IOAS has withdrawn the accreditation of NASAA Certified Organic Pty. Ltd.(NCO) as the certification body ceases its business effective from June 26, 2025. Any operations, certification bodies and authorities that relied on NCO’s accreditation are requested to take note.

Preferred by Nature OÜ has voluntarily transferred from its IOAS accreditation under theISO/IEC 17065(GlobalG.A.P) as of June 23, 2025. Any operations, certification bodies and authorities that relied on this accreditation are requested to take note.

Balkan Biocert Macedonia DOOEL Skopje has voluntarily withdrawn from its accreditation under the ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation program as of June 17th, 2025. Any operations, certification bodies and authorities that relied on this accreditation are asked to take note.

IOAS congratulates Eurofins Assurance India Pvt. Ltd. on their hard work and success in achieving Textile Exchange, GOTS and ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation through IOAS. Further details on the accreditation of Eurofins Assurance India Pvt. Ltd.are available here: https://ioas.org/accredited-body/eurofins-assurance-india-pvt-ltd/

Egycert Ltd of Egypt has recently applied to the IOAS for accreditation under the ISO/IEC 17065 (EU) 2018/848 compliance and Canada Organic Regime (COR) schemes. The IOAS publicize these applications to increase accreditation transparency. If you would like to comment on the performance of this CB on issues relevant to

On June 4th, 2025, IOAS terminated GreenCert Biosolutions Pvt. Ltd.’s application for ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation for Regulation (EU) 2018/848. Any operations, certification bodies and authorities that were relying on this application for accreditation are asked to take note.

Istituto per la Certificazione Etica e Ambientale (ICEA) of Italy has transferred its accreditation under the COSMOS accreditation program as of May 29th 2025. Any operations, certification bodies and authorities that relied on this accreditation are asked to take note.

The EU Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2025/973 was published on May 26, amending and correcting the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1165 authorising certain products and substances for use in organic production and establishing their lists.   The Regulation updates the lists of authorized substances in Annexes I, II, III, and V.

On 15th May 2025, a new Implementing Regulation EU 2025/882 was published in the Official Journal. This Regulation introduces amendments to Annex II of Implementing Regulation EU 2021/1378, with regard to scope of recognition of several control bodies and adding new recognized control bodies to Annex II. Control bodies assessed

Starting in March 2025, David Texier assumed the role of Cosmetics Scheme Liaison. We are pleased to welcome him as he takes on these new responsibilities. We also extend our sincere thanks to Polona Repič for her years of hard work and dedication, as well as for her invaluable support