China's anti-doping lab needs to resolve some matters before their four-month suspension could be lifted. The Chinese agency CHINADA was found releasing false lab results that prompted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to suspend the agency.
According to Inquirer.Net, CHINADA, a laboratory located in Beijing claimed on its website that WADA issued the suspension after a pair of false negative results was produced from a double-blind sample test. WADA said that all samples from China's anti-doping lab will be transferred to another location that is WADA-accredited. During the laboratory's suspension, they are obliged to undergo five remedial steps according to the Disciplinary Committee. The laboratory must also address all the non-conformities identified in WADA site visits and in its External Quality Assessment Scheme (EQAS) program.
"The suspension, which takes effect immediately, prohibits the Laboratory from carrying out any WADA-related anti-doping activities including all analyses of urine and blood samples. During the period of suspension, samples are required to be transported securely to another WADA-accredited laboratory," WADA news release reads.
The four-month suspension could end early if CHINADA will follow all the instructions given by WADA. The Chinese laboratory could also appeal within 21 days at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, given that they fulfilled the standards of WADA, Decatur Daily reported. WADA is in-charged of accrediting and re-accrediting anti-doping laboratories, while guaranteeing that they maintain the highest quality standards in the laboratory. WADA may suspend any laboratory that does not conform to the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL) standards.
WADA's move to suspend China's anti-doping lab comes after it suspended the accreditation of laboratories in Moscow, Russia and Bolivia last week. The said laboratories were found violating the 2015 World Anti-Doping Code (Code) and the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL) standards. WADA is tightening its standards following a series of anti-doping scandals.
