Accreditation & Recognition

Quality Austria Central Asia is globally accredited by Akkreditierung Austria, the accreditation body of the government of Austria. Quality Austria Central Asia is also accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB) which is a part of the Quality Council of India. Quality Austria also has recognition as a certification body by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF). Quality Austria has the recognized as a certification body by the Global Food Safety Initiative for the certification of food businesses. Other accreditations include those for inspections and for training.

Quality Austria Central Asia has received recognition from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) to carry out inspections of City Gas Distribution, Natural Gas Pipelines, and Petroleum and Petroleum Products Pipelines.

Quality Austria Central Asia is recognized as Food Safety Third Party Auditing Agency by FSSAI (Food Safety & Standard Authority of India) for conducting FSSAI Third Party audit in PAN India.
Granted Scope for Third Party Auditing are :
1. Food processing
i) Dairy
ii) Slaughter Houses (Meat & Poultry)
iii) Meat & Poultry Processing Units
iv) Egg and Egg Products
v) Fish and Fish Products
vi) Other Sectors (Bakery, Edible Oil, Fruit & Vegetable Processing, ready to eat/cook, Nutraceuticals, Indian Sweets, Proprietary Foods, Fats and Oil Products, Seafood, Nuts and seeds, Confectionary, Sweeteners, including honey, Food Additives, Sugar & Salt, Spices & Condiments, Organic Food Products, Cereal & Cereal Products, Alcoholic & Non-alcoholic Beverages)
5. Food Catering (Catering, Hotels & Restaurants, Dhabas, Rail, Air & Port Catering, Canteens, or any other Food Vending Establishments)

Hygiene Rating Scheme is a certification system for the food service and retail establishments providing food directly to the consumers. The food businesses are rated based on food hygiene and safety conditions observed at the time of audit/inspection. The hygiene rating certificate will be displayed prominently in the food service area to create demand of high levels of food hygiene standards.

Type of Food Businesses Included in Hygiene Rating Scheme The food establishments falling under this scheme will include - food service establishments (which include hotels, restaurants, cafeteria, dhabas, etc.), - bakeries - meat retail shops and - sweet shops (Mithai Shop).

Quality Austria Central Asia is recognized by the regulator, Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) as a Notified Body to carry out audits for Class A and Class B Medical device manufacturers for the purpose of grant of a license by the State Licencing Authority as per the Medical Device Rules – 2017.

Hygiene Rating Scheme is a certification system for the food service and retail establishments providing food directly to the consumers. The food businesses are rated based on food hygiene and safety conditions observed at the time of audit/inspection. The hygiene rating certificate will be displayed prominently in the food service area to create demand of high levels of food hygiene standards.

Type of Food Businesses Included in Hygiene Rating Scheme The food establishments falling under this scheme will include - food service establishments (which include hotels, restaurants, cafeteria, dhabas, etc.), - bakeries - meat retail shops and - sweet shops (Mithai Shop).

Fees Structure

The proposed fee structure for the HRAA Scheme is as follows:

-QACA is operating IRF Trusted Mark Certification Scheme for IRF Trusted Shop and evaluation to be done as per IRF Trust Documents like Trust 100, Trust 200, Trust 200, Trust 210 and other relevant Trust documents.

QACA has defined the process for granting, maintaining, extending, reducing, suspending and withdrawing certification i.e. Doc. No. QSP-11 which is available upon request.

-QACA has financial stability and resources required for the operation of the certification system. The financial administration of the scheme including determination of charges is the responsibility of Executive Director. Fee Structure for IRF Scheme Manday Rate @ 15000/- as fixed by IRF Secretariat.

-Certification Agreement describing the rights and duties of applicants and certified clients, including requirements, restriction or limitation on the use of QACA’s logo i.e. Doc No. QSP-03 which is available upon request.

-QACA has a defined policy and procedure for resolution of Complaints, Appeals and Disputes received from clients or other parties about the handling of certification or any other related matter.

-Information on procedure for the handling of Complaints & Appeals is established i.e. Doc. No. QSP-12 which is available upon request.

Quality Austria Central Asia (QACA) has launched a scheme - Fire Safety Inspection Scheme (FSIS). This scheme has jointly been developed by the Association of Healthcare Providers (India) (AHPI) and the Institution of Fire Engineers (India) (IFE) for healthcare facilities, including hospitals. This scheme aims to ensure that healthcare facilities adhere to fire safety regulations and standards. The scheme involves fire safety inspections, conducted by QACA Central Asia, an accredited inspection agency, with the option for them to issue "Certificate of Compliance" or provide reports indicating non-compliance.

QACA FSIS 02 Application of FSIS
QACA FSIS 03 Fee structure for FSIS
IFE FSIS 401 Inspection check list of FSIS
​​​​​​​SOP-04 Complaints and Appeals 26082025
IFE FSIS 201 Fire safety Inspection Process for FSIS
IFE FSIS 101 Criteria for Fire safety inspection for FSIS
QACA FSIS 04 Rights, Duties and Responsibility of clients
QACA FSIS 01 FSIS for health care providers including Hospitals