SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                                  July 17, 2002
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                                 Date of Report
                        (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

                             Tech Laboratories, Inc.
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



          New Jersey                  000-27592                   22-1436279
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(State or other jurisdiction of      (Commission               (I.R.S. Employee
 incorporation or organization)       File No.)                   I.D. Number)

               955 Belmont Avenue
            North Haledon, New Jersey                               07508
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         (Address of principal executive                          (Zip Code)
                     offices



                                 (973) 427-5333
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)







ITEM 5.           OTHER EVENTS.

         Tech Laboratories, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release on July
1, 2002, announcing that it had entered into an agreement pursuant to which the
holders of its 6.5% convertible promissory notes agreed to waive any defaults
until July 30, 2002, that may otherwise have occurred under the Amendment to
Redemption and Conversion Agreement dated April 19, 2002, in order to allow the
parties time to negotiate revised terms of their agreement.

(c)      EXHIBITS.

         10.1     Agreement by and between the Company and holders of the
                  Company's 6.5% convertible promissory notes issued in October
                  2000.

         99.1     Press Release dated July 17, 2002.






                                                    SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                             Tech Laboratories, Inc.

Date:  July 23, 2002
                                             By:/s/ Bernard M. Ciongoli
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                                                Bernard M. Ciongoli, President