Istituto per la Certificazione Etica e Ambientale (ICEA), of Italy, has voluntarily withdrawn from its ISO/IEC 17065 EU Equivalence (EU Reg 2007/834) accreditation as of March 31st 2024. ICEA’s accreditation under other schemes and their ISO/IEC 17065 private standards remain unaffected. Any operations, certification bodies and authorities that relied on

On March 21st, 2024, the IOAS Accreditation Committee voted to lift the suspension of NASAA Certified Organic Pty. Ltd. for the accreditation of ISO/IEC 17065, for the standards National Standard for Organic and Bio-Dynamic Produce Edition 3.8, Freshcare – Food Safety & Quality Standard Edition 4., Freshcare – Supply Chain

The IOAS is committed to attaining excellence and investing in the competence of its assessors. Every year, the IOAS client service managers and assessors undergo extensive in-person training that spans a few days. During this training, updates to the internal procedures and onsite expectations are covered, and technical queries are clarified.

GCL International, of United Kingdom, successfully receives ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation from IOAS for Regulation (EU) 2018/848 on organic production and labeling of organic products and relevant delegating and implementing acts. For further details on GCL’s accreditation please visit https://ioas.org/certification_bodies/gcl-international-ltd/

COSMOS-standard AISBL prepared a new version 4.1 of the scheme documents, which were published on the COSMOS website www.cosmos-standard.org on 1st March 2024. COSMOS-standard scheme documents where relevant changes have been done: • V4.0 to V4.1 for the COSMOS-standard • V4.0 to V4.1 for the Technical Guide • V4.0 to V4.1 for the Control

A new consolidated version of Regulation EU 2021/2325 was published. The consolidated version now includes the amendments introduced with Implementing Regulation EU 2023/2785 issued in December 2023 and the corrigendum published in August 2023. The complete text of the consolidated Regulation can be found here – https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02021R2325-20240104

IOAS congratulate SFCS, of Mongolia, for their hard work and success in achieving their IFOAM accreditation through IOAS. Further details on the accreditation of SFCS are available here https://ioas.org/certification_bodies/sfcs-llc/

A new consolidated version of Delegated Regulation EU 2021/1342 was published. The version incorporates the amendments introduced with Delegated Regulation EU 2024/230, issued in October 2023.The complete text of the consolidated Regulation can be found here – https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02021R1342-20240112

CTV – Certificação de Têxteis e de Vestuário of Portugal has voluntarily withdrawn from its accreditation under the GOTS accreditation program as of February 28th 2024. CTV’s accreditation under other schemes remain unaffected.  Any operations, certification bodies and authorities that relied on this accreditation are asked to take note.

MS Agroland Services (Agrocert) receives IOAS recommendation for (EU) 2018/848 accreditation on organic production and labeling of organic products and relevant delegating and implementing acts.For further details on Agrocert’s accreditation please visit https://ioas.org/certification_bodies/ms-agroland-services-pvt-ltd/