Ethiopia’s Medicine and Medicine Facility Inspection Process Achieved ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Accreditation.
The Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority is granted accreditation by the Ethiopian National Accreditation Office (ENAO) to perform sampling and inspection in the field of medicines and medicine facility inspections in compliance with the requirements of ISO/lEC 17020:2012, Conformity assessment – General Requirements for the operation of various types of inspection bodies. The accreditation demonstrates the technical competence for the defined scope and operation of the EFDA’s inspection quality management system.
The scope of the accreditation process is medicine inspection process which includes:
- Inspection of large scale medicine manufacturing facility
- Inspection of small scale medicine manufacturing facility
- Inspection of medicines, import, export and wholesale
- Sampling and post marketing quality surveillance
Accreditation Provider: Ethiopian National Accreditation Office (ENAO)
Type of inspection Body: Type A
Facility Accreditation No: IB0013
Effective data: 21 Feb 2022
Expiry date: 21 Aug 2026