The Mauritius Accreditation Service (MAURITAS)
MAURITAS is the sole national accreditation body
and has been established under the Mauritius Accreditation Service Act
1998 as a department within the Ministry responsible for the subject of
Industry to provide a national, unified service for the accreditation
of calibration and testing laboratories, inspection bodies and certification
bodies.
MAURITAS is responsible for the accreditation of:
• Certification bodies to ISO/IEC 17021 - Conformity assessment
-- Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management
systems
• Laboratories (testing and calibration) to ISO/IEC 17025 - General
requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
• Medical laboratories to ISO 15189 - Medical laboratories -- Particular
requirements for quality and competence
• Inspection bodies are accredited to ISO/IEC 17020 - General criteria
for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection standards.
MAURITAS certificates are a formal recognition that an organization is technically competent to perform specific tasks.
Latest News
- World Accreditation Day 2017 Accreditation: Delivering confidence in construction and the built environment new
- Joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communique on the Management Systems Requirements of ISO/IEC 17025, General Requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories new
- The Accreditation of Chemco Ltd for the biological testing field is under voluntary suspension as from 17 January 2017
- The 9th Ordinary Session of African Union Conference of Ministers
of Trade called upon the Pan African Quality Institutions (PAQI) to
adopt the year 2017 as African year of Quality Infrastructure. Activities
to commemorate African Year of Quality Infrastructure will thus take
place throughout the year 2017 on the continent with a call for enhanced
efforts to boost economic integration, intra- African and global trade
through investment in quality infrastructure.
Read More on The African Year of Quality Infrastructure - New contractual technical staff recruited at MAURITAS
- IAF-ILAC-ISO-Joint-communique on the Management Requirements of ISO 15189:2012
- Press release on joint communique on the Management Requirements of ISO 15189:2012
- IAF-ILAC-ISO Communique on management system requirements of ISO/IEC 17020:2012 (pdf)
Our Vision
• Achieving International Recognition
Our Mission
• To provide a national, impartial and transparent
mechanism for the accreditation of laboratories, certification and inspection
bodies.
• To achieve international recognition by becoming signatory to
International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition
Arrangements (ILAC MRA) and International Accreditation Forum Multilateral
Recognition Arrangement (IAF MLA).
Our Objectives for 2017-2018
- To maintain the number of assessments to be carried out to 35;
- To have at least 30 Technical Assessors/Experts participating in conclaves;
- To grant at least 4 new Accreditations;
- To ensure that assessments are carried out within one (1) month from scheduled dates;
- To ensure that Accreditation Reports are finalised within 1.5 months from clearance of non-conformities;
- To ensure that Accreditation Reports are submitted to the Accreditation Committee for decision making within one (1) month from signature of the report by the Assessment Team;
- To ensure that Internal Audits are carried out within fifteen (15) days from scheduled month;
- To ensure that MAURITAS documents are issued 1.5 months after review of documents.
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