Accreditations, Approvals & Registrations Held by our Laboratory Facilities

As well as holding internationally recognised accreditation we undertake testing for national and international regulatory programs.

International accreditation New Zealand (IANZ)

International Accreditation New Zealand is the national authority for the accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories, inspection bodies and radiology services. It promotes the development and maintenance of good practice in testing and inspection and maintain a registration scheme for organisations like AsureQuality that comply with that practice.

IANZ accreditation allows us to demonstrate technical competence that satisfies requirements set by regulators or specifiers, and proves to our customers that we are performing to international standards.

IANZ Website

International Co-operation

The forum for international cooperation between the various laboratory and inspection body accreditation schemes operated throughout the world is the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC). Members of ILAC, including IANZ, are signatories to Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs), which allow for global acceptance of accredited test and inspection reports.

The aim of the international accreditation cooperation is to facilitate trade and ensure safety for consumers is realised through MRAs between accreditation authority members of ILAC, carried out in accordance with ILAC rules and procedures.

IANZ Worldwide Co-operation

ILAC MRA and Signatories

Christchurch Laboratory, NZ

IANZ (NZS/ISO/IEC 17025) - Microbiology
IANZ (NZ Drinking Water Standards) - Microbiology
IANZ (NZFSA Laboratory Approval Scheme) - Microbiology
IANZ (NZFSA Animal Products Dairy) - Microbiology

Singapore Laboratory

Singapore Accreditation Council

PestLab - Auckland, NZ

Register of MAFBNZ Approved Suppliers of Plant Pest Identification Services
IANZ (NZS/ISO/IEC 17025: 2005)

PestLab - Lincoln, NZ

ISTA

AsureQuality Seed testing laboratories are verified by ISTA as technically competent to carry out seed testing procedures in accordance with the ISTA Rules. Accredited laboratories must show that they operate a quality management system fulfilling the requirements of the ISTA Laboratory Accreditation Standard.

ISTA achieves its vision of uniformity in seed testing world wide by producing internationally agreed rules for seed sampling and testing, accrediting laboratories, promoting research, and providing international seed analysis certificates, training and dissemination of knowledge in seed science and technology to facilitate seed trading nationally and internationally.