The study directorship by IAR means that the study director has ultimate responsibility for the study – a single contact for the sponsor for all study details. IAR’s study directors provide GLP-compliant protocol for field & analytical phases.

All field and final reports conform to EPA-40 CFR part 160.185. Our field trial notebooks, facility log books, SOPs and sample lists/labels are bilingual GLP-compliant. Historical weather data for field sites (max/min temperatures + monthly rainfall data) and historical pesticide-usage data for field sites are also routinely included with the field supporting data.

IAR on-site management visits to application/sampling event per country. These site visits include: site approvals, raw data notebook review, assistance with calibration/ application, samplings & crop shipments.
Importation of test substance, including customs clearance and acquisition of experimental use permits, are also services offered locally if needed. Continuous monitoring of applications, samplings, shipping events and GLP records in the field are conducted by IAR to ensure regulatory compliance and to provide prompt application/harvest/shipping updates to sponsor.
Our services include retention/return of test-substance containers to sponsor. (EPA regulations require that test-substance containers be retained until final study report is completed.)

IAR provides periodic and complete GLP training of principal field investigators and assistants. 25 participants from 7 countries visited Costa Rica in 2015 for a 3 day training that included a practical field work day to standardize procedures and the level of service and keep our people on the top! A similar activity was sponsored in 2008 and we have been assisting yearly to the Nacional Alliance of Crop Consultants Meeting since 2005; a conference of crop consultants where researchers and sponsors provide and
receive training on multiple topics.

International Agricultural Research, Inc. (IAR) is a wise choice for worldwide GLP project management. Utilizing advanced technology, IAR provides seamless, integrated project management and quality assurance throughout the Americas. We specialize in designing studies that meet the EPA FIFRA (40 CFR 160) Good Laboratory Practice Standards and OECD Series on Principles of Good Laboratory Practice and Compliance Monitoring without incurring unnecessary cost.

Take advantage of the value IAR provides in areas with a Multilingual Project Management (English, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese): including translation services of GLP documents.

Project planning, design and implementation by skilled and experienced personnel. Protocol preparation, field GLP data recording, and study final report writing. IAR contracts experienced quality assurance officers to ensure the integrity of the field conduct, GLP data recording and reporting.
Our Principal Field Investigators, throughout IAR’s extensive international network of field researchers, only conduct trials located within the country that they live in, providing real on-site field monitoring. This team delivers computerized GLP data collection using sponsors’ software.
IAR uses computer-based project timelines and monitoring. With new company management since 2013, IAR has a proven success history managing 42 Import Tolerance Studies with over 270 field trials in crops like banana, coffee, sugarcane, pineapple, oil palm, mango, orange, rice, almond, plum, grape, cherry, cucumber, onion, eggplant, avocado, muskmelon, olive and soybean.

Close analytical laboratory management allows us to report residue data in compliance with regulatory agencies such as the USA EPA, EU EFSA or FAO-WHO CODEX Alimentarius.

Applications and/or samplings (critical phase events) are audited on-site by IAR’s quality assurance unit. Our QAU accounts for protocol, field-trial notebooks and raw data, field reports & final report compliance. Facility audits for each participating principal field investigator are conducted routinely every two years. All QA events are reported to the sponsor in a timely manner.

Emphasis on timely & accurate performance with multilingual reporting by trained, experienced (10+ years) multinational personnel, established locally at each country where the field phases are conducted with close monitoring for GLP compliance at multiple regulatory agencies.