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2002-12-20 Issuing of Measurement Canada Accreditation Standard S-A-01

Measurement Canada has issued, as of December 20, 2002, accreditation standard S-A-01:2002, Criteria for the Accreditation of Organizations to Perform Inspections Pursuant to the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act and the Weights and Measures Act.

This revised accreditation standard applies as of the date of issue and it supercedes all other previously issued accreditation documents.

Accreditation standard, S-A-01:2002 is issued in electronic format only.

This first revision (S-A-01:2002) further expands the use of international standards by including references to ISO 9001:2000 and ISO/IEC 17025:1999. Accredited organizations and those seeking accreditation will be able to base their Quality System on any of the following standards: ISO 9002:1994, ISO 9001:2000 or ISO/IEC 17025:1999. All of these standards will be acceptable provided that the Measurement Canada accreditation program requirements are addressed.

Additional changes to S-A-01 include:

• removing the text from ISO 9002:1994 and ISO 9000-2:1997;
• referencing requirements (text) from ISO 9002:1994, ISO 9001:2000 and ISO/IEC 17025:1999;
• updating the standard with information regarding the current scope of the accreditation program;
• incorporating the content of existing accreditation bulletins; and
• correcting minor formatting and spelling errors.