Accreditation Status of Agri-Food Laboratories

The Agri-Food Laboratories (AFL) quality management system has been accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 since 2001. AFL is accredited by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) as a testing laboratory for specific test methods.
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The specific test methods are listed on our Scope of Accreditation .

Under our accreditation we also meet the requirements of:

EURACHEM – Accreditation for Microbiological Laboratories
CITAC/EURACHEM – Guide to Quality in Analytical Chemistry
OIE, World Organization for Animal Health – OIE Quality Standard and Guidelines for Veterinary Laboratories: Infectious Diseases

Our accreditation is based on a Quality Management System (QMS) which is audited at two year intervals by the SCC. The audit team consists of a team leader either from SCC or under contract to them and a number of technical assessors who are experts in the tests they are assessing. Both the QMS and the individual tests must pass the scrutiny of the audit team in order for accreditation to be recommended.

Other Documents in the Series

Agri-Food Laboratories
Agri-Food Laboratories: Chemistry Laboratory
Agri-Food Laboratories: Chemistry Laboratory Analytical Services, Capabilities and Instrumentation
Agri-Food Laboratories Chemistry Laboratory: Recent Publications
Agri-Food Laboratories: Chemistry Laboratory- Chemical Residues in Honey - General Information
Agri-Food Laboratories: Food Microbiology Laboratory
Accreditation Status of Agri-Food Laboratories - Current Document

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This information published to the web on June 13, 2002.
Last Reviewed/Revised on January 6, 2015.