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.
Latest News
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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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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 MAURITAS accredited laboratory having successfully
transited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 is Assay
Office.
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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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