SANAS
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SANAS is an acronym for the South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n National Accreditation Service.

SANAS is recognised by the South African Government in Act 19 of 2007 as the single National Accreditation Body that gives formal recognition that Laboratories, Certification Bodies, Inspection Bodies, Proficiency Testing Scheme Providers and Good Laboratory Practice
Good Laboratory Practice
In the experimental research arena, the phrase good laboratory practice or GLP specifically refers to a quality system of management controls for research laboratories and organizations to try to ensure the uniformity, consistency, reliability, reproducibility, quality, and integrity of chemical ...

 (GLP) test facilities are competent to carry out specific tasks.

SANAS certificates are a formal recognition that an organisation is competent to perform specific tasks.

SANAS is responsible for the accreditation of Certification bodies to ISO/IEC Guide 62, 65 and 66 (and the IAF interpretation thereof), and laboratories (testing and calibration) to ISO/IEC 17025. Inspection Bodies are accredited to ISO/IEC/17020 standards. GLP facilities are inspected for compliance to OECD GLP principles.

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