ACCREDITATION

NOTES ABOUT ACCREDIA ACCREDITATION

The accreditation is an attestation that certifies that a conformity assessment body (in the case of Ricotest, both Laboratory and Notified Body) complies with established criteria of technical expertise and impartiality of the personnel, adequacy of the equipment and of the facility. Accredia, the Italian accreditation body, audits the maintenance and enhancement of those requirements on a regular basis. The accreditation status of the tests performed by the Laboratory is available on the website of Accredia, whereas the accreditation status of the Notified Body is also available on the website of the European database NANDO. Accredia does not qualify as responsible of the test results.

RICOTEST is a limited liability company that sustains itself financially through the proceeds of testing and certification activities.

ACCREDIA LOGO ON TEST REPORT

The Test Report is the document that lists all the results of performed tests. As EN ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory, Ricotest is forced to issue Test Reports with Accredia logo (for test reports containing at least one accredited test).

 If a product obtains negative results, it is generally revised, improved, updated and, then, re-tested once or more, until positive test results are achieved.

With the purpose of product certification, for a better understanding, a “Technical Report” is issued, summarizing all the performed tests that obtained a positive result. Considering that, according to Accredia, the Technical Report is a “report of all the previously performed tests”, on this document it is not allowed to place the Accredia logo.