Schedule of Availability of Service:
Monday to Friday
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. without noon break
Who May Avail of the Service:
Exporters; Export Manager; Forwarders
What are the Requirements:
- Fully accomplished Laboratory examination request form. The application form should have the following informations; Date of examination request; Exporters’ name, address and contact details, name of consignee and destination. It should also specify the type of foodstuff submitted, origin of the sample, weight, size of shipment (in kilos) and the date of loading.
- Sampling requirements:
- Food samples must be approved according to the following:
- Proper and appropriate packaging and product labeling
- Representative sample accurate to the actual food for export
- Representative sample should be 0.01%% of the total lot of food for export
- Payment of corresponding laboratory fee of Php 1,200.00 per commodity
- Quarantine Clearance Certificate downloaded at www.nsw.gov.ph should be submitted to the laboratory after 3 working days together with the official receipt.
- Five (5) copies of original documents printed on Pdf file
- Colored, printed on long bond paper (8.5X14”)
Considered to be one of the oldest government agencies, Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ) is the health authority and a line bureau of the Department of Health (DOH). BOQ is mandated to ensure security against the introduction and spread of infectious diseases, emerging diseases and public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC).