Certification Bodies

AfriCert Ltd.

Contract Number: 73
Home Country: Kenya
Address: Legal & Head office:
Plaza 2000 1st Floor, East Wing,
Mombasa Road, P.O. Box 00200-74696,
Nairobi,
Kenya.
Phone Number: +254 715 041 339

Accreditations

ISO/IEC 17065 EU Programme

ISO/IEC 17065:2012 - Conformity Assessment - Requirements for Bodies Certifying Products, Processes and Services in addition to the Control measures and labelling requirements as set out in Regulation No (EC) 834/2007 and its implementing regulations.

The details shown below are the EU categories and countries recommended by the IOAS for EU recognition.

For the actual status of the EU accreditation and recognised categories and countries please refer to the current regulation (EU) 2021/2325.

Accreditation Status: Recommended

Standards

  • International Accredited Certification Bodies Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard for Third Countries

Categories

  • A: Unprocessed plants and plant products
  • B: Live animals or unprocessed animal products
  • D: Processed agricultural products for use as food (excluding wine)

Countries or Regions

  • Burundi
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • Rwanda
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda

ISO/IEC 17065 EU Programme

Requirements for Bodies Certifying Products, Processes and Services are set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/848 and its secondary acts.

The details shown below are the EU categories and countries recommended by the IOAS as defined in Regulation EU 2018/848, Article 35.(7).

For the actual status of the EU recognized categories and countries please refer to regulation (EU) 2021/1378, Annex II for compliance.

Accreditation Status: Applicant

Standards

  • Regulation (EU) 2018/848 on organic production and labelling of organic products and relevant delegating and implementing acts

ISO/IEC 17065 GlobalG.A.P.

ISO/IEC 17065:2012 - Conformity Assessment - Requirements for Bodies Certifying Products, Processes and Services

Accreditation Status: Accredited
First Accredited: 31 August 2020
Accreditation renewal date: 31 January 2025

Standards

  • GLOBALG.A.P. - Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) - Crops Base v5, GLOBALG.A.P. IFA Control Points and Compliance Criteria Version 5.2

Categories

  • Option 1 - Individual Agricultural Producer
  • Option 1 - Multisite - Individual Producer with Multisites
  • Option 2 - Grower Groups with QMS
  • Fruits & Vegetables

Countries or Regions

  • Kenya
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Rwanda
  • Burundi
  • Ghana

ISO/IEC 17065 GlobalG.A.P.

ISO/IEC 17065:2012 - Conformity Assessment - Requirements for Bodies Certifying Products, Processes and Services

Accreditation Status: Applicant

Standards

  • GLOBALG.A.P. - Chain of Custody (CoC) v6

Organic Agriculture

IFOAM, Canada, EU

Textiles

GOTS, Textile Exchange

Organic & Natural Cosmetics

COSMOS, NATRUE

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GlobalG.A.P.

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