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CSI Quality System Assessments and ISO Client Compliance
A number of CSI clients have taken the initiative to gain ISO registration for business purposes and have
requested clarification on the requirement for a CSI assessment in addition to the ISO audit. A committee was
assembled by CSI to examine the feasibility of using ISO audits without CSI participation for the purposes of
CFIA. The committee came to the conclusion that the current ISO audits did not investigate, and ISO auditors
were not trained to evaluate, technical issues related to the sampling, grading, handling, testing , importing or
labelling of pedigreed seed. The committee recommended a technical assessment be conducted to deal with
requirements of the Seeds Act and Regulations or the Canadian Methods and Procedures for Testing Seed,
as applicable.
CSI will require ISO-registered clients to have the technical components of their quality system assessed by
a CSI accredited assessor/technical expert in conjunction with or in addition to an ISO audit. The technical
assessment will fulfill the requirements of the agreement between CSI and the client, and CSI’s obligations to
CFIA to verify specific technical components of the various programs.
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