06 February 2023Natural Organic Certification Agro Pvt. Ltd., NOCA of India has recently applied to the IOAS for accreditation under the COR, EU and ISO/IEC17065 accreditation schemes and had their application accepted. They will now begin the assessment process. For more details, please visit the IOAS website page IOAS publicise these applications
20 January 2023This rulemaking amends the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic regulations to strengthen oversight and enforcement of the production, handling, and sale of organic agricultural products. Topics addressed in this rulemaking include: applicability of the regulations and exemptions from organic certification; National Organic Program Import Certificates; recordkeeping and product
16 January 2023GOTS have updated their Certification Ban list. Please visit the GOTS webpage on Standard protection mechanisms for the complaint procedure and the list of certification bans: https://global-standard.org/the-standard/protection
12 January 2023IOAS congratulate Organic T&C, L.L.C. of Korea for their hard work and success in achieving their IFOAM and ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation through IOAS. Organic T&C are now accredited for IFOAM and ISO/IEC 17065 for Aquaculture, Crop production, Livestock and Processing and handling. For more information on their accreditation visit the
04 January 2023Textile Exchange has updated their list of banned organisations. The listed organisations may not be certified to any of the Textile Exchange standards for the duration of the ban. Expired bans are also listed so that they may be factored into risk assessments. ASR-225 List of Banned Organisations
03 January 2023COSMOS-standard AISBL have published the COSMOS-standard Version 4 and updated their Control Manual. This Standard has been developed at the European and international level by BDIH (Germany), COSMEBIO & ECOCERT (France), ICEA (Italy) and SOIL ASSOCIATION (UK) who are the founders of the COSMOS-standard AISBL (an international non-profit association registered
12 December 2022International accreditation provides the assurance that organic standards are met and enable the sustainable consequences of organic farming and production continue to benefit everyone and everything on this planet. IOAS are celebrating 25 years of cultivating organic trust and honoured to continue to provide organic and sustainable accreditation services worldwide.
