The Southern African Development Community Accreditation Services (SADCAS) is a multi-economy accreditation body established in terms of Article 15 B of the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Annex to the SADC Protocol on Trade with the primary purpose of ensuring that conformity assessment service providers (calibration/testing/medical laboratories, certification and inspection bodies) operating in those SADC Member States which do not have national accreditation bodies are subject to an oversight by an authoritative body. Within the SADC region only South Africa and Mauritius have national accreditation bodies.
SADCAS mission is to provide credible, cost effective, accreditation services for SADC Member States aimed at supporting trade, enhance the protection of consumers and the environment
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SADCAS offers training on accreditation related courses.
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Accreditation: Improving food safety is the theme for 2020 World Accreditation Day which will be celebrated worldwide on 9 June 2020....
In an effort to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on assessments, SADCAS has introduced alternative arrangements to conduct...
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in most Governments world-wide enacting measures to curb the spread of the deadly virus. One such...
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