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SCC’s Standards and International Relations Branch recently updated the Requirements & Guidance – Accreditation of Standards Development Organizations (R&G 2017) following SCC’s Council approval on April 5, 2017 and this...

For SCC-accredited certification bodies of products, processes and services; Further to SCC bulletin No. 2016-08, April 2016 the Canadian Advisory Council for Electrical Sector (CACES) is now implementing the new ORD...

Action required Applicant and Accredited Laboratories who are being assessed to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 must ensure that their quality systems refer to the new version of the SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of...

Action required Applicant and accredited laboratories who are being assessed to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 must ensure that their quality systems refer to the new version of the SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation of...

Action required None for now but consideration should be given to preparing a transition plan to the revised standard which will be required of all ISO/IEC 17025 customers of SCC and those of its partners, Bureau de...

Action required Accredited laboratories are asked to take note of the extension of the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 transition deadline to June 1, 2021. The International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) has issued this...

A previous version of this bulletin included an incorrect date under the deadline section. The error was corrected on 2021-11-12. Action required All laboratories must ensure that their quality systems and technical...

Action required In order to accomplish this, the following approach will be used. First the certification body shall apply for a scope extension to add any new technical areas as per the changes from the 2015 version to the...

Action required Effective immediately, all Management Systems Certifications Bodies operating in the field of Sustainable Forest management Sector Schemes must cease referring to CAN-P-1517:2013 Appendix H and now refer to...

Action required Effective immediately, all laboratories must cease referring to CAN-P-1628 - PALCAN Policy on the Use of Information Technology in Accredited Laboratories - November 2006 and must now refer to SCC Requirements...

Action required Effective immediately, all laboratories must now refer to SCC Guidelines for the Presentation of Laboratory Scopes of Accreditation and cease referring to CAN-P-1570 - Appendix A - Guidelines for the...

Action required Effective immediately, all laboratories must now refer to SCC Requirements and Guidance for Calibration and Measurement Traceability in Testing Laboratories and cease referring to CAN-P-1626:2011 - Policy on...