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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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Latest News
- Publication of new Food Safety Standards-ISO 22003-1:2022 and IAF MD 27:2023
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The accreditation of Abiolabs Ltd - Calibration Laboratory C003 is under voluntary suspension, as from 26 October 2023.
- ILAC MRA Annual Report 2022
The ILAC MRA Annual Report 2022 can be accessed by clicking here.
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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 2023 - 2024
