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
- The Food Technology Laboratory has terminated its accreditation with MAURITAS new
- Half Day Seminar on 09th June 2016 to celebrate the World Accreditation Day new
- World Accreditation Day 2016 – Accreditation: A Global Tool to Support Public Policy new
- Communique - Mauritius Accreditation Service - Contact Telephone Numbers
- Transition Arrangements
- 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 2016-2017
- To maintain the number of assessments to be carried out to 34;
- To have at least 30 Technical Assessors/Experts participating in conclaves;
- To grant at least 2 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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