The Re-Evaluation of MAURITAS by the African Accreditation Cooperation (AFRAC) and the Southern African Development Community Cooperation in Accreditation (SADCA) on behalf of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)  International Accreditation Forum (IAF) took place on 13 to 17 June 2022. The aim of the Re-Evaluation was to evaluate the continued international recognition of MAURITAS accreditation for Testing (ISO/IEC 17025), Calibration (ISO/IEC 17025) and Management System Certification (17021) in the sub-scopes Quality Management System (QMS – ISO 9001) and Food Safety Management System (FSMS – ISO 22000).

The composition of the Evaluation Team was as follows:

SN	Name	Organisation	Position in Evaluation Team
1	Ms. Susan Munyiri-Ochieng	Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS)	Team Leader
2	Mr. Shadrack Phophi	South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)	Deputy Team Leader and Team Member – Testing
3	Mr. Neville Tayler	South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)	Team Member – Calibration
4	Mr. Moslem Barrack	Tunisian Accreditation Council (TUNAC)	Team Member – Certification (QMS & FSMS)
5	Mr. Sam Thema	South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)	Trainee Team Member – Calibration
6	Mrs. Felista Nyakoe	Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS)	Trainee Team Member – Certification (QMS & FSMS)
7	Mr. Emanuele Riva	L’Ente Italiano di Accreditamento (ACCREDIA)	ILAC/IAF Observer – Certification
8	Mrs. Dana Leaman	National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP)	ILAC/IAF Observer – Calibration
9	Mr. Rob Miller	American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)	ILAC/IAF Observer – Testing

MAURITAS successfully cleared all the findings raised by the Evaluation Team and consequently its signatory status within AFRAC was approved during the AFRAC General Assembly on 30 September 2022 in Cairo, Egypt.

^{Mr. R.N. Gopee (Director, MAURITAS) and Mr. R. Miller (ILAC/IAF Observer – Testing)}

^{Mr. S. Phophi (Deputy Team Leader and Team Member – Testing) and Mr. M. Koolwont (Accreditation Manager, MAURITAS)}

^{Mrs. F. Nyakoe (Trainee Team Member – Certification for QMS & FSMS), Mr. M. Barrack (Team Member – Certification for QMS & FSMS) and Mrs. C. Matadeen-Domun (Assistant Accreditation Manager – MAURITAS)}

^{Mr. S. Thema (Trainee Team Member – Calibration), Mr. N. Tayler (Team Member – Calibration) and Mrs. Y. Jafajul (Ag. Assistant Accreditation Manager – MAURITAS)}

^{Closing meeting of the MAURITAS Re-Evaluation}

^{The Evaluation Team members with staff of MAURITAS}