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
Industrial Development 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 17021-1 - 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 to ISO/IEC 17020 - Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection.
MAURITAS certificates are a formal recognition that an organization is technically competent to perform specific tasks.
MAURITAS RECOGNISED
BY ILAC MRA and IAF MLA
MAURITAS was admitted as a signatory member to the ILAC MRA and the
IAF MLA on 04 October 2018 and 17 October 2018 respectively. Further
to the 2018 Joint IAF-ILAC Annual Meetings on 22-31 October, the certificates
of recognition were presented to the Director of MAURITAS on 30 October
2018.
The IAF MLA scope of MAURITAS has been extended to include the
Sub-scope: Level 4: ISO/TS 22003; Sub-scope: Level 5: ISO 22000 for
Food Safety Management System since 05 November 2020.
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Latest News
Following the re-emergence of COVID-19 in Mauritius on 05 March 2021 and the resulting national lockdown, which started on 10 March 2021, MAURITAS offices have been closed for the period 10 to 31 March 2021. However, all MAURITAS officers were available via e-mail to respond to queries from stakeholders.
MAURITAS is pleased to inform all its stakeholders that it has resumed its office activities with a skeletal staff as from 01 April 2021 to ensure business continuity. The re-opening of the MAURITAS Offices has been done in line with very strict sanitary measures (click here to view sanitary measures in place).
MAURITAS will resume its on-site assessment activities and physical meetings once the lockdown is lifted by the Government and when it is deemed safe to perform such activities. In the meantime, you may phone or e-mail us in case you have any queries.
MAURITAS
05 April 2021
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Drymix Ltd Laboratory has been granted Accreditation by MAURITAS on 26 October 2020 for the Construction Materials testing field.
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The Transition Period for ISO/IEC 17025:2017 has been extended to 01st June 2021. Please see the revised Joint ILAC-ISO Communique on the recognition of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 during a Three-Year Transition for further information.
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Alteo Refinery Ltd Laboratory has voluntarily terminated its accreditation with MAURITAS with effect since 04 June 2020.
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MAURITAS has successfully transited to ISO/IEC 17011:2017. The MRA Council voting members have voted in favour of maintaining the signatory status of MAURITAS following the evaluation carried out on 01-03 July 2019. The next evaluation is scheduled for May 2022.
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The first laboratory to be granted accreditation on ISO/IEC 17025:2017 by MAURITAS is Polyeco S.A Waste Management and Valorization Industry since 19 December 2019.
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The first MAURITAS accredited laboratory having successfully transited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 is Assay Office.
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MAURITAS Transition Peer Evaluation on 01-03 July 2019. Click here for further details.
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Training on ISO/IEC 17025:2017, organised by MAURITAS and funded by the EU, has been scheduled. Click here for further details.
- Infographic information by ILAC MCC
- Implementation Plan for ISO/IEC 17021-3:2017
- Transition Plan for ISO/IEC 17011:2017
- MAURITAS Transition Plan for ISO/IEC 17025:2017
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ILAC/IAF Mutual Recognition Arrangement
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 Performance Indicators for 2020 - 2021
| # | Performance Indicators | Targets |
| 1 | To maintain the number of assessments to be carried out | 40 |
| 2 | To have Technical Assessors / Experts participating in conclaves | At least 31 |
| 3 | Number of new accreditation granted | At least 5 |
| 4 | To ensure that assessments are being carried out within the scheduled timelines | Within 1 month from scheduled dates |
| 5 | To ensure that Accreditation Reports are being prepared within scheduled timelines | Within 1.5 months from clearance of all non-conformities raised |
| 6. | To ensure Accreditation Reports are submitted to the Accreditation Committee for decision making | Within 1 month from signature of reports by Assessment Team |
| 7. | To ensure internal audits are carried out as scheduled in Internal Audit Plan | Within 15 days from scheduled months |
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