Accreditation
Enhances Consumer Safety: Accreditation provides the necessary safeguards to ensure that goods and services you access in supermarkets, hospitals and other spaces are safe and reliable. Learn More Accreditation
Promotes Big Business Benefits: Do you own or operate a medical lab, testing lab or other conformity assessment body? Accreditation stands to lower risk, reduce costs and improve the reputation of your organisation with a reliable Quality Management System that enhances the global competitiveness of your products/services. Learn More Accreditation
Facilitates Global Trade The IAAC Multi-lateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) and ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) promote the free-trade goal of “accredited once, accepted everywhere”. The global acceptance of results from conformity assessment bodies that are accredited by signatory accreditation bodies reduce the need for multiple testing, inspections and certification audits for exports. Learn More

Industries We SERVE

We provide confidence in the marketplace through internationally recognized accreditation services. 

JANAAC is proud of its role in fostering global confidence in products and services.

Construction

Health Care

Raw Materials

Manufacturing

Exportation

Energy Sector

Manufacturing

Construction

Exportation

Energy Sector

Health Care

Raw Materials

Construction

Health Care

Raw Materials

Manufacturing

Exportation

Energy Sector

SERVICES WE OFFER

We provide expert and impartial accreditation services to a range of industries, ensuring that goods and services offered to the public meet the highest standards for quality. Accreditation is a recognizable mark of approval that signals to the world that the results produced by accredited conformity assessment bodies can be trusted. The technical training support that we provide to CABs helps to facilitate their effective development and maintenance of quality management systems that conform to the relevant international standards.

Medical Laboratory Accreditation

JANAAC provides ISO 15189 accreditation to medical laboratories. Accredited medical laboratory services are important to support the delivery of safe, effective, and high quality care for patients.
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Testing Laboratory Accreditation

Our ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation services for testing and calibration labs, facilitate the provision of objective evidence that commodities, infrastructure and materials – whether at ports of entry or in the local market – meet relevant standards and are safe for use.
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Calibration Laboratory Accreditation

Our ISO/IEC accreditation services for calibration laboratories assure conformity to international standards and guarantees precision and reliability of measurements. It involves rigorous assessment of procedures, equipment, and personnel and accredited labs provide traceable, consistent, and accurate calibration services, fostering trust and compliance in various industries.
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Inspection Body Accreditation

Inspection bodies are assessed against the general criteria found within ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Requirements for the Operation of Various Types of Bodies Performing Inspection and ILAC P15-Application of ISO/IEC 17020 for the Accreditation of Inspection Bodies.
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Certification Body Accreditation

ISO/IEC 17021-1 is the conformity assessment standard that governs management systems certification bodies. There are also other ISO competence requirements supplementary to ISO/IEC 17021-1, against which certification bodies are assessed.
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FDA Accredited Third Party Certification Program (TPP)

JANAAC offers accreditation services to certification bodies that conduct food safety audits and issue certifications to foreign food facilities, as recognised under the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Accredited Third Party Certification Program (TPP).
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FDA Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (LAAF)

JANAAC offers accreditation services to laboratories that conduct food analyses to ensure that these laboratories meet rigorous standards for accuracy and reliability in food testing.
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JANAAC TRAINING

JANAAC’s Training Institute offers a suite of courses and sensitization sessions to support the effective implementation of accreditation programmes and underscore the value of accreditation in our everyday lives. Our technical courses are aimed at building the competence of our assessors and clients who work in accredited organizations or those preparing for accreditation.
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JANAAC ACCREDITATION

Conformity assessment bodies (CABs), such as laboratories, inspection bodies and certification bodies, verify conformity to standards through thier conformity assessment activities. A CAB can demonstrate its credibility and ability to produce accurate, reliable results by becoming accredited by JANAAC.

WHAT IS ACCREDITATION?

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What is Accreditation?
Accreditation refers to the process by which an authoritative body, such as JANAAC, grants formal recognition that a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) is competent, based on specific international standards and practices, to carry out particular services.
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Why Get Accredited?
Accreditation provides third-party confirmation that your products and or services are fit-for-purpose. This has the added benefit of building trust and loyalty among consumers who support the growth of revenue in your business and contribute to your country’s overarching quality infrastructure
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Who We Accredit?
JANAAC provides accreditation for conformity assessment bodies such as laboratories, inspection bodies and certification bodies. Accreditation confirms a CAB is competent, based on specific international standards and best practices, to carry out particular services.
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what people are saying about us

The Jamaica Observer

"The accreditation of the Bureau of Standards Chemistry Laboratory to ISOIISEC 17025 allow Jamaica to export tested foods to 69 countries across the world without hassle."

The Jamaica Gleaner

"The accreditation of the Bureau of Standards Chemistry Laboratory to ISOIISEC 17025 allow Jamaica to export tested foods to 69 countries across the world without hassle."

The Jamaica Observer

"The accreditation of the Bureau of Standards Chemistry Laboratory to ISOIISEC 17025 allow Jamaica to export tested foods to 69 countries across the world without hassle."

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