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ISO/IEC Guide 65 Accreditation
The IOAS offers ISO Guide 65 accreditation for those
certification bodies who require to demonstrate their competence to certain
regulatory authorities.
ISO Guide 65 (or EN45011 as it is known in its European
version) is the International Standards Organisation guideline 'General
requirements for bodies operating product certification systems'. It is a
general guide for certification and has been referenced or used as a base
for most organic norms and regulations (Europe, Canada, Japan etc)
ISO Guide 65 accreditation must be performed against a
reference standard or standards. The reference standard may be the
production and processing standards of a national regulation (often a
national standard) but may also be
your own or another organisation's private standard. IOAS accepts
applications which reference any organic standard or related area. Since
2011, this includes a range of food safety
standards.
Certification bodies working outside the European Union
wanting ISO 65 accreditation for access to the EU market based on
equivalence must apply to the IOAS to enter both the ISO Guide 65 and
European Recognition programmes.
ISO Guide 65 is available for purchase from the
International Standards Organisation web site
www.iso.ch
The ISO Guide 65 is currently under revision by ISO/CASCO and is expected
to be published as ISO Guide 17065 in mid-2012.
Current
list of bodies accredited against ISO/IEC Guide 65 -
25kb Current
list of applicant bodies for accreditation against ISO/IEC Guide 65. -
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