Introduction

At the instance of laboratories, Federation for Development of Accreditation Services (FDAS),is created to grant accreditation to laboratories, as a non- government organization, under section 9(1) of the Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act, Department of Industries & Commerce, Haryana, vide registration number HR/018/2019/03652, on 27th March 2019, which with its own legal identity, empowers FDAS to commence accreditation activities.

FDAS operates accreditation system to comply with ISO/IEC 17011: 2017, and its accreditation program would grant accreditation to testing and calibration laboratories as per ISO/IEC 17025:2017, and medical laboratories as per ISO 15189:2012. FDAS is committed to abide by the norms from international institutions like ISO, IEC, ILAC, APAC etc., where applicable, so that its accredited CABs are having demonstrated global equivalence.