ISO 17025 Testing and Calibration Laboratories is a global standard that outlines the broad requirements that a laboratory must achieve in order to be certified as competent to undertake specific tests. ISO 17025: Accreditation of laboratories is optional. Competence, impartiality, and independence are the three pillars on which it is built. The ISO 17025 Certificate is designed to assure that any test produces the same findings no matter when, where, or by whom it is performed.

The ISO 17025 Standard specifies the conditions and requirements that test and calibration laboratories must achieve in order to meet a certain standard. ISO 17025 is an international standard that certifies a laboratory's ability to conduct particular product testing.