The Commission is has published  a report which is the result of a project to collect information on potential fraud risks identified by Member State authorities and control methods to detect fraudulent and deceptive practices in the agri-food chain. This report is expected to be used by Member States’ authorities

Consolidated text: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1378 of 19 August 2021 laying down certain rules concerning the certificate issued to operators, groups of operators and exporters in third countries involved in the imports of organic and in-conversion products into the Union and establishing the list of recognised control authorities and

The Global Organic Textile Standard have released GOTS Version 7.0, which features an expanded scope of environmental and social criteria while maintaining a standard that is practicable for industrial production and appropriate for a wide range of products. During the regular year-long revision process, international stakeholders with expertise in organic

LETIS S.A. of Argentina has voluntarily withdrawn from its IFOAM accreditation as of 24 February 2023. Any operations, certification bodies and authorities that relied on these accreditation are asked to take note

GCL International Ltd. of UK has recently applied to the IOAS for the EU accreditation scheme and had their application accepted. They will now begin the assessment process. GCL International Ltd. are already currently accredited for the GOTs, ISO/IEC 17065 and Textile Exchange schemes, please visit out IOAS GCL website

On February 24, 2023, IOAS suspended the accreditation of Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre Certification Ltd (HKORC) for ISO/IEC 17065 (aquaculture) and IFOAM (aquaculture), following an unsuccessful appeal. HKORC has been invited to take corrective actions to enable the suspension to be lifted. While the suspensions are in effect, they

On March 3, 2023, IOAS suspended the accreditation of CU India for ISO/IEC 17065 (all scopes), GOTS (all scopes) and Textile Exchange (all scopes) and recommended suspension under COR for CAN/CGSB-32.312 (all categories) and grower group certification, following an unsuccessful appeal. CU India has been invited to take corrective actions

IOAS congratulate Eurofins Textile Testing Spain, S.L.U. for their hard work and success in achieving their GOTS accreditation through IOAS. Eurofins Textile Testing Spain, S.L.U. are now accredited for Global Organic Textile Standard – Approval Procedure and Requirements for Certification Bodies v3.0 (2022) with the Global Organic Textile Standard v6.0