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IOAS commences pilot project with Sustainable Agriculture
Network
On February 1 the IOAS commenced a pilot project that will
offer accreditation for certification bodies implementing
Rainforest Alliance certification …….
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IOAS awards first accreditations against GOTS requirements
IOAS launched its accreditation programme against the Global
Organic Textiles Standards in July 2009 and first
accreditations were awarded to the certification bodies
LETIS and OIA, both of Argentina. ….
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Confusion on aspects of US-Canada equivalence
Despite the 2009 decision by the Canadian Organic Office to
take responsibility for the certification activities outside
of Canada for products being shipped to the US (which would
mean that certification bodies outside of the USA and Canada
could provide access to both markets via COR or NOP
accreditation) the USDA NOP office has not yet confirmed
this. Clarity is expected soon ….
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Taiwan recognises Canadian Organic Regime
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced in November
last year that Taiwan recognises the Canadian Organic Regime
as equivalent to its own which means that any product
produced anywhere in the world under the COR can enter the
Taiwan market. ….
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Availability of Canada Organic Standards
The two documents that form the Canada Organic Standards
published by the Canada General Standards Board are still
only
available at a cost of US$28.50 each. Copyright laws
also currently prevent the translation of these standards
into other languages. ….
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Equivalence applications to the European Commission Organic
Unit
By the deadline of October 31, 2009, the Organic Unit had
received around 70 applications from control bodies
operating outside of Europe. The IOAS wrote 28 expert
reports for clients during the lead up to the deadline. …
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Organic wine regulations coming soon
Detailed rules in draft form on organic wine making made one
more step to their integration into regulation (EC) 889/2008
at the December 2009 meeting of the Standing Committee on
Organic Farming …….
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Voting closed on new EU logo competition
A total number of 129,493 votes were cast for the new logo
design to be applied to all organic products across the
European Union from July 2010. Voting closed on January 31st.
View the candidate logos. …..
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Europe close to recognising equivalence of Japan
According to the SCOF meeting of December 2009, recognition
of the organic standards and control systems of JAS Japan as
equivalent to (EC) 834/2007 is imminent. ….. More |
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Organic imports into South Korea
The new import arrangements due to come into effect from
January 1, 2010 have been postponed until January 1, 2011 ….
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Training with the IOAS
'This was an excellent course - the best I have attended in
8 years in the industry'
is just one of many compliments we received from the 3
training courses the IOAS conducted during 2009 on organic
conformity assessment in Mexico, Rumania and the USA. ……
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CCOF withdraws
The certification body CCOF Certification Services LLC has
previously notified the IOAS of their withdrawal from the
IFOAM Accreditation Programme and that withdrawal becomes
formal today. CCOF remain accredited with IOAS against ISO
Guide 65 and under IOAS surveillance for the European
Recognition Programme and the Canadian Organic Regime. |
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IFOAM to present future plans for the IFOAM Accreditation
Programme
IFOAM will present its long awaited plans for the future
development of the IFOAM Accreditation Programme in an open
session on Saturday February 20th at BioFach
Nuremberg, in meeting room Prague. |
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Draft of ISO Guide 17065 completes comment period
The Committee Draft of ISO/IEC Guide 17065 (Conformity
assessment -- Requirements for certification bodies
certifying products, processes and services) which will
replace the current Guide 65 completed its latest comment
period on January 31, 2010 …..
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Meet us at BioFach, Nuremberg – February 17-20
We will be at our usual location in Hall 1, 341 so please
drop by to meet us. |
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