Voluntary withdrawal from the IOAS run ISO 17065 IACB Standard and LPO scopes and EU recognition programmes are also anticipated to take place in May 2018. After this date the IOAS will continue to provide accreditation to Oregon Tilth for the GOTS programme and ISO17065 scope ANSI/NSF 305 Personal Care programme.
Any operations, certification bodies and authorities that relied on these accreditations are asked to take note.