World Accreditation Day Focuses on Food and Water

This year's World Accreditation Day, to be celebrated June 9, will focus on how accreditation supports the availability of safe food and clean drinking water. The theme for the celebration is "Accreditation - Supporting Safe Food and Clean Drinking Water."

In a joint statement, Randy Dougherty, Chair of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), and Peter Unger, Chair of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), stressed the importance of access to sufficient food and water.

"It is critical that consumers have confidence in the safety, security, and authenticity of the food and water they consume," Dougherty and Unger said. "This confidence is gained through the application of common food safety management systems, supported by credible testing and inspection regimes, both within the national economy but also across international borders from source to consumption."

While a growing number of organizations provide services such as laboratory testing and calibration, inspection, and certification, accreditation is the means by which these organizations are deemed impartial and competent to provide their services. Accreditation bodies sign arrangements managed by IAF and ILAC that support the acceptance of accredited results and certificates across national borders and eliminate the need for redundant tests, checks, and certifications.

Major events, press campaigns, workshops, and seminars will take place in conjunction with the celebration of World Accreditation Day.

Read the IAF-ILAC statement on World Accreditation Day 2012

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