A response to EA-4/23 INF: 2025 “The Assessment and Accreditation of Opinions and Interpretations using ISO/IEC 17025

Geoffrey Stewart Morrison; Alex Biedermann; Matt Tart; Didier Meuwly; Charles E.H. Berger; June Guiness; Max M. Houck; Caroline Gibb; A. Philip Dawid; Kyriakos N. Kotsoglou; David H. Kaye; Phil Rose; Franco Taroni; Bas Kokshoorn; Michael J. Saks; John S. Buckleton; James M. Curran; Duncan Taylor; Cuiling Zhang; Joëlle Vuille; Christophe Champod; Bo Thisted Simonsen; Aldo Mattei; José Juan Lucena-Molina; Sandy Zabell; Jason M. Chin; Matteo Gallidabino; Gerhard Wevers; Reuben Moreton; Heidi Eldridge; Kristy A. Martire; Colin G.G. Aitken; Simon A. Cole; Joaquín González-Rodríguez; Michel Smithuis; Trine Edvardsen; Linzi Wilson-Wilde; Grzegorz Zadora; Simone Gittelson; Graham Jackson; Marjan Sjerps; Frédéric Brard; Tacha Hicks; Jarrah Kennedy; Bartholomeus G.H. Latten; Philip Weber; Sheila Willis; Daniel Ramos; Jonathan J. Koehler; Rafael Oliveira Ribeiro; Et al.

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2025.112589

A response to EA-4/23 INF: 2025 “The Assessment and Accreditation of Opinions and Interpretations using ISO/IEC 17025

Geoffrey Stewart Morrison^*
, Alex Biedermann
, Matt Tart
, Didier Meuwly
, Charles E.H. Berger
, June Guiness
, Max M. Houck
, Caroline Gibb
, A. Philip Dawid
, Kyriakos N. Kotsoglou
, David H. Kaye
, Phil Rose
, Franco Taroni
, Bas Kokshoorn
, Michael J. Saks
, John S. Buckleton
, James M. Curran
, Duncan Taylor
, Cuiling Zhang
, Joëlle Vuille

Christophe Champod, Bo Thisted Simonsen, Aldo Mattei, José Juan Lucena-Molina, Sandy Zabell, Jason M. Chin, Matteo Gallidabino, Gerhard Wevers, Reuben Moreton, Heidi Eldridge, Kristy A. Martire, Colin G.G. Aitken, Simon A. Cole, Joaquín González-Rodríguez, Michel Smithuis, Trine Edvardsen, Linzi Wilson-Wilde, Grzegorz Zadora, Simone Gittelson, Graham Jackson, Marjan Sjerps, Frédéric Brard, Tacha Hicks, Jarrah Kennedy, Bartholomeus G.H. Latten, Philip Weber, Sheila Willis, Daniel Ramos, Jonathan J. Koehler, Rafael Oliveira Ribeiro, Et al.

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Article number	112589
Number of pages	5
Journal	Forensic Science International
Volume	376
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2025.112589
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2025

Keywords

EA-4/23
Forensic science
Interpretation
ISO 21043
ISO/IEC 17025
Opinion

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Morrison, G. S., Biedermann, A., Tart, M., Meuwly, D., Berger, C. E. H., Guiness, J., Houck, M. M., Gibb, C., Dawid, A. P., Kotsoglou, K. N., Kaye, D. H., Rose, P., Taroni, F., Kokshoorn, B., Saks, M. J., Buckleton, J. S., Curran, J. M., Taylor, D., Zhang, C., ... Et al. (2025). A response to EA-4/23 INF: 2025 “The Assessment and Accreditation of Opinions and Interpretations using ISO/IEC 17025. Forensic Science International, 376, Article 112589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2025.112589

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