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Action required Noting the changes described below. Affected customers All customers Background SCC’s Accreditation Services has issued an updated version of the Accreditation Program Overview . The primary purpose of this...

Background ISO/IEC 17011:2004 defines “accreditation certificate” as the formal document or a set of documents, stating that accreditation has been granted for the defined scope. SCC meets this definition by issuing a set of...

Action required All SCC-accredited Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) are required to take note of the clarification to clause 4.2.2 and the correction to the French version of clause 6.10.1 of the 2019 edition of SCC...

Action required SCC-accredited Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) shall simultaneously submit their Notices of Intent (NOIs) in both official languages starting May 1, 2022. Affected customers SCC-accredited Standards...

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 All Management Systems Certification Bodies must now cease offering certification to ISO 9001:2008 and/or ISO 14001:2004 under their SCC accreditation. Affected customers Accredited management systems...

Action required Accredited management system certification bodies must transition certified clients away from MD 3 Advanced Surveillance and Recertification Procedures. Accredited management system certification bodies shall...

Action required Customers and Assessors are requested to review the interpretations linked below, and take note of the official clarifications from ISO/CASCO Working Group 21 (WG21). Affected customers This change affects...

Action required All accredited management systems certification bodies who are currently certifying organizations to OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management must transition those certifications to ISO 45001 by...

Action required Revised requirements from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to be adopted IMMEDIATELY Affected customers SCC accredited testing laboratories within the field of DNA Relationship testing...

Action required Effective immediately, all laboratories accredited under the Test Method Development and Non-Routine Testing program specialty area (PSA) must now refer to SCC Requirements and Guidance for Accreditation of...

Action required All SCC laboratories engaged in Test Method Development and Non-Routine Testing shall conform to the revised edition of the SCC Requirements and Guidance for Accreditation of Laboratories Engaged in Test...