SABS certification

    The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS), established under the national Standards act of 1945, is a subsidiary of South Africa's ministry of trade and industry.SABS certification is a neutral third-party certification body in South Africa, which is responsible for the system certification and product certification of South Africa.In addition to the standards of responsibility, SABS also on behalf of the state mandatory standards in management, to conform to the specifications of products, awarded marks, also is responsible for the ISO9001, ISO9002 certificate of enterprise, and on behalf of the state and some of the major buyer is responsible for inspection and testing before shipment and issue the certificate.SABS certification is widely used in chemical products, biological products, fiber products and garments, mechanical products, safety equipment, electrical products, civil and construction and automobile products.In recent years, SABS certification has become an important part of South African government's control of the import of products.

    SABS certification range

    SABS certification divided into two major categories of product certification and system certification, and SABS product authentication mainly includes the following eight categories: chemical, biological products, fiber products and clothing, mechanical products, safety equipment, electrical products, civil and construction and automotive products.Among them, involved in building materials and products are: stoneware, concrete products, roofing material, cement, lime, cement mixture and natural stone used in construction, safety glass, steel structure, lumber and wood, brick, tile, paint, coating, sealant, etc.

    SABS certification conditions

    1. The product meets the national standard of SABS/SANS;

    2. Product passed corresponding standard test;

    3. The quality system meets ISO 9000 requirements or other specified requirements;

    4. Only the product and quality system can apply for the use of the SABS logo;

    5. Routine product testing shall be conducted under the guidance and submitted and public test results;

    6. The quality system is assessed at least twice a year and requires full content assessment.

    The certification process

    1. The manufacturer fills in the complete application form;

    2. If the factory has more than one factory, the application form is required.Each product within the certification scope is required to be reflected in the application form.In addition, the factory also needs to fill in the application form of the responsible person's credit, which shall guarantee the first inspection fee and other authentication expenses.

    3. Upon receipt of the application form, the South African bureau of standards will issue an audited quotation;

    4. Under the premise of the acceptance of the offer, the South African bureau of standards will conduct a factory review;

    5. If the above review is adopted, the South African bureau of standards will prepare annual monitoring contracts;

    There will be a random review by two auditors each year, and the costs of the annual monitoring and testing will be stated on the contract.

    7. The two auditors will sample the samples and bring them back to the laboratory;

    8. After test the samples, the South African bureau of standards will be drawn from the buyer the goods of South Africa, if the goods of batch is less than 4 times a year, then not enough sample requests sent from the factory, the cost will be borne by the factory.

    9.If the test result is unqualified, the cost of the sample and the retest will be borne by the factory.

    10. The validity of the certificate will be three years unless there are other reasons to cancel the certificate.

    considerations

    1. Firstly, the enterprise must appoint an Agent (Agent), and the Agent will be responsible for all data information and after-sales services.South Africa road traffic law (Act93:1996) requires importers to register at the local department of transportation;

    2. South Africa is an English country, which is a member of the right steering member, and can continue to test and submit documents to SABS for work only after successfully registering.

    3. All test items should be completed strictly according to the relevant standards of South Africa and will be submitted to the NRCS report and other technical documents;

    4. The whole certification process includes two parts: test report review and sample consistency check;(note: the inspection of samples can be arranged in China or South Africa according to the enterprise needs)

    5. Once all information and samples have been reviewed and evaluated by NRCS, the NRCS will issue certificates.Generally, the entire audit process shall not exceed 15 working days.

    6. Effective date of the certificate: as long as the applicable standard regulations are not changed and the samples are not modified, the certificate will continue to be valid.

    7. NRCS will be responsible for production consistency control. If the sample model is found to be inconsistent, the NRCS shall have the right to recover the certificate.

    8. In order to ensure the consistency of production, NRCS may conduct factory review after a period of time after the certificate application.