Updated: October 9, 2018
The following is a list of approved laboratories under the CFIA National Approval Program. The list indicates laboratories approved for testing and also identifies the test for which they have approved technicians who have passed the required Challenge Check Samples.
These laboratories are approved by the CFIA for regulatory CFIA inspection requirements. This approval does not include any non regulatory testing.
British Columbia
Phyto Diagnostics Company Limited
9381 Ardmore Drive
North Saanich, BC, V8L 5G4
Tel: 250-655-1444
Fax: 250-655-3115
Approved for:
- ELISA and IMF for Bacterial Ring Rot (BRR)
- ELISA for Potato Viruses (S, X, Y, A, M, PLRV, PotLV and PMTV)
- Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid (PSTVd)
- Post-harvest RT-PCR testing according to the Official CFIA Protocol: "Protocol for the Detection of PVY, PLRV, PVS, PVX and PVA in Dormant Tubers by Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction"
New Brunswick
Agricultural Certification Services Inc.
1030 Lincoln Road
Fredericton, NB, E3B 8B7
Tel: 506-459-0293
Fax: 506-457-0769
Approved for:
- ELISA and IMF for Bacterial Ring Rot (BRR)
- ELISA for Potato Viruses (S, X, Y, A, M, PLRV, PotLV and PMTV)
- Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid (PSTVd)
- RT-PCR for Potato Viruses S, X, Y, A and PLRV
Ontario
A & L Canada Laboratories Inc.
2136 Jetstream Road
London, ON
N5V 3P5
Tel: 519-457-2575
Fax: 519-457-2664
Approved for:
- ELISA and IMF for Bacterial Ring Rot (BRR)
- ELISA for Potato Viruses (S, X, Y, A, M, PLRV, PotLV and PMTV)
- RT-PCR for Potato Viruses S, X, Y, A and PLRV
Prince Edward Island
P.E.I. Potato Quality Institute Inc.
98 Hillstrom Avenue
West Royalty Industrial Park
Charlottetown, PEI, C1E 2C6
Tel: 902-368-8378
Fax: 902-892-4468
Approved for:
- ELISA and IMF for Bacterial Ring Rot (BRR)
- ELISA for Potato Viruses (S, X, Y, A, M, PLRV, PotLV and PMTV)Footnote 1
- Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid (PSTVd)
- RT-PCR for Potato Viruses S, X, Y, A and PLRV
Quebec
Laboratoire d'analyse biologique
IRDA (Institut de recherche et de développement en agroenvironnement Inc.)
Complexe scientifique Local D.1.110
2700 rue Einstein
Quebec City, Quebec G1P 3W8
Tel: 418-643-2380 # 421
Fax: 418-644-6855
Approved for:
- ELISA and IMF for Bacterial Ring Rot (BRR)
- ELISA for Potato Viruses (S, X, Y, A, M, PLRV, PotLV and PMTV)
- Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid (PSTVd)
- RT-PCR for Potato Viruses S, X, Y, A and PLRV