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I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Anthony Ogle, Lead Accreditation specialist at NATA, for his invaluable assistance during the recent NATA assessment review of our facility.   His expertise and guidance have been instrumental…

The mid-term meetings of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) were held the first week of May in Belfast, Northern Ireland.    These were the first face-to-face meetings since the outbreak of the pandemic.  Jennifer Evans (CEO),…

The transition arrangements for lead free plumbing has been published on the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) website. The Plumbing Code of Australia specifies that copper alloy plumbing products in contact with drinking water must limit…

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) is inviting NATA’s Members and Technical Assessors to provide feedback on the Draft Standards of Practice for Clinical Radiology.   They have noted that the Safety, Quality…

In February 2022, NATA and collaboration partners JASANZ and GS1 announced a blueprint for how product assurance might be handled in the digital supply chains of the future.  A little over a year later, a web-accessible…

Scope of Accreditation Service Descriptors and Publication Index document has been recently updated on website and can be downloaded from Publications Library page and via links listed below: ISO/IEC 17025 – Materials ISO/IEC 17025 – Manufactured…

A recently released document by the International Building Quality Centre (IBQC), has sought to address the challenge of effectively regulating building products to ensure their performance.  The document sets out a system-wide good practice regulatory framework…

Recently, NATA attended the APAC Lead Evaluator workshop in Singapore.   Representatives included NATA CEO – Jennifer Evans; General Manager, Compliance and Governance – Tony Vandenberg; General Manager Technical and Operations – John Styzinsky; and Paul McMullen…

Coregas, a key organisation in Australia’s gas industry and a NATA accredited member, recently noted NATA’s commitment to helping ensure their accreditation services support them in a competitive global economy. “I just wanted to write a thank-you…