Forum with Certification Bodies 2010 “Global Acceptance” 26 July 2010 Dewan Seri Seroja, Putrajaya Forum with Certification Bodies 2010 “Global Acceptance”

Content of presentation 1.World Accreditation Day 2.ACB programmes 3.Status of Accredited CBs 4.Revised ACB7 5.Updates on CASCO documents 6.Updates on IAF Task Force / Working Group 7.Updates on ISO/DIS Involvement in PAC activities 9.Regional/International meetings

World Accreditation Day The theme of the day for this year is “Global Acceptance”. Global acceptance of accredited certificates is a central pillar of accreditation as the harmonization of assessment requirements and processes at a worldwide level, provides businesses and regulators with confidence that products entering the market conform to specification, meet national legal and regulatory requirements, and will therefore serve to protect public interests in general

ACB Programmes as of 15 July )Quality management systems (QMS) 2)Environmental management systems (EMS) 3)Product certification (PC) 4) Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSH) 5)HACCP Systems 6)Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) 7)Forest Management Certification (FMC) 8)Food Safety Management System (FSMS) 9) Personnel Certification (Beauty science and Radiation Safety Auditor)

Status of Accredited CBs Accreditation ProgrammeNumber of accredited CBs QMS13 EMS8 PC4 OSH3 HACCP3 FSMS2 FMC2 ISMSNone PersonnelNone

List of Accredited CBs QMS CB01 SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd. CB02 Moody International Certification (M) Sdn Bhd CB03CI Certification (M) Sdn Bhd CB04 SGS (M) Sdn Bhd CB05 TUV NORD (M) Sdn Bhd CB06 Lloyd’s Register of Shipping (M) Bhd CB07 Independent European Certification (M) Sdn Bhd CB08 AJA EQS Certification (M) Sdn Bhd CB09 GLOBALGROUP Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd CB10 Bureau Veritas Certification (M) Sdn Bhd CB11 BM Trada (M) Sdn Bhd CB12NQA Certification Services (M) Sdn. Bhd CB13CARE Certification International (M) Sdn. Bhd

List of Accredited CBs EMS CB01 Moody International Certification (M) Sdn Bhd CB02 SIRIM QAS International CB03 SGS (M) Sdn Bhd CB04 Independent European Certification (M) Sdn Bhd CB05 CI Certification (M) Sdn Bhd CB06 AJA EQS Certification (M) Sdn Bhd CB07 Lloyd’s Register of Shipping (M) Bhd CB08 Bureau Veritas Certification (M) Sdn Bhd

List of Accredited CBs PC: CB01 SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd. CB02 Lembaga Getah Malaysia (LGM) CB03 IKRAM QA Services Sdn. Bhd CB04 SGS (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd OSH: CB01 SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd. CB02 SGS (M) Sdn Bhd CB03 Moody International Certification (M) Sdn. Bhd

List of Accredited CBs HACCP: CB01 SGS (M) Sdn Bhd CB02 Moody International Certification (M) Sdn. Bhd. CB03 SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd FSMS: CB01 SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd CB02 Moody International Certification (M) Sdn. Bhd

List of Accredited CBs FMC: CB01 SGS (M) Sdn Bhd CB02 SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd

Revised ACB7 WITNESS AUDITS Certificates Issued per program Annual number of witnessed audits per program, minimum

Updates on CASCO document ISO/IEC New title: ISO/IEC Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems and requirements for third-party certification auditing of management A few new definitions Substantial part - auditing process (cl. 9), based on Annex F (Informative) – Flowchart of a typical 3rd party audit and certification process - Annex G (Informative) – audit plan,scope

Updates on CASCO document ISO/IEC (continued) For competence management Only two new sub-clauses: – Determination of competence criteria – Evaluation process The others are all in Annexes; Annex A (Normative) - Types of knowledge and Skills Annex B (Informative) – Example of determining competence criteria Annex C (Informative) - Possible evaluation methods Annex D (Informative) - Example of evaluating competence of personnel Annex E (Informative) - Desired personal behaviour

Expected FDIS may be out of ballot around August Publication by the end of 2010 ISO/IEC (continued) Updates on CASCO document

ISO/IEC CD Conformity assessment — Requirements for certification bodies certifying products, processes and services The main elements of the existing Guide 65, drafted according to the structure of ISO/IEC Expected CD2 our for ballot for 3 months in August 2010 DIS out for ballot for 5 months in June 2011 FDIS out for vote for 2 months in 2012.

