United Accreditation Foundation

2016

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Adopted The IAF Code

UAF is an Accreditation Body member of International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and had adopted the IAF code of conduct on 03 November 2016.

Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation

The Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) was established on 1 January 2019 by the amalgamation of two former regional accreditation cooperations – the Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) and the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC). APAC is the regional accreditation cooperation for the Asia Pacific region and is recognised by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC). APAC ‘s primary role is to manage and expand a mutual recognition arrangement (MRA) among accreditation bodies in the Asia Pacific region. The MRA facilitates the acceptance of conformity assessment results (e.g. test reports, test certificates, inspection reports, and certification) across the region and with other regions around the world. Conformity assessment results that are produced by conformity assessment bodies (CABs) that have been accredited by one APAC MRA signatory are accepted by all the other APAC MRA signatories. This mutual recognition and acceptance of conformity assessment results reduces the need to undertake duplicate testing, inspection or certification, thus saving time and money, increasing economic efficiency and facilitating international trade.

2019

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2022

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UAF also became a signatory of the Mutual Recognition Arrangement for Environmental management systems

On April 29, 2022 - UAF also became a signatory of the Mutual Recognition Arrangement for Environmental management systems EMS (ISO/IEC 17021-2 / ISO 14001) & Quality management systems QMS (ISO/IEC 17021-3 / ISO 9001) operated by APAC.

On June 02, 2022 – UAF became a signatory of the Mutual Recognition Arrangement for following additional sub-scopes operated by APAC:
Food Safety Management Systems FSMS (ISO TS 22003 / ISO 22000)
Information Security Management Systems ISMS (ISO 27006 / ISO 27001)
Medical Device Quality Management Systems MDMS (ISO 13485)
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems OH&SMS (ISO 45001)

2022

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The International Accreditation Forum

The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) is a worldwide association of accreditation bodies and other bodies interested in conformity assessment in the fields of management systems, products, processes, services, personnel, validation and verification and other similar programmes of conformity assessment.

UAF became a signatory of the Multilateral Recognition Arrangement for Main Scope

On May 17, 2022 - UAF became a signatory of the Multilateral Recognition Arrangement for Main Scope: Management Systems Certification – ISO/IEC 17021-1 operated by IAF.

On August 09, 2022 – UAF became a signatory of the Multilateral Recognition Arrangement for following additional sub-scopes operated by IAF: Food Safety Management Systems FSMS (ISO TS 22003 / ISO 22000)
Information Security Management Systems ISMS (ISO 27006 / ISO 27001)
Medical Device Quality Management Systems MDMS (ISO 13485)
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems OH&SMS (ISO 45001)

2022

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