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Agriculture and agri-food

Accreditation is very widely used in the agriculture and agri-food sector, whether concerning food safety, the feed, health and welfare of animals, or the health and protection of crops.

It provides justification for the public authorities and companies for the implementation of their policies and in this way helps protect consumers and the environment.

  • Production de matériaux de référence

    ISO 17034

    Les matériaux de référence (MR) sont utilisés à toutes les étapes du processus de mesure, notamment pour la validation des méthodes, l’étalonnage et la maîtrise de la qualité. Ils sont également utilisés dans le cadre de comparaisons interlaboratoires pour la validation des méthodes et l’évaluation de l’aptitude des laboratoires.

    La démonstration des compétences scientifiques et techniques des producteurs de matériaux de référence (PMR) constitue une exigence de base permettant de garantir la qualité des MR. Du fait de la fidélité accrue des équipements de mesure et du besoin de disposer de données plus fiables et précises, la demande en nouveaux MR de plus haute qualité est en croissance constante.

    En recourant à l’accréditation, les PMR prouvent leurs compétences dans la production de MR de qualité et accélèrent ainsi le développement de leur activité.

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  • Tests

    NF EN ISO/IEC 17025

    The health crises of recent months have served as a reminder of the importance of the inspections carried out.

    Tests and analyses constitute a major proportion of these inspections. Conducted under the umbrella of accreditation, they make it possible to ensure, for example, that the water or the food that we consume are safe for our health.

    By guaranteeing that the analyses and tests have been conducted by competent and impartial laboratories, accreditation establishes confidence in the reliability of the results obtained. In this way, it helps to reduce the risk of health crises, enabling public authorities and companies to take the necessary measures when the situation so requires.

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  • Certification of products and services

    NF EN ISO/IEC 17065

    In France, in application of the Consumer Code, only bodies benefiting from accreditation can conduct certification for products or services.

    These certifications provide a guarantee that a product, service or process complies with precise criteria. The fact that they are covered by accreditation reinforces the market's confidence in its conformity.

    These accredited certifications are used in particular to guarantee the quality and safety of agricultural products, promote their origin, and limit the use of pesticides. They also help protect biodiversity and the environment, whether in the framework of organic agriculture or the EU plant passport.

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  • Certification of management systems

    NF EN ISO/IEC 17021-1

    Management systems are deployed in agriculture and agri-food to manage health risks, guarantee food safety or increase the efficiency of certain agricultural production entities.

    Certification of such systems by a third party is a means of getting their conformity with international norms and standards recognised, and in this way certifying that the organisation in place meets precise requirements.

    Use of accredited certification allows a customer to obtain assurance that the Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) whose services it is using is competent and impartial. It is a token of confidence in the quality of the certification delivered.

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  • Inspection

    NF EN ISO/IEC 17020

    Compliance with best hygiene practices, inspection of agricultural production, crop health: numerous inspections help protect consumers and crops.

    The public authorities draw extensively on accreditation to attain their public health objectives. Accreditation is also increasingly used on a voluntary basis to increase health safety levels for consumers. Certain stakeholders also call upon accredited inspections to promote among their customers the high hygiene levels attained.

    Accreditation is therefore more essential than ever for inspiring confidence in the quality of the agri-food products proposed.

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  • Certification of products and services

    NF EN ISO/IEC 17065

    In France, in application of the Consumer Code, only bodies benefiting from accreditation can conduct certification for products or services.

    These certifications provide a guarantee that a product, service or process complies with precise criteria. The fact that they are covered by accreditation reinforces the market's confidence in its conformity.

    These accredited certifications are used in particular to guarantee the quality and safety of agricultural products, promote their origin, and limit the use of pesticides. They also help protect biodiversity and the environment, whether in the framework of organic agriculture or the EU plant passport.

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  • Comparaisons interlaboratoires

    NF EN ISO/IEC 17043

    Les laboratoires accrédités ou candidats à l’accréditation se doivent d’assurer la validité des résultats qu’ils rendent. Cette obligation passe par la mise en œuvre de contrôles externes permettant de s’assurer de la performance de leurs activités de laboratoires, tels que des comparaisons interlaboratoires par exemple.

    Les campagnes proposées par les organisateurs de comparaisons interlaboratoires (OCIL) permettent aux laboratoires participant de démontrer leur aptitude à réaliser des analyses. Afin de renforcer leur crédibilité sur le marché et d’assurer leur développement, certains organisateurs font le choix d’avoir recours à l’accréditation pour cette activité spécifique.

    En garantissant la compétence des OCIL, l’accréditation renforce encore un peu plus la confiance dans les résultats délivrés par les laboratoires d’analyse accrédités.

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