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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:
The main activity of the
IOAS is to independently verify the competence (so-called accreditation)
of certification bodies active in the field of organic agriculture.
Through this verification we hope to build an ever-stronger production
base and market leading 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.
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Last updated:
07/10/2008
NEWS
September 18:
The
EU implementing rules on organic production have been
published
in today's Official Journal L 250 as Commission Regulation (EC) No
889/2008.
September 17: The Canadian Organic Office have today made
public that the implementation date of the COR will be delayed from
December 14, 2008 to June 30, 2009
September 17: The IOAS are sorry to announce that staff member Stephanie
Goldfinch is leaving the IOAS. Afreen Rahman of New Zealand will replace
her.
September 1: The IOAS invite registrations for
their first training course in P.R.China on 'Management of Organic
Certification' - 10% discount for early registrations.
August 25: Dorota Metera of Poland has recently
been appointed to the IOAS Accreditation Committee.
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