A Brief Technical Report: MS ISO/IEC 17025 Reassessment in the Commercial Chemical Laboratory

A Technical Assessor (TA) report is required for every assessment. This brief technical report aims to share the findings after an assessment in the commercial chemical laboratory. This assessment was conducted for 3 audit days, one TA covers food, traditional medicine, animal feed, and agricultural products. It was based on the MS ISO/IEC 17025:2017 clauses, SAMM policies (SP), Specific Criteria (SC) and Specific Technical Requirements (STR). A total of 5 findings were issued to the laboratory, which were 3 Non-Compliance Records (NCR) category 2, 1 NCR category 3 and 1 NCR category 4 which is an observation. The certified Accreditation Body (CAB) needed to be closed out the NCR category 2 and category 3 within three months with corrective action and root cause analysis to obtain the accreditation continuously.