On Monday, October 9, 2023, AFL will be closed for Thanksgiving Day.  Should you have any questions, please contact us by email: aflinfo@uoguelph.ca, and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

The AFL extends warmest wishes for a relaxing and safe Thanksgiving Day weekend to you and your families. 

Purolator – Closed on Friday, Sept. 29, Normal operations on Monday, October 2

FedEx – Normal operations on Friday, Sept. 29, Ground only on Monday, October 2

UPS – Normal operations on Friday, Sept. 29, Closed Monday, October 2

Normal operations at AFL.

On Monday, September 4, 2023, AFL will be closed for Labour Day.  Should you have any questions, please contact us by email: aflinfo@uoguelph.ca, and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

The AFL extends warmest wishes for a relaxing and safe Labour Day weekend to you and your families. 

On Monday, August 7, 2023, AFL will be closed to allow our staff to observe the Civic Holiday. Should you have any questions, please contact us by email: aflinfo@uoguelph.ca, and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

The AFL extends warmest wishes for a relaxing and safe Civic Holiday weekend to you and your families. 

The Agriculture and Food Laboratory of the University of Guelph will be CLOSED on Friday, June 30th to celebrate Canada Day with the exception of our Sample Reception.

Our Sample Reception is OPEN on Friday, June 30 from 8 am to 4 pm to receive samples.

Any samples (including rush) that are submitted will not be started until Monday, July 3rd.

Saturday, July 1st - Sample Reception is CLOSED for the statutory holiday.

We are pleased to announce that we have been approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to test for Trichinella in pork for export. 

Please reach out to us at aflinfo@uoguelph.ca or 519-767-6299 if you are interested in learning about this service. 

Export requirements for meat - Canadian Food Inspection Agency (canada.ca)

On Friday, April 7, 2023, AFL will be closed for Good Friday. Should you have any questions, please contact us by email: aflinfo@uoguelph.ca, and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

The Agriculture and Food Laboratory has successfully completed the research project “OAF-2019-100464 - Evaluation of a High Throughput CRISPR Sequence-Based Method for Identification of Multiple Salmonella Serovars in a Sample from Poultry Production Environments”.