Approved Laboratories List

Updated: October 07, 2011

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 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)

New Brunswick

Agricultural Certification Services Inc.
Comp 17, 385 Wilsey Road (post)
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

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)¹
• Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid (PSTVd)

¹ Including PVX, PVY and PLRV testing done using Bioreba

Québec

Agro EnviroLab
1642 rue de la Ferme
La Pocatière, QC, G0R 1Z0
Tel: 418-856-1079
Fax: 418-856-6718

Approved for:

• ELISA and IMF for Bacterial Ring Rot (BRR)

Laboratoire d'analyse biologique
IRDA (Institut de recherche et de développement en agroenvironnement Inc.)
Complexe scientifique Local D.1.110
2700 Rue Einstein
Québec City, Québec G1P 3W8
Tel: 418-644-6744
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