Turkish Accreditation Agency started to provide accreditation services in 2001. In 2008, the Turkish Accreditation Agency has signed a mutual recognition agreement with the European Accreditation Association in all accreditation areas subject to mutual recognition agreements.
Turkish Accreditation Agency is a full member of:
· European Accreditation Association (EA)
· International Accreditation Forum (IAF)
· International Laboratory Accreditation Association (ILAC)
Turkish Accreditation AgencyIs affiliated to the Ministry for European Union Affairs and is chair of the Accreditation Committee established in 2012 under the Institute of Standardization and Metrology of the Islamic Countries (SMIIC). This committee is active in the field of halal certification.
Turkish Accreditation Agency, briefly TURKAKIt is an institution that accredits the highest number of certification bodies among the accreditation organizations of the Islamic Cooperation Organization and SMIIC member countries and has the highest level of recognition.
In the coming 2020, the total number of Muslims in the world is estimated to be 2 billion. Such a large population Halal Certificate demand for food, tourism, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, finance, textile and apparel is increasing in sectors such as.
In this fact, the International Halal Accreditation Forum was held in Istanbul in 2013. This forum has been held all over the world, halal certificationis the largest organization in the field of standardization and accreditation. In this forum under the leadership of TURKAK, different approaches and practices have been introduced in terms of halal certification among Islamic societies, and different approaches have been eliminated and a common view on halal certification has been provided.
Halal certification activities in the world have been initiated in countries where Muslims are living in a minority, in order to provide halal products in accordance with the demands of Muslims. Halal certification is aimed to ensure food consumption of Muslims more safely and has been accepted. However, as different perspectives began to be expressed, different organizations emerged to create a common ground in the global sense. For example, the World Halal Council, the International Halal Union Alliance and the Islamic Countries Standardization and Metrology Institute are some of them.
The common goal of these organizations is to harmonize the Halal Certification standards, to eliminate implementation differences and to develop a recognized accreditation process throughout the world.
The Institute of Standardization and Metrology of the Islamic Countries (SMIIC, Standardization and Metrology Institution of Islamic Countries) was founded in 2010. The Turkish Standards Institute takes the SMIIC 2011: 1 Halal Food General Guideline for Halal Food Certification, which has started in 2011.
Today there are many halal certification bodies in the world. However, they all undertake halal certification according to different standards and certification programs. Although the common point of all is to obey the Islamic rules, many issues that can be considered to be Islamic in terms of Islam need to be verified technically. Halal certification also shows an uncontrolled and distorted construction. In this respect, accreditation is an important tool. The elimination of the approaches that are incompatible with the essence of the Halal certification concept is only possible with a healthy accreditation system.
It is aimed that the Accreditation Committee established within the scope of SMIIC will work in order to provide its accreditation service in the first step and then to be the top unit of the halal accreditation organizations.
If you wish to learn more about the authorized accreditation body for the Halal Certificate, do not waste time to apply to the managers and employees of the TÜRCERT certification body operating in the field of certification studies, inspection and testing studies and training services.