ISO Management System Standards vs. Conformity Assessment Standards (Part 3)
In Part 2 of this blog post series, ISO management system standards and ISO CASCO standards were compared in detail to understand the different results…
The Benefits of AS 6171 for Suspect/Counterfeit Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Parts
ANAB has become the industry leader in providing accreditation to SAE AS 6171A: Test Methods Standard; General Requirements, Suspect/Counterfeit, Electrical, Electronic, And Electromechanical Parts, which…
Food Testing and Method Selection
Selecting an appropriate test method for food products is never a one-size-fits-all proposition. Food products range from raw ingredients to processed foods and beverages in…
Do I Need a Reference Material or a Certified Reference Material?
Laboratories and laboratory-related organizations use reference materials (RMs) and certified reference materials (CRMs) for a variety of reasons, such as ensuring the validity of results,…
A Day in the Life of an Influencer: Promoting Quality Infrastructure, One Assessment at a Time
Tweets, Posts, Reels, Blogs, TikToks, Videos, Slack. As a society, we are bombarded with social media, and in each channel, there are thousands of people…
Fundamentals of Internal Auditing
Internal audits are required by many ISO certification and accreditation standards, such as ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025. This stresses the importance of a vast…
FBI QAS Audit Process
The DNA Identification Act of 1994 required the FBI laboratory to ensure that all DNA laboratories who receive federal grant funding or who participate in…
Remote Assessments for Laboratories
What Is a Remote Assessment? ISO/IEC 17011:2017 defines remote assessment as an assessment of the physical location or virtual site of a conformity assessment body…
What Is AR 3125?
The Accreditation Requirements for Forensic Testing and Calibration, AR 3125, supplements ISO/IEC 17025:2017 with applicable requirements from the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) policies. Additionally,…