Updates on CASCO document -ISO/IEC Conformity assessment – Fundamentals of product certification that will combine - ISO/IEC Guide 23:1982- Methods of indicating conformity with standards for third party certification systems - ISO Guide 27: Guidelines for corrective action to be taken by a certification body in the event of misuse of its mark of conformity - ISO/IEC Guide 28: Conformity assessment- Guidance on a third party certification systems for products - ISO/IEC Guide 53: Conformity assessment- Guidance on the use of an organisation’s quality management system in product certification - ISO/IEC Guide 67:2004 – Conformity assessment – Fundamentals of product certification

Updates on CASCO document -ISO/IEC CD – Conformity assessment – General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons - CASCO/WG 30 held its 2nd meeting in July to review the comments on ISO/IEC WD 1. -WD1 substantially different from the original document in terms of format to incorporate most of the IAF GD24 and the PAS documents. -The document will refer to certification of persons, not personnel. - Committee Draft (CD) is now open for balloting for 3 months from 22 July 2010 till 22 Oct 2010

Updates on CASCO document -ISO/TS – Third party management system audit report -A TS (Technical Specification) document to provide minimum requirements and additional recommendations for content of a 3rd party certification audit report on management system standards which meet the needs and expectations of the interested parties: certified client, certification bodies, accreditation bodies and other potential users as indicated in ISO/IEC 17021: Will be developed by CASCO/WG 33

Updates on IAF Task Force / Working Group 1.Task Force to create IAF document on integrated MS -IAF MD5 does not provide guidance on the reduction of audit time for the integrated MS -Request to develop a guidance document for synchronizing international application -TF has drafted a document based on EA guidance i.e EA- 7/05 “Guidance on the application of ISO/IEC 17021:2006 for combined audits”

Updates on IAF Task Force / Working Group 2.IAF WG on FSMS -main task is to examine the needs for IAF document on the application of ISO/TS to support the development of MLA for ISO issues discussed are assessor competence, peer evaluator competence, peer evaluation process and scoping of FSMS CBs -For scoping, WG recommended document EA-3/11 “Food Safety Management System Scope of Accreditation” be adopted as an IAF MD

Updates on IAF Task Force / Working Group 13 categories in are clustered as below  Farming (A, B)  Food and feed processing (C, D, E, F)  Distribution, Transport and Storage (H,J)  Catering (G)  (Bio)Chemicals (L)  Auxiliary Industries (I, K, M) witnessing Initial audit including stage 1 is highly recommended. At least one witness should include stage 1 per accreditation cycle. Witnesses are performed in those sectors with higher risks of food safety hazards. Initial assessment At least one witnessing in the cluster for initial and extension assessment. Extension of scope Inside a Cluster witness is not mandatory. Witnessing is mandatory for extensions to Categories in a new Cluster Surveillance and re-assessment At least one audit in Cluster 2 as part of each surveillance or re- assessment At least one audit in each of the other clusters during the accreditation cycle. Scoping of EA-3/11

New IAF Task Force 1.Task Force on ISO/IEC Transition - will develop an IAF document on transition period and procedure - The transition period is to be approved by IAF TC in Shanghai, Oct IAF document is to be circulated to all IAF TC member after Shanghai meeting 2.Task Force on Personnel competence - TF was formed due to the different decision of two ABs for the application of clause 7.1.1, and 7.4 of ISO/IEC in a single CB - need a clear guidance to the requirements to ensure a consistent approach.

Updates on ISO/DIS New title: Guidelines for auditing management systems -Applicable to all organisations needing to conduct internal/external audit of management systems or manage an audit programme -Voting period for 5 months from 17 June 2010 till 17 Nov Should DIS be accepted, a FDIS established on the basis of comments received,

Involvement in PAC activities 1) En. Ridzwan Kasim - PAC Executive Member (till June 2010) - Quality Manager 2) Mr. Boey Hor Meng - Peer Evaluator/Internal Auditor - Team Leader for QMS, EMS, Product 3) Mr. Lai Seng Chiang - Team member for QMS & EMS 4) Mr. Sia Lim Teck - Trainee Team Member

PAC Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA)  QMS – 15 signatories  EMS - 12 signatories  Product – 11 signatories

Regional/International Meetings 17 th PAC Plenary meetings  June 2010  Wellington, New Zealand IAF / ILAC Annual Meetings  Oct  Shanghai, China CASCO 26 th Plenary Meeting  Nov  17 Nov workshop on “Risk based approaches to designing conformity assessment strategies”  Paris

Reminder! Application for the extension of scope Payment of accreditation fees Submission of quarterly report of accredited certification

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