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Information for Enhanced QMP Importers using Private
Laboratories for Testing Fish and Fish Products
Private laboratories acceptable to the CFIA for testing fish and fish
products must be accredited by the
Standards Council of Canada (SCC) under the
Program for Accreditation of Laboratories (PALCAN), Agricultural and Food Products Specialty Area,
as specified in the guideline CAN-P-1587.
The CFIA has
established requirements for the acceptance of analytical results from third
party laboratories. Such laboratories must be accredited to ISO/IEC 17025,
General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories
or its replacement by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC).
Acceptance of results is contingent on those routine tests and analytical
matrices being included in the laboratory’s current scope of accreditation.
Scopes of accredited laboratories showing
test names, matrices and methods of analysis may be found on the
SCC website at http://palcan.scc.ca/SpecsSearch/GLSearchForm.do?language=en
Alternatively, the Standards
Council of Canada can be contacted for information and assistance (phone:
(613) 238-3222 or www.scc.ca).With respect to microbiological testing, SCC accredited laboratories that are
recognized as acceptable for microbiological testing of fish and fish products
must also participate in the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) Microbiology Proficiency
Testing Program for Meat.
For further information,
please contact:
Questions relating to laboratory requirements:
Science Branch, Ottawa
Rose Medaglia
National Manager, Laboratory Accreditation Programs
ph: (613) 221-7075
e-mail: Rose Medaglia
Questions related to the import program policy: Fish, Seafood and Production Division
Alf Bungay
National Manager, Inspection Systems and HACCP
ph: (613) 221-7026
e-mail: Alf Bungay
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