IOAS were co-organizer/sponsor of the Asia Pacific Accreditation Forum (APAC) annual general meeting that took place in Anaheim, California in late June. APAC is the largest regional group of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and meets annually to administer the MLA and peer review system under IAF as well as

On July 20, 2023 IOAS suspended CCPB’s Textile Exchange accreditation for Bangladesh and India. CCPB has been invited to take corrective actions to enable the suspensions to be lifted. While the suspensions are in effect, they are not permitted to accept new applications, no certificates may be issued to new

The USDA National Organic Program (NOP) has expanded functionality for the USDA Organic INTEGRITY Database (INTEGRITY) by launching a new Trade Partner Module. This new module is an expansion of INTEGRITY called the Global Organic INTEGRITY Database (GLOBAL). GLOBAL increases access and transparency to quality data in organic supply chains

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) lifts the suspension of COR accreditation for CU Inspections & Certifications India as of July 20, 2023. Please see CU Inspections & Certifications India Pvt. Ltd.’s accreditation page on the IOAS website for details of all their accreditation in full. CU Inspections & Certifications India

On 11th July 2023, the European Parliament voted in favor of rejecting the EU COMM proposal on detailed production rules of organic sea salt and other salts for food and feed. For EU-member states, in the absence of harmonized detailed organic production rules for salt, Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU)

The IOAS Annual Report July 2023 has been published and is now available

Textile Exchange has published the updated CCS-102-v3.1 CCS Certification Procedures. This document (CCS-102-v3.1) is effective July 1, 2023 and mandatory October 1, 2023. This update provides additional clarity in areas of confusion and integrates calibrations which were issued following the publication of CCS-102-V3.0. In particular, please pay attention to changes

Mongolian Agency for Standard and Metrology (known as MASM) has recently applied to the IOAS for accreditation under the IFOAM accreditation scheme and had their application accepted. They will now begin the assessment process. For more details, please visit the IOAS website page https://ioas.org/accredited-body/mongolian-agency-for-standard-and-metrology/ IOAS publicise these applications to increase

IOAS congratulate FangYuan Organic Food Certification Center (known as FOFCC) of China for their hard work and success in achieving their COR accreditation through IOAS. Further details on the accreditation of FOFCC are available through https://ioas.org/accredited-body/fangyuan-organic-food-certification-center/

Accreditation: Supporting the Future of Global Trade World Accreditation Day 2023 enables the International Accreditation Forum (www.iaf.nu) which include IOAS and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (www.ilac.org) and their members, to highlight how accreditation is delivering sustainability in economic development and the environment. Below is the joint statement released by