Containment Standards for Facilities Handling Plant Pests
This page is part of the Guidance Document Repository (GDR).
Looking for related documents?
Search for related documents in the Guidance Document Repository
Table of contents
- 1.0 Introduction
- 2.0 Plant pest containment
- 3.0 Physical requirements for containment facilities
- 4.0 Operational practices in containment facilities
- 5.0 Decontamination processes
- 6.0 Facility certification
- 7.0 Contact information
- 8.0 Glossary
- 9.0 Selected references
- 10.0 Appendix I
These standards were developed by a working group of experts from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and McGill University. Their advice, expertise and input are gratefully acknowledged.
Working Group Members
- Craig Armitage
Chief, Planning, Design and Construction
Business Planning
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
159 Cleopatra Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0Y9 - Dr. Rob Bourchier
Research Scientist
Insect Biology and Biocontrol
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Lethbridge Research Centre
P.O. Box 3000
Lethbridge, Alberta
T1J 4B1 - Dr. Solke De Boer
Section Head and Research Scientist
Charlottetown Laboratory
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
93 Mt. Edward Road
Charlottetown, P.E.I.
C1A 5T1 - Gary Kristjansson
Coordinator and Editor
Office of Biohazard Containment and Safety
Science Strategies Directorate
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
159 Cleopatra Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0Y9 - Dr. John McDonald
Research Scientist
Centre for Plant Quarantine Pests
Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
3851 Fallowfield Road
Ottawa, Ontario
K2H 8P9 - Sylvia Miller
Nematologist
Centre for Plant Quarantine Pests
Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
3851 Fallowfield Road
Ottawa, Ontario
K2H 8P9 - Doug Parker
Regulatory Entomologist
Centre for Plant Quarantine Pests,
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
K.W. Neatby Building, Floor 4
960 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0C6 - Dan Thompson
Plant Pathologist
Centre for Plant Health
Sidney Laboratory
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
8801 East Saanich Road
Sidney, British Columbia
V8L 1H3 - Bill Weiler
Legislation Officer,
Export/Import Section,
Plant Health Directorate
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
59 Camelot Drive,
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0Y9 - Carolyn Babcock
Curator
Canadian Collection of Fungal Cultures
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Room 1015, K.W. Neatby Building
960 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A OC6 - Stéphan
Brière
Diagnostic Plant Pathologist
Centre for Plant Quarantine Pests
Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
3851 Fallowfield Road
Ottawa, Ontario
K2H 8P9 - Dr. Rosemarie De
Clerck-Floate
Research Scientist and
Project User Representative
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Lethbridge Research Centre
P.O. Box 3000
Lethbridge, Alberta
T1J 4B1 - Paul Langevin
P. Eng.
Biocontainment Design Services/Merrick
133 Paddock Way
Kanata, Ontario
K2L 1K6 - Stephen Miller
Plant Pathologist
Office of Plant Health Risk Assessment
Science Strategies Directorate
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
3851 Fallowfield Road
Ottawa, Ontario
K2H 8P9 - Stephen Norman
A/National Manager
Office of Biohazard Containment and Safety
Science Strategies Directorate
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
159 Cleopatra Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0Y9 - Dr. Khalid Rashid
Research Scientist
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Morden Research Station
Unit 100-101 Route 100
Morden, Manitoba
R6M 1Y5 - Dr. Alan Watson
Professor and Director
Biopesticides Research Laboratory
Macdonald College
2 Raymond Building, Room R2-019
21111 Lakeshore Road
St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec
H9X 3V9 - Lisa Young
A/National Manager
Office of Biohazard Containment and Safety,
Science Strategies Directorate,
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
159 Cleopatra Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0Y9
- Date modified: