Accreditation:

Supports
Food Safety Compliance
 The International Ecosystem for Quality

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 Accreditation
Third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body
conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out
specific conformity assessment tasks – ISO/IEC 17000.

Conformity Assessment Body is a body that performs conformity

assessment activities and that can be the object of accreditation –
ISO/IEC 17000.
A global system for
creating confidence Conformity Assessment activities includes testing, calibration, inspection,
between economies certification of management systems, persons, products, processes and services,
with the objective to provision of proficiency testing, production of reference materials, validation
promote economic and verification – ISO/IEC 17000.
growth and free trade

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 Accreditation in the Food Supply Chain
Certification (ISO/IEC 17065) Inspection (ISO/IEC 17020) Certification (ISO/IEC 17021-1)
Certification (ISO/IEC 17021-1)
Inspection (ISO/IEC 17020) Inspection (ISO/IEC 17020)
Testing (ISO/IEC 17025)

Crop and Animal Processing and Distribution

Transportation
Produce Packaging

Certification (ISO/IEC 17021-1)

Inspection (ISO/IEC 17020) Testing (ISO/IEC 17025)
Inspection (ISO/IEC 17020)

Catering Retail Storage

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 The Ecosystem for Accreditation in India
About QCI QCI Mandate
 Set up in Jan 1997 by the Government of India with
 Provide Accreditation Framework in the
ASSOCHAM, CII & FICCI
country
 QCI is an independent autonomous organization under
 Spread quality movement in India
the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal
Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of  Provide right and unbiased information on
India. Quality & related Standards
 QCI was established as the National Accreditation Body  Represent India’s interest in International
and to lead a quality movement by undertaking a fora.
National Quality Campaign
 Help establish quality of Indian products &
 Chairman of QCI is appointed by the Hon’ble Prime
services
Minister of India
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 The Ecosystem for Accreditation in India
Council

Governing Body

Secretary General Secretariat

QUALITY SPECIAL PROJECTS

ACCREDITATION PROMOTION GROUP

NABL

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 National Accreditation Board For Certification Bodies (NABCB)
Accredits Certification, Inspection and Validation & Verification Bodies (CBs, IBs & VVBs ) as per ISO Standards and
other requirements, which are internationally recognized through Mutual Recognition Arrangements of IAF and ILAC
 Management Systems Certification: ISO/IEC 17021-1
20,000+
• Quality Management System (QMS)*
Accredited Certificates
• Energy Management System (EnMS)*
through ~100 Accredited CBs
• Environmental Management System (EMS)*
• Food Safety Management System (FSMS)* 100,000+
• Information Security Management System (ISMS)* Inspection Reports / Certificates
• Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS)* through ~80 Accredited IBs
• Medical Devices Quality Management System (MDQMS)*
• Information Technology Service Management Systems (ITSMS)
• Trustworthy Digital Repositories Management Systems (TDRMS)
• Road Traffic Safety Management Systems (RTSMS)
 Product Certification* ISO/IEC 17065
 Personnel Certification* ISO/IEC 17024
 Inspection* ISO/IEC 17020
 Green House Gases Validation and Verification (GHG)* ISO 14065
* MRA/MLA Signatory
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 NABCB Accreditation Schemes for Food Safety
 ISO/IEC 17021-1: Management System
 ISO 22000: Food Safety Management System
 FSSC 22000
 FAMI-QS
 ISO 9001: Quality Management System
 ISO 14001: Energy Management System
 ISO/IEC 17020: Inspection
 ISO/IEC 17065: Product Certification
 GHP/GMP & HACCP
 AYUSH
 Global G.A.P
 Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)
 British Retail Consortium (BRC)
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 NABCB Accreditation Status

Management
Product Certification Personnel Validation and
System Certification Inspection Bodies
Bodies Certification Bodies Verification Bodies
Bodies
Accreditation 103 (46) 80 23 7 4
Application 27 (16) 15 6 1 2
10 Schemes
Accreditation Application

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 The International Equivalence in Accreditation
NABCB - Signatory to APAC MRA since 2002, IAF MLA since 2002; APAC & ILAC MRAs for Inspection since 2013
NABL - Signatory to APAC MRA for Testing, Calibration & Medical since 2000, PTP in 2019, RMP in 2020

Asia Pacific International International Laboratory

Accreditation Cooperation Accreditation Forum Accreditation Cooperation

BENEFITS
• International Equivalence & Acceptance of Accredited Certificates
• Assurance of quality
• Facilitates Trade

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 The International Recognition Framework

International
Multilateral Agreements

Regional
Multilateral Agreements

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 The Equivalence Framework
IAF / ILAC

EUROPEAN ACCREDITATION ASIA PACIFIC ACCREDITATION INTER AMERICAN

COOPERATION COOPERATION ACCREDITATION
(EA) (APAC) COOPERATION (IAAC)

ISO/IEC 17011
ACCREDITATION BODY

ISO/IEC 17020
ISO/IEC 17025
CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT
BODY ISO/IEC 17021-1
ISO/IEC 17065

CERTIFICATION OF Standards against which certified

ORGANIZATION
– ISO/IEC Standards,
ITEM FOR INSPECTION /
TESTING ISO 9001 / ISO 21001 etc.

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 The Accreditation Framework

Peer
NABCB and NABL together form Evaluation
part of international system of
accreditation and equivalence ACCREDITATION

operated under the aegis of the International Standards

International Accreditation Forum
(for Certification Bodies) and
CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES
International Laboratory
Accreditation Cooperation (for
Standards / regulatory
Inspection Bodies and Laboratories) requirements / scheme criteria

PRODUCT & SERVICE PROVIDERS

CONFIDENCE TRUST ASSURANCE

GOVERNMENT CONSUMERS PURCHASERS

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 NABCB Recognized by International Certification Schemes

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 NABCB & FSSAI recognized by International Accreditation Forum

Public Sector Assurance

World Accreditation Day 2020 (Case Study)

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 Accreditation supporting SDGs & Food Safety

 ISO/IEC 17020 accredited Inspection Bodies detect unsafe food and monitor hygiene levels.
 Product Certification Bodies using the ISO/IEC 17065 audit the production and supply chain of
diverse foods to establish conformity to the local and international schemes (e.g. GFSI
Benchmarking Requirements)
 ISO 15189 accredited medical laboratories have the competence to improve health services for
patients affected by Food Borne Diseases (FBD).
 Environmental, chemical and microbiological testing in ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratories
helps to improve water quality using internationally agreed testing methods.
 The certification of persons according to ISO/IEC 17024 allows the valuation of the workers’
competence and provides employers a trusted tool for the selection of competent personnel.
 Accredited conformity assessment services support the efforts to upgrade the technological
capabilities of the food industry and the development of sustainable and resilient infrastructure.
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 International Agencies relying on Accreditation
 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has adopted the use of accreditation in its
oversight of imported foods.
 Standards and accreditation are referenced in the WTO TBT Agreement and play an
important role in trade facilitation.
 European Regulation (EC) No 2017/625 relies on accreditation to support food
security in Europe.
 Japan relies on accredited laboratories to test radioactivity levels in food.
 Accredited Inspections support food safety in commercial catering in France.
 Accredited testing increases meat export markets of UK products and UK Food
Regulator earned recognition for Welsh Lamb and Beef Producers feed standards.
 Three food certification schemes (BRC, IFS and FSSC 22000) have now been accepted
by the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority.

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 Regulators relying on Accreditation
 The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 of India in section 12(2) prescribes “that the Food
Authority may by regulations specify under (c) the mechanisms and guidelines for accreditation
of certification bodies engaged in certification of food safety management systems for food
businesses”. Further, under section 44 on Recognition of organisation or agency for food safety
audit, it prescribes “The Food Authority may recognise any organisation or agency for the
purposes of food safety audit and checking compliance with food safety management systems
required under this Act or the rules and regulations made thereunder.”

 The Food Safety and Standards (Food Safety Auditing) Regulations, 2018 under section 3(1)
prescribes that the “Food Authority may, for the purpose of carrying out food safety audit, grant
recognition to auditing agencies which conform to the following criteria, namely, under (b), it
holds a valid accreditation on ISO/IEC 17020 or ISO/IEC 17021 or ISO/TS 22003 from National
Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies for Management System Certification, for the
required food categories specified by the Food Authority.”
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 Regulators relying on Accreditation
 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare / CDSCO: Medical Devices Rules 2017 require use of
NABCB / NABL accredited bodies to apply to CDSCO to act as Notified Bodies. These notified
bodies will be used to audit medical devices (notified product) manufacturers, or provide
testing services, as applicable.
 PNGRB: MoU with QCI in 2008 – accredited Inspection Bodies empaneled for inspections of
Gas Pipeline Networks (CGD / NGPL); Review & Onsite Verification of ERDMP
 DGCA: Notification for empanelment of NABCB accredited GHG Verification and Validation
Bodies for undertaking verification work under Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for
International Aviation (CORSIA) Scheme of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
 BEE: Requires NABCB accredited Product Certification Bodies to carry out activities as
Independent Agencies for Monitoring and Evaluation to support implementation of BEE’s
hugely popular Standards & Labelling (S&L) Programme for star rating of electrical
appliances.
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 Government, Regulators & Industry Rely on Accreditation in India
Many Government Ministries, Regulators rely on Accreditation. Some of them are...

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 Benefits of Accreditation
Assurance of Technical Competence, Reliability and Integrity of Conformity Assessment Bodies

Demonstrates Compliance to Standards / Regulations / Requirements

Increased Operational Efficiency, Effective Risk Management, Saves Time & Money

Facilitates Selection of Suppliers, Promotes Confidence in Imports, Avoids Re-testing/inspection

Enhances Competitiveness, Marketing Advantage, Increased Business

Customer Satisfaction, Minimizes Complaints

International Equivalence/Acceptance/Recognition through Multilateral Mutual Recognition

Arrangements
Case studies to demonstrate the value of accredited conformity assessment are available at
https://publicsectorassurance.org/ https://business-benefits.org/
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