BUREAU OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES

NATIONAL FISHERIES LABORATORY DIVISION (NFLD)

Arcadia Bldg., 860 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City

Laboratory Services, Sample Requirements & Fees

ANALYSIS METHOD DETECTION REQUIREMENTS FEE per sample RELEASING OF
LIMIT RESULTS
I. National Fisheries Laboratory Division (NFLD)
A. Fish Health Laboratory
1. Banned Antibiotic Residue
Fresh Chilled/Frozen 30 working days
ELISA Meat: 0.025 ppb Finfishes: At least 1 kg (2-3 pcs)
a. Chloramphenicol (CAP) Php 1,000 upon receipt and
Feeds: 0.100 ppb Stonefish/Pompano: At least 1.3 kg payment
(2 pcs)
b. Nitrofurans
Bamboo Shark: At least 1.3 kg
b.1 AOZ 0.100 ppb Salmon Head/Belly: At least 2 kg Php 1,000
b.2 AMOZ 0.200 ppb Eel(Yellow/Black): At least 1.1 kg (2- Php 1,000
c. Aflatoxin (feed sample) 3 pcs) Php 1,000
Shrimp (Head-on): At least 1.3 kg
Sea Mantis: At least 1.2 kg
Lobsters (Headless): At least 800 g

Canned/Pasteurized/Chilled
Crab Meat: At least 300 g 30 working days
ELISA upon receipt and
2.00 ppb Live payment
Geoduck: At least 1.5 kg (2 pcs)
Crabs: At least 1.2 kg (2-3 pcs with
claws attached)
Nylon Shell: 1.2 kg
Other Shells: At least 1.5 kg

Kept Dry
Aquatic Feeds: At least 300 g
2. Molecular Diagnostics (For Finfishes, Crustaceans, Mollusc & Bivalves)
a. RNA Conventional PCR Php 600
(IMNV, YHV/GAV, PvNV, (IMNV, YHV/GAV, PvNV, TSV,
MrNV, WSSV, IHHNV,
TSV, MrNV, KHV) EMS/AHPND, MBV, EHP,
b. DNA NHPB) Shrimp: At least 300 pcs for fry/pl Php 600
(WSSV, IHHNV, Real Time PCR or at least 5 pcs adult 3 working days after
EMS/AHPND, MBV, EHP, (WSSV, TSV, YHV, NHPB, Qualitative receipt and
NHPB, IRIDO) EHP, AHPND) Finfish:At least 200 pcs fry/at payment
Insulated Isothermal least 10 moribund fish
PCR
(KHV, IRIDO, EHP, AHPND,
WSSV, IMNV, IHHNV, YHV,
TSV, NHPB, PvNV)
 BUREAU OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES
NATIONAL FISHERIES LABORATORY DIVISION (NFLD)
Arcadia Bldg., 860 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City

ANALYSIS METHOD DETECTION REQUIREMENTS FEE per sample RELEASING OF

LIMIT RESULTS
Live Php 75 2 days after receipt
3. Parasitological
Microscopic Qualitative Finfish: At least 30 pcs and payment
Examination
Eel: At least 30 pcs (+15 cm)
Luminous: Water: Placed in a sterile bottle Php 100 7 working days after
2
<2.0 x 10 cfu/mL and must be submitted within 6 receipt and
hours from the time of collection payment
Vibrio
3 4
2.2 x 10 – 1.3 x 10
4. Bacterial Count Shrimp: At least 150 pcs juvenile
(Normal)
Serial Dilution 4
1.5 x 10 – 6.0 x 10
4 or 30 pcs adult
(Luminous and Vibrio)
(Slightly High)
4 4
7.5 x 10 – 9.5 x 10 Soil (Air Dried): At least 1 kg
(High)
5 5
1.0 x 10 – 5.5 x 10
(Very High)
5. Gross or Microscopic At least 300 pcs for fry/pl or at 2 days upon receipt
Microscopic Qualitative Php 100
Exam (Prawn Fry) least 5 pcs adult and payment
6. Physico-Chemical (Salt, Brackish or Fresh Water intended for Aquaculture)
a. pH Lamotte pH meter 0.00-14.01 ppm Water: At least 1 L submitted Php 30
b. Acidity/Alkalinity Unit dose Vial 0.200 ppm within 3-4 hours from the time of Php 100
c. Carbon Dioxide Titration Quantitative collection Php 100
d. Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Winkler 0.0-10.0 ppm Php150
e. Ammonia Salicylate 0-1.00 ppm Php 180
f. Nitrate/Nitrite FW: 0.05-0.80 2 days upon
ppm; SW: 0.25- receipt and
Colorimetric Php 180
10.0 ppm/ payment
FW: 0.05-0.80 ppm
g. Phosphate Ascorbic Acid 0.00-3.00 ppm
Php 300
Reduction
h. Total Hardness UDV 0-450 ppm Php 300
i. Salinity Refractometer 0-100 ppm Php 30
B. Fisheries Product Testing Laboratory
1. Heavy Metals
a. Cadmium (Cd) 0.000084 ppm Fresh/Chilled/Frozen Php 1,200
GFA AAS Cephalopods: At least 1 kg
b. Lead (Pb) 0.000025 ppm Php 1,200
Mollusks: At least 1.5 kg w/ shell and 12 working days
c. Mercury (Hg) 0.0054 ug/g
at least 1 kg meat after receipt and
MVU-AAS Crustaceans: At least 1.5 kg w/ shell Php 1,200 payment
and at least 1 kg meat
Fish: At least 1 kg
 BUREAU OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES
NATIONAL FISHERIES LABORATORY DIVISION (NFLD)
Arcadia Bldg., 860 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City

