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Welcome to the web site of the International Organic Accreditation Service (IOAS)

The IOAS is an independent, non-profit organisation that works on behalf of everybody involved in organic agriculture to ensure trust and fair trade in products labelled as organic. Our services are relevant to:

We verify the competence (so-called accreditation) of certification bodies active in the field of organic agriculture and provide a one-stop service for all their accreditation and assessment needs in a cost-effective way.

We assist in building an ever-stronger production base and market which in turn leads to a further expansion of the area of land managed organically worldwide.

This web site contains information on the services offered by the IOAS which can be grouped as:

This site also provides information and a wide range of links to sites on more general topics related to the world wide regulation of organic foods and farming.

We hope you find what you are looking for; if not please contact us.

Last updated: 30/06/2009

NEWS

June 30: The Canadian Organic Regime comes into effect today. More ...

June 29: New import arrangements will come into effect in South Korea from January 1, 2010. More .....

June 29: The IOAS is providing a 3 day training in Mexico in collaboration with  the Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASICA) More ....

June 26: The Industry Foundation of Chonnam National University, otherwise known as CONU, South Korea has been granted accreditation against IFOAM Norms. More ...

June 23: The IOAS sent 20 letters of recommendation for accreditation of certifiers to the Canadian Organic Office on June 23, 2009.

June 18: The next IOAS training course 'Management of Organic Certification' will take place on December 3-5, 2009 in Orlando, Florida, USA. More ...

June 17: US NOP announces equivalency agreement with Canada. More...

March 10:
Afreen Rahman, Client Manager of the IOAS has left New Zealand to establish an IOAS presence in his home country of India. More ...

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