Another productive event at BioFach Nuremberg in 2024! IOAS has been attending Biofach for over 20 years. This year we presented on the transition from EU equivalence to compliance as well as the Alliance for Organic Integrity’s session on strengthening mechanisms against fraud. As always, wonderful to meet CBs and collaborators that

    Full house at Biofach 2024 as IOAS’s Technical Director Amaia Aldana joins the panel discussion on EU Recognition for compliance for imports from Third Countries. 

IOAS team members present for another successful day at Biofach 2024. This event has created an amazing opportunity to meet and greet so many clients and friends in the organic community.   You can find us at Hall 3A, stand 318!

ACO Certification Ltd. of Australia has voluntarily withdrawn from its accreditation under the COR accreditation program as of February 9th 2024. ACO’s accreditation under other schemes/ other categories/ other countries remain unaffected.  Any operations, certification bodies and authorities that relied on this accreditation are asked to take note. 

IFOAM – Organics International has published the following information Dear global organic community, We are delighted to announce the 21st IFOAM Organic World Congress (OWC) in Taiwan. The congress will be held from 2 to 4 December 2024, followed by the 24th General Assembly on 5 and 6 December 2024.

APCER – Associação Portuguesa de Certificação of Portugal has voluntarily withdrawn from its accreditation under the GOTS accreditation program as of February 12th 2024. APCER’s accreditation under other schemes remain unaffected.  Any operations, certification bodies and authorities that relied on this accreditation are asked to take note. 

CFIA in collaboration with the USDA NOP will conduct Training/Information Session for the CFIA accredited CBs. The training session is for issuing import certificates for imports to the US. Jessica Walden MRP-AMS is inviting you to a scheduled ZoomGov meeting. Invitations has been sent to COR Certification Bodies. All COR

Cultivating integrity and trust across the organic community – our reason for being IOAS – your Go To accreditor to strengthen trust in organic and complementary claims, facilitating best practices to address global challenges. Visit us at Biofach 2024 | Nürnberg Feb 13-16 | Stand 3A-318 [enquiry@ioas.org] Feb 14 @

IOAS, your partner in global organic and sustainable accreditation & assessment, is coming to Biofach 2024 Nuremberg, Germany. Are you? Let’s discuss!  For appointments with our management, please reach out to: enquiry@ioas.org Join us in Hall 3A / Stand 318– Feb 13–16, 2024 Biofach 2024 Nuremberg, Germany

IOAS will be attending Biofach again this year on February 13-16, 2024 in Nuremberg, Germany. Find us at Hall 3A | Stand 318. If you’d like to meet the IOAS team there, please email enquiries@ioas.org to set up an appointment We look forward to seeing you there!