Please be aware that the expiration date does not appear on our accreditation certificate.  Our laboratories are assessed with ISO/IEC 17025:2005 compliance at least once every two years by International Accreditation Service (IAS).  IAS believes that it may be misleading to put expiration dates on the certificates, as changes may occur during the accreditation period. Only accreditation certificates appearing on the IAS website are considered current and valid.  For more information on this, please check the IAS website or contact IAS directly at (562) 699-0541, extension 3309.

For questions regarding our compliance to ISO 9001:2008 please refer to the links below.

Joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communique and Covering Letter
The Joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communique on the Management Systems Requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2005, General Requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, was originally signed on 18 June 2005. The Communique was revised in January 2009 to refer to ISO 9001:2008 rather than ISO 9001:2000.  It was produced to relieve the confusion caused by the perception that accredited laboratories do not operate a recognised quality management system. The Communique should be read in conjunction with the covering letter dated 8 January 2009.

To download from ILAC website, click here:  Download communique`
                                                                     
                                                                      Download the covering letter

To download from ISO website, click here:    Download communique`