The Product Certification Department provides assessment and impartial third-party attestation that fulfilment of specified requirement has been demonstrated. Specified requirements for products are generally contained in standards or other normative documents. Product certification is carried out by product certification bodies which should conform to ISO IEC 17065.

The Department is a third-party Certification body (CB) that carries out Management Systems Certification Services for organizations seeking certification for their management system. The Department is accredited to ISO/IEC 17021-1 by Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAkkS), a German accreditation organization. The scope of accreditation is ISO 9001 under EA 12: (Chemicals, Chemical Products, and Fibres) and EA 14: (Rubber and Plastic Products).

The main focus of the Industrial Support Department is to help fulfil GSA’s mandate of promoting standardization for the improvement of the quality of goods, services and sound management, environmental and safety practices in industries and public institutions by providing training to industry.