(A2LA: Frederick, MD) -- The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) has been accepted as a Member of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) for the Main Scope: ISO/IEC Guide 65, Sub-scope: Product Certification.

“A2LA is proud to add the IAF recognition to its list of worldwide recognitions obtained,” says Peter Unger, president and CEO of A2LA. “A2LA staff was committed to achieving this MLA signatory status to better serve our customers, regulators and specifiers, and the public as a whole.”

In March 2010, A2LA was peer-evaluated by the regional group, the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC), to expand its scope of recognition to include accreditation of product certification bodies. In August 2010, IAAC announced that A2LA had become a signatory to the IAAC MLA for Product Certification Bodies. Recently, IAAC was accepted by the IAF as a regional group for the IAF MLA to include product certification, which resulted in A2LA achieving the IAF MLA signatory status.

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