Accreditation Documents

ISTA Accreditation Standard for Seed Testing and Seed Sampling - English

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ISTA Accreditation Standard for Seed Testing and Seed Sampling - French

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ISTA Accreditation Standard for Seed Testing and Seed Sampling - German

(PDF,333.7 kB)

ISTA Accreditation Standard for Seed Testing and Seed Sampling - Spanish

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ISTA Accreditation Standard for Seed Sampling and Testing - Valid as of 01 January 2026

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Acc D 01 Procedures for Termination, Suspension, and Withdrawal of ISTA Accreditation

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Acc D 02 Use of ISTA Logo

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Acc D 04 Accreditation under PBA

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Acc D 05 Performance Data Evaluation for Specified Trait Purity

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Acc D 05 Performance Data Evaluation for the presence of seeds with specified traits in seed lots

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Acc D 06 Accreditation of laboratories at multiple sites

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Acc D 06B Accreditation of Laboratories with Sampling Units at Multiple Sites

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Acc D 06B Accreditation of Laboratories and Sampling Entities with Sampling Units at Multiple Sites - Valid as of 01 January 2026

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Acc D 07 Accreditation and Scope of Accreditation Policy

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Acc D 08 ISTA Internal policy to assign an auditor for a specific audit

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Admin P 05 Appeals and Complaints Procedure

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Admin F 27 Complaints and Appeals form

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Acc P 07 How to complete ISTA Certificates

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Acc P 08 How to develop Quality Documentation

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Acc P 09 How to Respond to Audit Findings

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Acc P 11 Risk and Opportunity Assessment Guideline

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ISTA Crop groups (Acc F 09 Application Form for (Re)Accreditation)

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TCOM P 11 Introducing New Technologies Equivalent to the Human Analyst for Seed Analysis

(PDF,237.0 kB)

Standardised GMO Terms

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