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

Canada and Mexico have signed an organic equivalency arrangement to support market access of organic products. The organic equivalency arrangement comes into effect on February 15, 2023. Organic products certified to the Mexican Organic Standard and imported to Canada cannot be re-exported to the United States (U.S.) or used as

The Consolidated text: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2325 of 16 December 2021 establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the list of third countries and the list of control authorities and control bodies that have been recognised under Article 33(2) and (3) of

MS Agroland Services Pvt. Ltd. of India (known as Agrocert) has recently applied to the IOAS for the EU and ISO/IEC17065 accreditation schemes and had their application accepted. They will now begin the assessment process.Ms Agroland are currently accredited for the COR and ISO/IEC 17065 schemes, please visit the IOAS

The Alliance for Organic Integrity and Biocertificacion SL (BSL) are pleased to announce the re-launch of the highly respected The Organic Standard journal at Biofach 2023 in Nuremberg, Germany.   The Organic Standard online journal will provide the organic community with much needed news, analysis, insight and guidance on global

The devastating earthquake which occurred in southeast Türkiye on 6th February 2023 has severely affected daily lives in the surrounding regions. GOTS sends heartfelt wishes of support to all those affected and to those involved in the rescue efforts. Following this natural disaster, GOTS Management has decided to release a

On February 3rd, 2023 IOAS withdrew Extensive Standard Technical Services Co. Ltd. ‘s ISO/IEC 17065  and Textile Exchange accreditation and terminated their application for GOTS accreditation following ESTS’s failure to take the specified required actions and to resolve non-conformities. Following an unsuccessful appeal this decision was upheld and withdrawal now

Natural 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