Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ) is an independent, third party accreditation body that provides internationally recognised accreditation services. JAS-ANZ was established by

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titled ''Agreement between Australia and New Zealand concerning the Establishment of the Council of the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ)'' signed in Canberra on 30 October 1991, to strengthen the trading relationship between the two countries and with other countries. Accreditation adds value to the ever growing and increasingly complicated market chain in many ways, including by providing a symbol of assurance that certifiers and inspectors are independent and competent to perform their duties. JAS-ANZ accredits the bodies that certify or inspect organisations, products or people. They do so by developing the assessment criteria certifiers and inspectors must meet to become accredited under these themes: * Business and Innovation * Environment and Sustainability * Food and Biological Systems * Health and Human Services *Product Certification JAS-ANZ offers accreditation for the following programs: * Management systems certification such as quality management systems (AS/NZS ISO 9001), environmental management systems (AS/NZS ISO 14001) and others * Product certification such as Codemark, Watermark and others * Personnel certification * Inspection * Validation and verification JAS-ANZ has accredited over 130 conformity assessment bodies (as of 2021) who have certified over 140,000 organisations in over 100 countries. JAS-ANZ is a member of the

International Accreditation Forum The International Accreditation Forum, Inc. (IAF) is the world association of Conformity Assessment Accreditation bodies and other bodies interested in conformity assessment in the fields of management systems, products, services, personnel and ...

(IAF), the

International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation The International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation or ILAC started as a conference in 1977 with the aim of developing international cooperation for facilitating trade by promotion of the acceptance of accredited test and calibration results. ...

(ILAC) and th
Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation
(APAC).

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