African Certification and Testing (PTY) Ltd (ACT) has been established to provide a vehicle in which to operate a mark scheme for the benefit of the utility wooden pole industry in Africa.
ACT are accredited through SANAS to conduct GLOBALG.A.P. IFA audits for fruit and vegetable farms.
The company has SANAS Accreditation for ISO/IEC 17065 and ISO/IEC 17021.
LEARN MOREProduct certification of standards for wooden poles and sawn timber
Auditing of quality management systems – ISO 9001
Consignment product inspection
Verification of equipment
GLOBALG.A.P. IFA V6 Smart and GFS farm audits and specific GLOBALG.A.P. add-ons
LEARN MOREACT is currently accredited for ISO/IEC 17065 for product certification with regards to SANS 754; SANS 457-3; SANS 1288; SANS 1783 – Part 1, 2, 3, 4; SANS 10096 and SANS 457-2. ACT is currently accredited for GLOBALG.A.P. IFA V6 Smart and IFA V6 GFS farm audits.
ACT is currently accredited for ISO/IEC 17021-1 for Quality Management System Certification for EAC 6: Wood and Wood Products (ISO 9001).
Note: Documents that have a reference number ending with “.21”; “.sm” or “.V6” are applicable to ISO 9001 (ISO/IEC 17021-1) audits; saw-milling (ISO/IEC 17065) and GLOBALG.A.P. IFA V6 audits respectively.
Dear ACT clients and prospective clients take note that we are committed to continuous improvement and as a result thereof we carry out an ongoing review on our procedures.
Regarding the General Permit Conditions, QP13 and QP13.gg, in the case that a new revision is published, clients that have signed the previous revision will still remain valid until the latest revision contract has been signed.
African Certification & Testing (ACT) is committed to providing a world class product certification service & maintaining the highest standards of service in all our dealings with client, third parties & stakeholders.
Learn MoreProspective clients should please complete the respective application forms below and send it to marketing@africancertification.co.za for wood and wood products and/or ISO 9001 applications and schememan@africancertification.co.za for GLOBALG.A.P. applications.
GLOBALG.A.P. IFA 6 SMART has been MANDATORY as of the 1 January 2024.
GLOBALG.A.P. IFA V6 GFS has been published and is valid for IFA V6 GFS audits as of 6 August 2024. IFA V6 GFS is mandatory as of 1 January 2025 and there will no longer be any IFA V5.4-1-GFS audits as of 1 January 2025.
Please contact schememan@africancertification.co.za for any queries.
GRASP V2 is mandatory as of 1 January 2025 and will be assessed along side the IFA V6 SMART or IFA V6 GFS audits.
Please contact schememan@africancertification.co.za for more information.
