Users can confidently validate certification(s) by ensuring that:
What Makes the International Accreditation Forum System Reliable?
Certification Body Data for IAFS is obtained from certification bodies, ensuring the validity of the certification.
IAFS (International Accreditation Forum System) gets details from Accreditation Bodies to make sure that Certification Bodies have the proper accreditation to issue certifications for that specific standard.
IAFS gets information from IAFS to confirm that Accreditation Bodies are current members of IAFS and are current signatories of IAFS
Accreditation Body, which is a member of the IAFS. International Accreditation Forum System only lists certifications that are valid and issued by a certification body recognized by an IAFS MLA signatory Accreditation Body, specifically under the main scope ISO/IEC 17021-1.
Users can check additional management system certifications in the global database if the certification has been issued by a certification body recognized by an accreditation body that is a signatory of the IAFS MLA.