Case:
An organization has several departments. One of the departments is production (production of objects). Another separate department is the in-house laboratory. The two departments are each led by their own manager. Both have to report to the CEO.
The laboratory is accredited and tests (under accreditation) samples of objects of the production department. The test certificate of the laboratory fulfils to the requirements of clause 7.8 of ISO/IEC 17025. These test certificates contain a clear statement that the results are only related to the sample that has been tested. The test certificate contains the accreditation mark.
That test certificate is delivered to the production department and that department creates its own certificate for the concerning object. When delivering the object to the customer the certificate of the production department is delivered with that object.
Considerations: The accreditation is granted to the organisation, but on the accreditation declaration and on the scope of accreditation is explicitly mentioned that the accreditation is granted to the laboratory.
Question 1:
Must the certificate of the production department have to fulfil to the requirements of clause 7.8 of ISO/IEC 17025?
Question 2:
Must the certificate of the production department have a reference to accreditation?
Accreditation is granted to the organization, but only for the specific activities included in the scope of accreditation. In this case, the laboratory is accredited under ISO/IEC 17025 for testing activities, and this production department does not seem to perform these laboratory activities, so its activities are not under the umbrella of ISO/IEC 17025.
On the other hand, the considerations included in the question explain that accreditation is granted to the laboratory, so the production department is not accredited, and therefore this production department cannot include a reference to the accreditation in their certificates.