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CAEAL Participation in International Mutual Recognition of Accreditation Arrangements
CAEAL is a Full Signatory Member of ILAC
As of November 17, 2005 CAEAL is a Full Signatory Member of International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) (www.ilac.org). To download the ILAC Membership list in Word format, click here.
CAEAL participates in the ILAC Laboratory Committee, Arrangement Committee, and the Proficiency Testing Consultative Group (PTCG).
Items of interest:
- In 2006, CAEAL submitted a paper for the November 2006 meeting of the PTCG; download the paper (.pdf).
- In 2004 the Laboratory Committee undertook a survey of lab responses to the implementation of ISO/IEC 17025 and many Canadian labs responded; download the report (.pdf).
CAEAL is a Full Signatory Member of APLAC
CAEAL is a signatory member of the Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) (www.aplac.org). CAEAL participates in both the Technical Committee and the Proficiency Testing Committee. CAEAL provides three trained evaluators to APLAC for the evaluations required to grant recognition.
In July 2005, CAEAL was evaluated by a team from Thailand, Australia and Indonesia . Four “Concerns” and eight “Comments” were raised during the evaluation. CAEAL provided response to these by 15 August and the APLAC Evaluation team deemed the CAEAL responses to be appropriate and acceptable.
On November 17, 2005, CAEAL achieved signatory status to the APLAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA).On the same day, CAEAL also achieved signatory status (Full Signatory Membership) within the ILAC MRA.