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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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WORLD ACCREDITATION DAY – 9 June 2022
World Accreditation Day is celebrated on 9 June every year. It was first celebrated in 2010 following an initiative of both the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Cooperation (ILAC).
The theme for year 2022 is “Accreditation: Sustainability in Economic Growth and the Environment.”and aims at demonstrating how accreditation is supporting the implementation of United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) linked to economic growth and environmental performance in a sustainable way.
Accreditation Bodies, such as the Mauritius Accreditation Service (MAURITAS), have been offering accreditation schemes for testing laboratories involved in environmental protection and for certification bodies offering environmental management system certification to ISO 14001.
Please find more information on the theme in the joint statement below from IAF and ILAC as well as a brochure on the subject.
- The Mauritius Standards Bureau (MSB) has voluntarily reduced its scope of accreditation by the removal of the microbiological parameters in water, food and food products.
- The MSIRI has voluntarily reduced its scope of accreditation
for the following parameters:
- Determination of As, Cu, Ca, Pb, Hg and Fe’ in Sugars, Molasses, Syrup and Cane Juice;
- Salinity in water and effluents; and
- Determination of organophosphate, organochlorine and triazine residues in water and sugars.
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The Accreditation Cycles of the following laboratories have been extended as indicated in the table below:
- The Government Analyst Division (T040) has been granted accreditation by MAURITAS on 27 April 2022 for the Food and Chemical Testing fields
- MAURITAS Re-Evaluation by AFRAC/SADCA
- Consolidated Fabrics Ltd has voluntarily terminated its accreditation with MAURITAS with effect since 30 October 2021
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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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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 2021 - 2022
| # | 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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