The Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2975 has been published, amending Articles 8 and 16 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1698, as well as Article 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2306. These changes focus on defining a list of high-risk products and establishing requirements for physical inspections and sampling of these products. The

Press Release – 29 November 2024 IOAS, a leading global provider of accreditation in the field of organic and sustainability standards, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Lauren Carlyle as Executive Director of IOAS from January 1, 2025. Lauren joined the IOAS as Business Director in April 2023 and

On November 22, 2024, IOAS terminated OCERT Ltda.’s application for ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation for (EU) 2018/848. Any operations, certification bodies and authorities that were relying on this application for accreditation are asked to take note.

Today, a new delegated regulation, EU 2024/2867, was published, amending Regulation EU 2018/848, Annex V. This regulation clarifies the colours to be used for the EU organic logo and permits the use of a completely inverted version of the EU organic logo in black and white (i.e., in a negative

Join Alliance for Organic Integrity & Veracity Lab for a workshop to introduce and explore the potential of digital to transform truth, trust, authenticity and demonstrability throughout the organic supply chain and supporting system. The organisers believe it is the right time for the global Organic community to embrace technology

The new Implementing Regulation EU 2024/2794 has been published. This Regulation officially amends Annex II of Regulation EU 2021/1378, adding new recognized certification bodies to the EU-Compliance import regime. Certification bodies evaluated by IOAS and included in this amendment are ACO, Indocert, Onecert, OCIA, and OFDC. Additionally, OIA’s scope of

Zenith Certifications Pvt Ltd successfully achieves COR accreditation. IOAS congratulates Zenith of India for their hard work and success in achieving their COR accreditation through IOAS. Further details on the accreditation of Zenith are available through https://ioas.devbuild.info/certification_bodies/zenith-certifications-pvt-ltd/

David Crucefix, IOAS Executive Director recently attended the annual meetings of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), the global family of accreditation bodies. Taking place in Berlin over 10 days the meetings initially covered technical aspects brought by working groups including product certification, food (including organic certification) as well as wider

In accordance with recent recommendations from Certification Bodies, the management of Global Standard has made decisions regarding the imposition of certification bans on certain organizations, while some bans have expired. Consequently, the certification ban list required updating. Please find below a link to the revised version of the document, which

The consolidated version of Regulation EU 2021/1378, along with the published lists of recognized certification bodies against the Compliance regime has been published. This publication includes the two lists released so far via amending regulations. Click to view Regulation EU 2021/1378 Document Link to official page