{"data":{"id":"us/21-cfr-1.1139","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"21 CFR 1.1139","heading":"How does a laboratory apply for LAAF-accreditation or extend its scope of LAAF-accreditation?","body":"(a) Application for LAAF-accreditation. A laboratory seeking LAAF-accreditation or extension of its scope of LAAF-accreditation must submit its application for LAAF-accreditation to a recognized accreditation body identified on the website described in § 1.1109. The recognized accreditation body will review and assess the application in accordance with the requirements of this subpart. If the laboratory seeking LAAF-accreditation had its LAAF-accreditation withdrawn or one or more methods within its scope of LAAF-accreditation reduced by a recognized accreditation body or has been previously disqualified by FDA, the laboratory must meet the additional requirements specified by § 1.1142(a).\n(b) Documentation of conformance with ISO/IEC 17025:2017(E). The laboratory may use documentation of conformance with ISO/IEC 17025:2017(E) (incorporated by reference, see § 1.1101), as applicable and supplemented as necessary, in meeting the applicable requirements of this subpart.\n(c) Duration of accreditation. If a LAAF-accredited laboratory maintains compliance with all requirements of this subpart, including accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2017(E), the laboratory's LAAF-accreditation will not end until reduced in scope, withdrawn, relinquished, or the laboratory is disqualified, under this subpart.","path":["Title 21—Food and Drugs","CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 1—GENERAL ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS","Subpart R—Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-21.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:47Z","sha256":"68b4a878cd04ade2f74c7a52eeb62a7db8288e80f26ac0ea728a63ecb70c4569","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/21-cfr-1.1138","next":"us/21-cfr-1.1140"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}