ANSI Accredited Programs

Procedure by which an authoritative body gives formal recognition that a body or person is competent to carry out specific tasks (As defined in ISO/IEC Guide 2:1996)

One of ANSI’s important functions is accreditation. ANSI accredits standards developers, certification bodies and technical advisory groups (TAGs) the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Accredited standardization activities

• ANSI-Accredited Standard Developers
  A list of standardization bodies accredited by ANSI to develop, maintain and withdraw American National Standards.
• U.S. Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) to ISO Technical Committees
  A list of accredited TAGs that have as their primary responsibility the development of U.S. positions on technical and policy matters coming before the ISO.

Accredited conformity assessment activities

• ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board QMS (Quality Management Systems) Registrars.
  A database of third-party registrars that have been accredited by ANAB to provide an independent verification of conformance to the ISO 9001 quality management system standard.
• ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board EMS (Environmental Management Systems) Registrars.
  A database of third-party registrars that have been accredited by ANAB to provide an independent verification of conformance to the ISO 14001 environmental management system standard.
• Accreditation Of Product Certification Programs.
  ANSI provides accreditation in accordance with ISO/IEC Guide 65 for product certification programs to ensure that the marketplace can gain confidence for their activities.
• ANSI Personnel Certification Accreditation Programs.
  ANSI administers two accreditation programs for personnel certification agencies. One accreditation is based on the new International Standard ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 and the other is based on The Conference for Food Protection Accreditation Standards for certification agencies that certify food protection managers.

Accredited Standards Developing Organizations:

• ANSI Accredited Standards Developers
• ANSI Accredited Product Certification Programs
• ANSI Accredited Personnel Certification Programs (ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024)
• ANSI Accredited Personnel Certification Programs (Conference for Food Protection)