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.
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.
Laboratory Testing Facilities
- Auckland Laboratory, New Zealand (NZ)
- Wellington Laboratory, NZ
- Christchurch Laboratory, NZ
- PestLab, Auckland, NZ
- PestLab, Lincoln, NZ
- Palmerston North Seed Laboratory, NZ
- Melbourne Seed Laboratory, Australia
- Hamilton Proficiency Laboratory, NZ
Auckland Laboratory, NZ
- IANZ (NZS/ISO/IEC 17025) - Microbiology
- IANZ (NZS/ISO/IEC 17025) - Chemistry
- IANZ (NZFSA Animal Products Dairy) - Microbiology, Chemistry
- IANZ (NZFSA Laboratory Approval Scheme) - Chemistry & Microbiology
- MAFBNZ Transitional Facility Certificate - Biological Products, Animal Products
- Medsafe (Code of GMP)
- FDA Biotoxins
Wellington Laboratory, NZ
- IANZ (NZS/ISO/IEC 17025) - Microbiology
- IANZ (NZS/ISO/IEC 17025) - Chemistry
- IANZ (NZFSA Animal Products Dairy) - Microbiology
- IANZ (NZFSA Laboratory Approval Scheme) - Microbiology & Chemistry
- IANZ (NZ Drinking Water Standards) - Microbiology & Chemistry
- IANZ (OECD Good Laboratory Practice)
- MAFBNZ Transitional Facility Certificate
- Australian National Residue Survey
- NZFSA (National Residue Programme)
- NZFSA (Dairy National Chemical Contaminants Programme)
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
PestLab - Auckland, NZ
- Register of MAFBNZ Approved Suppliers of Plant Pest Identification Services
- IANZ (NZS/ISO/IEC 17025: 2005)
PestLab - Lincoln, NZ
Proficiency Laboratory, Hamilton, NZ
- ISO Guide 43:1 1997, Part 1 and the ILAC Guide No. G13:08:2007
- NZFSA Registration as Dairy Exporter
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.
Palmerston North Seed Laboratory, NZ
- OECD
- ISTA
Melbourne Seed Laboratory (Tullamarine), AUS
- OECD
- NATA (AS/NZS ISO/IEC 17020 (2000))
- ISTA
- Quarantine (AQIS)
- AOSCA
- Australian Domestic certification
