The Canadian seed certification system relies on accredited industry personnel and laboratories to perform various activities that result in traceable information being generated for official seed certification (labelling with an official seed tag and/or a Canada pedigreed grade name). The principal activities concerned, following official certification of the seed crop, are seed sampling, seed testing, labelling and documentation.
The following foreign seed testing laboratories have been officially recognized by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). As a result, the reports of analysis issued by these laboratories may be used by an accredited grader to establish a Canadian pedigreed grade name for seed lots destined for marketing in Canada.
Recognized laboratories
Agri Seed Testing
1930 Davcor Ct. SE
Salem, OR 97302
CFIA lab recognition number: 3001
Contact: Sharon Davidson
- Telephone: 503-585-1440
- Fax: 503-588-0733
- Email: sdagriseed@comcast.net
Corteva Agriscience
Tipton Seed Quality Facility
1000 West Jefferson Street
Tipton, IN 46072
CFIA lab recognition number: 3002
Contact: Christopher Roberts
- Telephone: +1-800-351-7566 ext 82241
- Fax: 515-535-0894
- Email: christopher.roberts@corteva.com
BioDiagnostics, Inc.
507 Highland Drive
River Falls, WI 54022
CFIA lab recognition number: 3003
Contact: Nicolette Hard
- Telephone: 715-426-0246
- Fax: 715-426-0251
- Email: NicoletteHard@eurofinsUS.com
SGS Brookings
236 32nd Ave.
Brookings, SD 57006
CFIA lab recognition number: 3004
Contact: Sarah Dammen
- Telephone: 605-692-7611
- Fax: 605-692-7617
- Email: sarah.dammen@sgs.com
Bayer Crop Science
460 E. Adams St.
Waterman, IL 60556
CFIA lab recognition number: 3005
Contact: Melissa Phillips
- Telephone: 815-264-8106
- Fax: 815-264-8103
- Email: melissa.phillips@bayer.com
Corteva Agriscience
7150 NW 70th Avenue
Johnstone, IA 50131-0227
CFIA lab recognition number: 3006
Contact: Matthew Conway
- Telephone: 515-254-2796
- Fax: 515-254-2789
- Email: matthewconway@corteva.com
AgReliant Genetics, LLC
418 North Jefferson Street
Brimfield, IL 61517
CFIA lab recognition number: 3007
Contact: Ryan Keever
- Telephone: 309-446-9830
- Fax: 309-446-3095
- Email: ryan.keever@agreliant.com
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Seed Program
21 North 14 1st Ave., Suite 203
Yakima, WA 98902
CFIA lab recognition number: 3008
Contact: Nancy Jones
- Telephone: 509-429-6950
- Fax: 509-454-4395
- Email: Seed@agr.wa.gov; SeedTestRequest@agr.wa.gov
Oregon State University Seed Laboratory
3291 SW Campus Way
CFIA lab recognition number: 3009
Contact: Dale Brown
- Telephone: 541-737-4464
- Fax: 541-737-2126
- Email: osuseedlab@oregonstate.edu
Illinois Crop Improvement Association
3105 Research Road
Champaign, Illinois 61822
CFIA lab recognition number: 3010
Contact: Steve Beals
- Telephone: 217-359-4053
- Fax: 217-359-4075
- Email: sbeals@ilcrop.com
Turf Tech Inc.
PO Box 287 Tangent, OR 97389
CFIA lab recognition number: 3011
Contact: Phani Bangalore
- Telephone: 541-926-3959
- Fax: 541-926-5370
- Email: phanibangalore@turftech.biz
SoDak Labs Inc.
236 32nd Avenue
Brookings, SK 57006
CFIA lab recognition number: 3012
Contact: Laura Carlson
- Telephone: 605-690-2758
- Fax: 605-690-2758
- Email: laura.carlson@sodaklabs.com
Crookham Company
301 W Warehouse St.
Caldwell, ID 83607
CFIA lab recognition number: 3014
Contact: Marija Topic
- Telephone: 208-459-7451
- Fax: 208-454-2108
- Email: marijat@crookham.com
Minnesota Crop Improvement Association
1900 Hendon Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
CFIA lab recognition number: 3015
Contact: Chase Mowry
- Telephone: 612-625-7766
- Email: chase.mowry@mcia.org
Indiana Crop Improvement Association
7700 Stockwell Road
Lafayette, Indiana 47909
CFIA lab recognition number: 3016
Contact: Laura Donaldson
- Telephone: 765-523-2535
- Email: donaldson@indianacrop.org
Michigan Crop Improvement Association
2901 Jolly Road
Okemos, MI 48864
CFIA lab recognition number: 3017
Contact: Lauren Bogi
- Telephone: 517-332-3546
- Email: bogil@michcrop.com
Accreditation process
Seed laboratories must meet the requirements set out in the Seed Laboratory Accreditation and Audit Protocol (SLAAP) in order to be accredited by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. This document establishes a quality system-based approach to recognize laboratories based on the ISO/IEC: 17025 standard. There are 25 to 30 seed laboratories in Canada accredited pursuant to the SLAAP that test seed in support of the Canadian seed certification program.
Laboratories accredited to the ISO/IEC: 17025 standard, the Accredited Seed Laboratory (ASL) Program of the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA-AMS), and the Seed Testing Laboratory Accreditation Standard (STLAS) of the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA), with an applicable scope of accreditation (for example, seed purity and germination testing), are considered by the CFIA to be equivalent to the SLAAP for the purposes of this lab recognition program.
The foreign seed testing laboratories above have applied to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for official recognition. Their facilities, testing protocols and personnel have been assessed under the STLAS by ISTA, the ASL Program by USDA-AMS or ISO/IEC: 17025. In all cases, a subsequent evaluation by CFIA confirmed adequate knowledge of the Canadian Methods and Procedures for Testing Seed.