PAB News
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through the Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB), held an awareness webinar last July 22, 2022, to discuss the recently issued ISO/IEC 17060:2022 – Code of good practice, and International Accreditation Forum Mandatory Document on Criteria for Evaluation of Conformity Assessment Schemes (IAF MD 25).
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In support to the advocacy of the Philippine Academy of Microbiology (PAM) to make Philippine Microbiologists globally competitive, DTI-PAB provided updates on Accreditation to the Philippine National Standard on Conformity Assessment – General Requirements for Bodies Operating Certification of Persons (PNS ISO/IEC 17024:2014) during its 31st Annual Meeting on 19
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In line with the effective implementation of the amended Organic Agriculture Law and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), the Department of Trade and Industry – Philippine Accreditation Bureau (DTI-PAB) and the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (DA-BAFS) signed the updated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
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The Department of Trade and Industry through the Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) affirmed its support to the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute’s (DOST-PTRI) Medical Textile Testing Center Project. On 24 June 2022, during the inauguration of the PTRI’s Medical Textile Testing Center (PMTTC) and its Microbiological Testing
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Photo captured during WAD Forum on 09 June 2022 World Accreditation Day (WAD) World Accreditation Day is annually celebrated every 9th of June. It is a global initiative established by the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) to promote the value of accreditation. Over the
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PAB ensures that its assessments are calibrated by providing regular policy and standard updates to its assessors and experts through its yearly forum. This year’s Assessors and Experts’ Forum of the Laboratory Accreditation Division (LAD) was held uniquely as LAD collaborated with the Promotion and Documentation Division (PDD) to incorporate
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On April 6, 2022, the DTI-Philippine Accreditation Bureau (DTI-PAB) conducted a capacity building webinar on relevant accreditation standards for the Department of Energy (DOE) personnel. The objective of the activity is to aid DOE in the implementation of its Department Circular on the Recognition of Testing Laboratories for the Examination,
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On March 09, 2022, the DTI-Philippine Accreditation Bureau (DTI-PAB) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) held a virtual meeting to deepen their partnership in recognizing the importance of collaboration among government agencies for better service delivery. Both agencies presented an overview of their respective accreditation and conformity assessment services, and
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On February 28, 2022, the DTI-Philippine Accreditation Bureau's Management System Accreditation Division (PAB-MSAD) convened an online stakeholders' forum with representatives from the fields of management, product, and person certification. A total of 47 stakeholders from the private and public sectors attended the event. This yearly activity is held to ensure
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As the new year starts, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) received good news as the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) accepted PAB as a Member of the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) granting the IAF scope extension for Product Certification based on ISO/IEC 17065
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