Test Method Validation Services
The AFL is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 standard for Test Method Development and Evaluation and Non-routine Testing as shown on our scope of accreditation. The AFL has the extensive expertise and experience in validating proprietary methods and media from method developers for obtaining approval by Microbiology Methods Committee (MMC), Government of Canada, or AOAC Research Institute. Some examples can be found in the Compendium of Analytical Methods.
Research and Development (R&D) Laboratory Services
We also develop, validate and implement advanced methods used in research projects, as reflected in some of our peer-reviewed publications. Our professional team of scientists understand that your analytical needs can be beyond published guidelines or available methodologies. We have a highly educated and well-experienced scientific team with extensive expertise to work collaboratively with you from consultation, study design to sample analysis and report writing to meet your specific objectives. Our operations are flexible to accommodate different and ever-changing needs of our clients from validation of a new technology, process, equipment or formulation to trouble-shooting unknown sources of contamination or searching for improved microbial strains. We strive to come up with the best possible approaches with scientifically sound and technically reliable methodologies to deliver the analytical results you can totally rely on.