On 4 July 2018, the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) published a revised version of their Mandatory Document, MD 4:2018 on the Use of Information and
Category: Accreditation
Accreditation issues related to the guidance on accreditation and International Standards, such as ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015
Important Further Information for Certification Bodies regarding transition to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001
With the well-publicised 3-year long-transition period to move to ISO 14001:2015 & ISO 9001:2015 certification comes further news that the deadline of 15 September 2018
New IAF Mandatory Document on CB control on Entities
A new IAF Mandatory Document describes additional controls for Certification Bodies to apply in relation to Entities, which support their Certification processes. The International Accreditation
ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 14001:2015 Transition Deadline Approaching
As if there have not been enough warnings about the approaching deadline to transition to accredited ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 9001:2015 from National Accreditation Bodies,
Revised criteria for the transfer of accredited certification to another Certification Body
The revised IAF MD 2:2017 IAF Mandatory Document for the Transfer of Accredited Certification of Management Systems was published on 15 June 2017 & is
Issuing of Unaccredited ISO 45001:2018 Certificates during Migration
UKAS has issued a Technical Bulletin (19 March 2018) covering the process for UKAS-accredited Certification Bodies (CB) to migrate from issuing OHSAS 18001:2007 to ISO