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NASAA
Certified Organic - Australia
NCO is a registered non-profit
company limited by guarantee which was formed in 1986, and incorporated in
1987 to certify producers, processors and others who wish to operate
according to its standards for organic and biodynamic production. NCO was
amongst the first group of organisations to become IFOAM Accredited in 1994
and also one of the first certification organisations to be granted Guide 65
accreditation with scope of the NCO private organic standards in 2004.
NCO is a membership
organisation and licensees have the option to become members. A Board of 5
persons is elected by the membership. They direct the activities of 8 staff
based at Stirling near Adelaide.
The Board delegates powers to a
Certification Committee and takes no direct role in certification decisions.
Appeals are heard by a specially commissioned Appeals Committee, which
includes a Director as Appeal Committee Chair.
NCO currently certifies
approximately 1100 producers, processors and retailers and almost 8 million
hectares in Australia. It certifies approximately 12,300 operators and co-operative-based
farmers in the Australasia-Pacific region.
Increasingly NCO is extending
its certification services throughout the Pacific and south-east Asia
providing inspection for, amongst others, smallholder groups and other
operators in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New
Guinea, Samoa, Sri Lanka and Timor.
The NCO IFOAM Accredited
Programme covers crop production, livestock, wild products, aquaculture,
processing and handling, input manufacturing and grower groups. Fibre
processing remains excluded for now
NCO runs a non-IFOAM retailer/trader
certification scheme and a non-organic Humane Choice option (in association
with Humane Choice Internacional) for livestock operators concerned with
animal welfare. NCO is also accredited to provide US National Organic
Programme certification (which is not covered by their IFOAM Accreditation)
and is currently renewing its existing JAS accreditation.
Mr Rod May - Chairman
Ms Stephanie
Goldfinch
– Technical Manager |
Last updated:
03/08/2009
NASAA
Certified Organic
PO Box 768,
Stirling,
South Australia 5152
Australia
Tel: +61 8 8370 8455
Fax: +61 8 8370 8381
Email: technical@nasaa.com.au
Web: www.nasaa.com.au
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