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Certification & Audit

SABS Certification Services are market driven and aligned to South African National Standards. SABS continues to develop new Certification Schemes to meet the ever changing needs of the industry.

Certification Schemes that we offer are
categorised as:

Certification schemes that we offer are categorised as:

  • Product Certification with the SABS Mark Scheme

    Product Certification with the
    SABS Mark Scheme

  • Management Systems Certification

The SABS Mark Scheme


The SABS Mark is a highly recognisable symbol of credibility and a powerful marketing tool, which reinforces your product’s intrinsic features. It strengthens your point-of-sale impact, and gives your product greater credibility and prestige in the market place.

The ongoing improvement of your quality system is an essential part of the SABS Mark Scheme and is therefore a clear demonstration of your company’s dedication to quality management.

SABS Auditing

An audit is an activity that companies conduct to evaluate, confirm and verify processes related to the quality, security and safety of products and services so that companies are able to ensure the management system has been effectively implemented

What is an Internal / 1st Party Audit

  • An organisation auditing its own systems, a self-assessment
  • Used to measure the strengths & weaknesses against requirements, and its own standards

What is an External / 2nd Party Audit

  • Also known as Supplier Auditing - comprehensive evaluation performed by a customer to ensure that supplier is operating under a state of control
  • One organisation auditing another with which it has, or is going to have, a contract or agreement for the supply of goods or services

What is an Internal / 3rd Party Audit

  • Audit carried out by a Certification body independent of the client and the user, for the purpose of certifying the client’s management system


Management System Certification


SABS offers Certification to Management System Standards that will assist customers to achieve organisational objectives and manage their risks.

SABS portfolio of management system Certifications includes: 
ISO 9001 Quality Management System
ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
ISO 22000 Food Safety Management Systems
ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems
SANS 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
FSSC 22000 Food Safety System Certification
SANS 10330 Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
ISO/IEC 20000-1 Information Technology - Service Management System
ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management Systems
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