ACA and IOIA are seeking proposals from experienced Organic Inspectors to serve as mentors for newly trained inspectors and to track tasks completed during the job of mentoring. The mentors will be responsible for providing guidance, support, and training to new inspectors as they gain experience in the field and

IOAS is looking to appoint a new position of Executive Assistant. The Executive Assistant will support the Executive Director, David Crucefix in a wide range of tasks relating to leadership and management of the IOAS team and implementation of its strategic plan. Day to day tasks will vary from providing

IOAS is inviting applications for an HR Administrator. The HR Administrator reports to the Business Director and is responsible for IOAS’s HR Policies, documents and procedures, recruitment and on-boarding, performance management, personnel development and training and general HR administration and reporting. Requirements A Degree/Diploma in Human Resources is essential At

Lauren began her career with a Bachelor of Business Science in economics and honours for her thesis in environmental marketing. Since then, Lauren has accumulated over 20 years management experience in finance, marketing and business development, recruitment and human resources, governance and operations across three continents: Asia, the UK and

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LETIS S.A. of Argentina has voluntarily withdrawn from its IFOAM accreditation as of 24 February 2023.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