The IOAS suspension of BOLICERT, Bolivia imposed on May 31, 2017 regarding their accreditations according to ISO 17065 with scope of the IACB Equivalent European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard for Third Countries and IFOAM were lifted by decision of the IOAS Accreditation Committee on August 25, 2017. A recommendation has been passed to both the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the European Commission Organic Unit to lift the suspensions that they imposed based on the IOAS decision.