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What is accreditation?
Accreditation is the independent evaluation of certification bodies against recognised standards to ensure their impartiality and competence to carry out specific activities, such as tests, calibrations, inspections and certifications.
What is conformity assessment?
Conformity assessment is the demonstration that what is being supplied actually meets the requirements specified or claimed. Conformity assessment can be applied to a product or a service, a process, a system, an organisation or persons and includes activities such as testing, inspection, and certification.
Demonstrating compliance with standards and other criteria assumes greater importance to consumer confidence as products and services become increasingly technically complex. Conformity assessment is therefore an indispensable part of an economy’s business and standards and conformance
What is an accreditation body?
An accreditation body is an authoritative body that performs accreditation. In some instances, its authority is derived from government.
Its primary function is to assess, against internationally agreed standards, organisations that provide certification, testing, inspection and calibration services (collectively known as conformity assessment bodies). Accreditation demonstrates the competence, impartiality and performance capability of these organisations.
Accreditation bodies normally operate as non-profit distributing organisations.
What is the difference between the terms "accreditation" and "registration"?
Accreditation is the formal recognition by an accreditation authority to the technical and organizational competence of a conformity assessment body to carry out a specific service in accordance to the standards and technical regulations as described in their scope of accreditation.
What are the benefits of using an accredited certification body?
Under Management Systems Certification:
- Level 4: ISO/TS 22003 Food safety management systems– Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of food safety management systems
Level 5: ISO 22000 Food safety management systems – Requirements for any organization in the food chain
Level 5: FAMI-QS Certification Scheme - Level 4: ISO/IEC 27006 Information technology – Security techniques – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of information security management systems
Level 5: ISO/IEC 27001 Information technology – Security techniques – Information security management systems – Requirements - Level 4: ISO/IEC 17021-2 Conformity Assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems – Part 2: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of environmental management systems
Level 5: ISO 14001 Environmental management systems – Requirements with guidance for use - Level 4: ISO/IEC 17021-3 Conformity Assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems – Part 3: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of quality management systems
Level 5: ISO 9001 Quality management systems – Requirements - Level 4: ISO 50003 Energy management systems – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of energy management systems
Level 5: ISO 50001 Energy management systems — Requirements with guidance for use - Level 4: n.a.
Level 5: ISO 13485 Medical devices – Quality management systems – Requirements for regulatory purposes - Level 4: ISO/IEC TS 17021-10 Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems — Part 10: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of occupational health and safety management systems
Level 5: ISO 45001 Occupational health and safety management systems — Requirements with guidance for use
What are the benefits of using an accredited certification body?
• de-risk your procurement by taking the guesswork out of choosing a certification body by giving you confidence that you will get the service that closely meets your requirements;
• win new business particularly since the use of accredited conformity assessment services is increasingly a stipulation of specifiers in both the public and private sector;
• gain access to overseas markets since certificates issued by bodies that are accredited by USCB e recognised and accepted throughout the world;
• help to identify best practice since the certification body is required to have appropriate knowledge of your business sector;
• offer market differentiation and leadership by showing to others credible evidence of good practice;
• demonstrate due diligence in the event of legal action;
• reduce paperwork and increase efficiency by reducing the need to re-audit your business.
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What is the difference between the terms "accreditation" and "registration"?
Accreditation is the formal recognition by an accreditation authority to the technical and organizational competence of a conformity assessment body to carry out a specific service in accordance to the standards and technical regulations as described in their scope of accreditation.