Laboratory Accreditation

It is the verification of a laboratory's technical competence to perform specific types of tests, providing the clients of these laboratories with confidence in the quality of the services offered. The center accredits testing and calibration laboratories according to the international standard ISO/IEC 17025, as well as accrediting medical laboratories according to the international standard ISO/IEC 15189. It provides accreditation to manufacturers of reference materials according to the international standard ISO 17034, accredits proficiency testing providers according to the international standard ISO/IEC 17043, and, finally, accredits biobanks according to the international standard ISO 20387.

It is the evaluation of the technical competence of certification bodies in various fields such as management systems and certification of products, services and processes, which provides the customers of these bodies with confidence in the competence of the services they provide.

The center accredits these bodies according to the relevant standards for each field; namely, Certification of management systems in accordance with ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 (Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems ), certification of products, services and processes in accordance with ISO/IEC 17065 (Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services), as well as certification of persons in accordance with the international standard ISO/IEC 17024 (General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons).

It is the evaluation of the technical competence of the bodies that grant Halal certificates in accordance with the Gulf Standard GSO 2055-2 (General Requirements for Halal Certification Bodies), which provides the customers of these bodies with confidence in the competency of the services they provide. These certificates confirm that the product is Halal and demonstrate its compliance with the Islamic Sharia, which also ensure that the product is granted the certificate from a legitimate source or slaughtered in the Islamic way.