The Standards Council of Canada is the only Canadian organization recognized to grant accreditation under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (LAAF program). This program aims to improve the accuracy and reliability of certain food testing through the uniformity of standards and enhanced FDA oversight.
Under the fully implemented program, only LAAF-accredited laboratories will be able to conduct food testing for the U.S. market in certain circumstances that are defined in the Food Safety Modernization Act final rule on Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Food.