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, calibration, medical laboratories, inspection bodies, proficiency testing providers and reference material producers as per international norms. 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.