get rid of legally, and just decided to warehouse them in Fresno until they came up with a solution.

Edit: corrected per @fne8wah's note

Universal Meditech Inc. Issues Nationwide Recall of Skippack Medical Lab SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test Kit

Universal Meditech Inc. initiated a nationwide recall of 56,300 Skippack Medical Lab SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test Kits. The product(s) have been found to have been distributed without appropriate premarket clearance or approval which potentially could result in inaccurate test results due to lack o

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
More like COVID ART test kits instead of “SARS vaccines” from the link you’ve posted?
Thanks for catching that - updated.