IOAS (a signatory of the IAF MLA for the main scope ISO/IEC 17065) is currently attending the 2023 IAF-ILAC Joint Annual Meetings being held from 06-15 November in Montreal, Canada. The International Accreditation Forum (IAF)  was established with a mission: to support harmonization of accreditation requirements, programs and procedures worldwide;

The Organic Food Chain Pty. Ltd. has voluntarily transferred its accreditation under the ISO/IEC 17065- National Standard for Organic and Bio-Dynamic Produce accreditation program to JAS-ANZ, the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand as of 14 November 2023. Any operations, certification bodies and authorities that relied on this

On 31 October 2023, Canada signed an organic equivalence arrangement with South Korea. This means that, as long as the terms of the arrangement are met, certified processed organic products in South Korea or in Canada may be sold as organic in either country. Starting November 1, 2023, Canadian processed organic

On 24 October 2023, IOAS terminated Natural Organic Certification Agro Pvt. Ltd.’s application for accreditation and surveillance for ISO/IEC 17065:2012: Standard Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (EU Compliance) and COR. Any operations, certification bodies and authorities that were relying on this application for accreditation are asked to take note.

Certificadora de Productos Orgánicos EcoLógica S.A. 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 Ecologia’s accreditation please visit https://ioas.devbuild.info/certification_bodies/certificadora-de-productos-organicos-ecologica-s-a/

Regulation EU 2021/1165 published, introducing amendments of Annexes I, II, III and V, correcting existing allowances, adding new allowed substances and extended timelines. The complete text of this new Regulation can be found here: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/2229/oj

On October 13, 2023 IOAS suspended NASAA Certified Organic Pty. Ltd ’s IFOAM, and ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation, and EU Equivalence assessment. NASAA Certified Organic Pty. Ltd (known as NCO) has been invited to take corrective action to enable the suspensions to be lifted. While the suspensions are in effect, they

CFIA is in the process of finalizing an equivalency arrangement with South Korea. The arrangement will include organic processed products whose final processing and handling occurs within Korea or Canada only. In preparation for the equivalency arrangement and in order to not delay exports, CFIA accredited CBs who have operators

Textile Exchange have recently issued a number of new documents which include; ASR-113-V1.0-Policy-for-the-Use-of-eTrackit. This policy is effective immediately and certification bodies have until April 1st, 2024 to register on the Textile Genesis platform. The TE-ID will serve as a unique identifier for each facility listed on a scope certificate. The

Applications sought for IOAS Organic Food Products Assessors As a result of expanding workloads, we are seeking full-time Assessors preferably in Europe and Asia with experience in organic and sustainable agriculture, processing and related industries. Terms This is a full-time salary position, working 40 hours per week. You will be