REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) — State health officials will be at the former illegal Reedley lab on Monday, removing all the remaining materials inside.
The material inside the I and 10th building will finally be destroyed after the California Department of Public Health got the “all clear” by the Superior Court.
Back in December 2022, a code violation at the property revealed an illegal lab, storing thousands of vials of biological material, including potential pathogens such as HIV, malaria, COVID-19 and more.
Investigators connected Jia Bei Zhu Joo, who also referred to himself as David He, as the man running the lab.
Investigators in hazmat suits went through multiple refrigerators and a freezer containing vials, as well as storage containers with unknown liquids.
One lane of traffic will be blocked off as workers come in and out of the site, as they remove those remaining test kits.
