Industry News January: Audits, Certification, Standards

Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated launches

On January 1, the newly formed Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated began operations, merging the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) into a single global accreditation organization with one Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MRA) to streamline mutual recognition of accredited conformity assessment results worldwide.

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TIC Council signs MoU with OAS to support consumer product safety

The TIC Council and the Organization of American States (OAS) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on consumer product safety, enabling OAS member states to draw on TIC expertise and best practices in testing, inspection, and certification to strengthen regulatory frameworks and enforcement.

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Annual Biofach conference coming up

From February 10-13, the world’s leading organic industry conference takes place in Nuremberg, Germany, with Intact among the exhibitors.

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Kiwa achieves DWD accreditation

Kiwa has been accredited by the Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA) to carry out assessments in accordance with the new European Drinking Water Directive (EU) 2020/2184 as only the second European CB.

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Public consultation open for Global Standard Food Safety, Issue 9

BRCGS is commencing the revision process for Global Standard Food Safety, Issue 9 with a public consultation to capture feedback from all stakeholders on the current standard.

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