How to Prepare for ANAB ISO/IEC 17065 Product Certification Accreditation

If your organization is interested in ANAB accreditation, specifically to offer products, processes or services certifications, then we offer some steps in the process of preparing to apply for ANAB accreditation.

The first step in becoming an ANAB-accredited products, processes, or services certification body is to understand and become familiar with requirements of ISO/IEC 17065, ANAB Product Certification documents, and unique scheme requirements.

  • Purchase ISO/IEC 17065 Conformity Assessment – Requirements For Bodies Certifying Products, Processes And Services
  • Visit the ANAB webpage to understand additional requirement documents by scheme and consider different schemes to apply for.
  • Access ANAB Requirements and Other Documents, as applicable
  • Access IAF Mandatory Documents, as applicable
  • Review your current certification system including your internal management system and perform a gap analysis to identify conformance to ISO/IEC 17065, any applicable scheme requirements, and ANAB requirements.

We understand reviewing all the requirement documents can be overwhelming, and ANAB offers optional services for a certification body to gain additional knowledge of the accreditation requirements and ANAB’s accreditation process.

  • Participation in ANAB training is an optional method to familiarize yourself with the accreditation requirements. Many organizations new to accreditation have found ANAB training an efficient and valuable way to gain more knowledge of the requirements.
  • Scheduling a preliminary visit with ANAB is another optional method to better understand the accreditation requirements. During this visit, an ANAB accreditation assessor will walk through the accreditation requirements and highlight key requirements and the importance of them. Your organization is able to ask questions about the schemes your organization is applying for. For example, if your certification body is interested in offering product certifications to GlobalG.A.P., your questions may be specific to the scheme requirements

Note: ANAB will not provide consulting services during our optional services nor during the application and accreditation processes.

Once your organization understands the accreditation requirements for a products, processes, and services certification body and has developed your system, you may apply at your own convenience – first the web-based application for accreditation* and then, once that is complete and ANAB staff contacts you, the conformity information required for the ISO/IEC 17065 and scheme applying for.

*If your certification body is already accredited by ANAB (e.g., ISO/IEC 17021 accreditation) please contact ANAB, below, for further guidance in applying.

An internal audit and management review will need to be completed at the appropriate point during the initial accreditation process.

ANAB Initial Accreditation Process Flow Overview

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