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:
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Certification bodies to
ISO/IEC 17021-1 - Conformity assessment - Requirements for
bodies providing audit and certification of management
systems;
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Product Certification
bodies to ISO/IEC 17065 - Conformity assessment -
Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and
services;
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Laboratories (testing and
calibration) to ISO/IEC 17025 - General requirements for the
competence of testing and calibration laboratories;
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Medical laboratories to ISO
15189 - Medical laboratories - Particular requirements for
quality and competence;
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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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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).
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