Industry News February: Audits, Certification, Standards

Kiwa expands its North American footprint with strategic integrations in US and Canada

Kiwa has strengthened its presence in North America by integrating Square One Consultants into its US Project Control division and welcoming CanadaGAP specialist TSLC into Kiwa ASI, enhancing local expertise in capital project services, food safety, and certification across the region.

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Mérieux NutriSciences strengthens presence in Brazil with Zínia Lab acquisition

Mérieux NutriSciences has acquired Zínia Ensaios Laboratoriais in southern Brazil, boosting its local testing capacity and geographic coverage to better serve food industry clients with faster turnaround times and enhanced operational efficiency.

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IFS launches ‘IFS Local’ food safety check for small-scale producers

The IFS standard owners have introduced IFS Local, a new food safety check framework designed to meet the specific needs of small-scale food producers, offering a proportionate, risk-based certification path alongside existing IFS schemes.

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EA publishes EA-3/02 for accreditation of PDO/PGI/TSG Certification Bodies

European Accreditation has issued EA-3/02, a guidance document on how accreditation bodies should assess certification bodies that provide certification of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI), and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) schemes, strengthening conformity assessment consistency across the EU.

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New EA MLA Mark for Trusted Conformity Assessment

European Accreditation’s recent update explains how the EA MLA Mark — a collective accreditation mark used by National Accreditation Bodies and their accredited conformity assessment bodies — signals equivalent, peer-evaluated accreditation across multiple countries, enhancing confidence in conformity assessment results within the European market.

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