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About IAF

 

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.

 

Our primary function is to develop a single worldwide program of conformity assessment which reduces risk for businesses and their customers by assuring them that accredited certificates and validation and verification statements may be relied upon.

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IAF CertSearch – The Exclusive Global Database of Accredited Certifications

 

IAF CertSearch is a global database where users can search and validate the status of accredited certification issued by a certification body which has been accredited by an IAF signatory member accreditation body under the main scope ISO/IEC 17021-1.

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Name Category Issued on Application from
IAF MD29:2024 Transition Requirements for ISO/IEC 27006-1:2024
Mandatory Documents (MD Series)
21 May 2024
21 May 2024
IAF MD16:2024 Application of ISO/IEC 17011 for the Accreditation of Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) Certification Bodies
Mandatory Documents (MD Series)
21 May 2024
21 May 2024
THE GLOBAL ACCREDITATION SYSTEM
Promotional Documents
15 May 2024
15 May 2024
IAF PL 2:2024 Bylaws of the International Accreditation Forum, Inc.
Policy Documents (PL Series)
07 Mar 2024
20 Jul 2022
IAF-ISO Joint Communiqué on the addition of Climate Change considerations to Management Systems Standards
Communiqués Documents
22 Feb 2024
22 Feb 2024
IAF PL 7:2024 IAF Quality Manual
Policy Documents (PL Series)
21 Feb 2024
09 Jul 2014

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