ANALYSIS METHOD DETECTION REQUIREMENTS FEE per sample RELEASING OF

LIMIT RESULTS
2. pH Good Quality: 6.2-6.9
Potentiometric Sour/Putrid: Fresh/Chilled/Frozen Php 50
5.2&below Cephalopods: At least 500 g
3. Water activity (Aw) Heavily Salted Fish: Mollusks: At least 1 kg w/ shell
0.6-0.7 and at least 500 g meat 10-12 working days
Novasina Aw Measuring Bagoong PNS/FDA Php 75 after receipt and
Value 36:2012:
0.85 Crustaceans: At least 1 kg w/ payment
4. Sodium Chloride (NaCl) Fresh: 0.2-3% shell and at least 500 g meat
Dried Fish: 8-10%
Titrimetry-Volhard Smoked: 3-5% Php 160
Bagoong: 8-15%
Fish: At least 500 g
5. Microbial Examination
a. Yeast/Mold Fish & Fishery Dried Fish and Fishery
Product: Products: Php 250
1,000 cfu/g At least 1 kg
b. APC Fish & Fishery
Product: Php 200
500,000 cfu/g
c. Staphylococcus aureus Fish & Fishery
Product: Php 300
1,000 cfu/g
Fish: 11 mpn/g Fresh/Chilled/Frozen
d. Fecal Coliform
Shellfish:
16 mpn/g Cephalopods: At least 1 kg Php 250
Water: <1.1 mpn/100
mL 7 working days after
Fish & Fishery Mollusks: At least 1.5 kg w/ shell
e. E. coli BAM AOAC, 2001 receipt and
Product: and at least 1 kg meat
11 mpn/g
payment
Shellfish: Crustaceans: At least 1.5 kg w/
16 mpn/g Php 350
Live Shellfish: shell and at least 1 kg meat
23 mpn/g
Water: <1.1 mpn/100 Fish: At least 1 kg
mL
f. Heterotrophic Plate Count Ice and Water: <1 Water: At least 1 L contained in a
cfu/mL Php 200
sterilized bottle jar
g. Salmonella Fish & Fishery
products: Ice: At least 1 kg Php 400
Absent in 25 g
h. Enterococci/Fecal
Streptococci Water:
<1.1 mpn/100 mL Php 350
 BUREAU OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES
NATIONAL FISHERIES LABORATORY DIVISION (NFLD)
Arcadia Bldg., 860 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City

ANALYSIS METHOD DETECTION REQUIREMENTS FEE per sample RELEASING OF

LIMIT RESULTS
C. Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory
1. Paralytic Shellfish Toxin AOAC Method No. 959.08 35 ug/100 g Meat: 250 g
3-5 working days
(PST) w/ shell: 1 kg
Php 600 upon payment and
AOAC Method No. 0.18 ug/100g
receipt
2011.27
2. Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning 5-7 working days
(ASP) AOAC Method No. 991.26 0.2 ug/mL Php 2,500 upon payment and
receipt
3. Tetrodotoxin (TTX) Food Hygiene 3-5 working days
Examination Manual Vol. 1 ug/g Php 600 upon payment and
2, (1978). pp.232-244 receipt
4. Diarrhetic Shellfish Manual on Harmful
7 working days
Poisoning (DSP) Marine Microalgae: IOC
Qualitative Php 3,000 upon payment and
Manuals and Guides No.
receipt
33 Meat: 250 g
5. Ciguattera Manual on Harmful w/ shell: 1 kg
7 working days
Marine Microalgae: IOC
< 5 ng Php 4,000 upon payment and
Manuals and Guides No.
receipt
33
6. Cyanide 3-5 working days
APHA Method No. 4500 0.04 ppm Php 450 upon payment and
receipt
7. Formaldehyde At least 5 pcs 3-5 working days
Spectrophotometric
0.60 ug/g Php 250 upon payment and
Method Nash Reagent
receipt