Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Science Branch
Laboratories Directorate Plant Protection and Seed Potato Certification
The CFIA’s Plant Health laboratory services are delivered by three Centres of
Expertise and the CFIA Laboratory in St. John’s, NF. Each laboratory serves as the
national centre for its area of specialization, providing testing, technology development,
scientific advice, and consulting support to CFIA’s Program and Policy officers, and
to international organizations.
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CFIA Laboratory - Sidney, British Columbia
(Centre for Plant Health) Provides testing, virus indexing, therapy, and technology
development for viruses and pests of grapevines, treefruits and other crops.
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Ontario Plant Laboratories - Ottawa, Ontario
Provides detection and identification of insects, mites, terrestrial molluscs, nematodes, fungi, bacteria and viruses to certify plants, plant products and plant growing media for import, export, domestic surveillance and control of regulated plant pests. Provides testing and identification of plants with novel traits, of seed lots for adventitious presence of GMOs, and plant cultivar identification and verification. Conducts research to develop sensitive, rapid and robust diagnostic tests for plant pests of concern and plant cultivars.
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CFIA Laboratory - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
(Centre for Animal and Plant Health) |
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Provides testing, and reference services for CFIA’s Seed
Potato Certification program. Activities include research to improve tests for potato
diseases of quarantine and trade significance. Also provides audit and technical support
for the accreditation of non-federal labs to test seed potatoes for import, export and
disease control programs.
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CFIA Laboratory - St. John's, Newfoundland
(Plant Health Laboratory) Provides testing for potato wart disease and cyst nematodes;
collaborates with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Newfoundland government in the
development of potato cultivars resistant to potato wart and potato cyst nematodes. |
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