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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:
25/08/2008
NEWS
August 25: Dorota Metera of Poland has recently
been appointed to the IOAS Accreditation Committee.
August
8: The IOAS are pleased to announce that UgoCert of Uganda
have
recently been granted accreditation against IFOAM Norms and ISO Guide
65 with scope
Uganda Organic Standards and regulation EEC 2092/91 Production and
Processing standards
August
6: Oregon Tilth of the USA have applied to the IOAS for accreditation
against ISO Guide 65 with scope of their own private standard, the IOAS
Equivalence Programme and for accreditation against the Canadian Organic
Regime.
August
1: The IOAS sent an open letter to all
non-client certification organisations to draw their attention to the
coming changes in rules affecting access to the markets of Canada and
the European Union.
July 21:
The
IOAS are pleased to announce
that LibanCert of
Lebanon have recently been granted accreditation against ISO/IEC Guide
65 with scope
regulation EEC 2092/91 Production and
Processing standards
and Lebanese Regulation NL 724; 2003.
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