News and Updates

The IOAS congratulate Bioagricert srl (BAC) for their hard work and success in achieving Natrue accreditation with the IOAS. Bioagricert srl based in Italy is now accredited for Natrue certification in Italy and Thailand.

It is the IOAS intention to make the following visits: Overseas Merchandise Inspection Co., Ltd. (OMIC) – August 2-3rd Japan. Scheme: EU & ISO/ IEC 17065. Konkuk University-Industrial Cooperation Foundation (Konkuk) – Aug 3-7th   China. Scheme: IFOAM. Australian Certified Organic Ltd. (ACO) – Aug 7-8th  Australia. Scheme: ISO/IEC 17065, EU-equivalence & IFOAM. NASAA Certified Organic […]

The IOAS is proud to announce that on July 4th 2017 we became a signatory of the IAF MLA for the main scope ISO/IEC 17065. Accreditation body and Regional Accreditation Group members of IAF are admitted to the IAF MLA only after a most stringent evaluation of their operations by a peer evaluation team which […]

IFOAM EU announced yesterday “that the expected provisional endorsement on the outcomes of last trilogue was taken off the agenda of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council. Even though the last compromise text took several of the organic movement’s concerns into account, it continues to present a number of potential implementation problems. These issues will need […]