The OGS Courier Guaranteeing Organic N° 17N° - February 17 - February 2014 2014 The organic labels that IFOAM will promote at BioFach This year at BioFach, IFOAM trade fairs, companies sourcing organic ingredients, reinforces the organic standards themselves - particularly message: “There are in non regulated countries and areas (e.g. “Approval in our IFOAM simple criteria to textile, cosmetics) - all need simple criteria Family of Standards is identify trustworthy for trusting organic labels. THE criterion to identify organic certification The lists of the IFOAM-approved standards amongst the jungle of trustworthy standards. ” and accredited certifiers shall be displayed organic labels.” prominently at the respective booths of IFOAM and Approval in our IFOAM Family of Standards is THE criterion to identify trustworthy standards. Accreditation by the IOAS within one of the 2 IFOAM Accreditation Programs is an excellent criterion to identify trustworthy certification bodies. This may sound theoretical, but in fact, it can simplify the life of many programs that need to sort out the credible labels from the rest. Organic shops, organic Responsible Editor: Joelle Katto-Andrighetto [email protected] P2 the IOAS. Come and have a look at our booth (1-543), featuring “The organic standards you can trust”. Markus Arbenz IFOAM Executive Secretary The IFOAM Family of Standards Fee Scheme revised: 20% discount for IFOAM Affiliates The Publication of the IFOAM Organic Guarantee System P2 A new IFOAM Standard Committee appointed Featured standard: The Krav Standard Krav is a key player in the organic market in Sweden since 1985. The Krav label is very well known among Swedish consumers. Krav applied for the approval of their standard into the IFOAM Family of Standards in 2012, and the standard was approved in August 2013. The Krav Standards cover well all 10 COROS objectives and have a number of leading requirements particularly around the environmental impact of organic operations. A more detailed overview of the standard’s strength and weaknesses is available here. P2 Australian Certified Organic recognizes as equivalent all standards approved in the IFOAM Family of Standards | [email protected] | www.ifoam.org/ogs | The IFOAM Family of Standards Fee Scheme revised: 20% discount for IFOAM Affiliates For private standards, inclusion into the IFOAM Family of Standards is subject to an application fee and an annual maintenance fee. The program is now open to both IFOAM Affiliates and non-IFOAM Affiliates, but IFOAM Affiliates will get a 20% discount on all their annual fees, starting 2014. The annual fee is set in correlation to the amount of “business” that is done on the approved standard. In short, the more a standard is used (generating income to its standard owner through certification fees, licensing of logo or other services connected to the standard), the higher the annual fee. Annual fees can range between 160 and 5,000 Euros. The annual fee covers the work of IFOAM to: • maintain the equivalence assessments of the approved standards up-to-date whenever standards or the COROS are revised. • promote standards approved in the Family, including promotion in various publications, at fairs and events, etc. • further develop the benefits associated with the IFOAM Family of Standards approval status, such as recognition by governments, labeling programs, standards, or trade fairs. For more information on the Family of Standards, including the current Fee scheme click here. A new IFOAM Standard Committee appointed The term of the current IFOAM Standard committee had come to an end. As per the Committee’s appointment policy, a call was made to renew the committee membership. The following members stepped down from the committee, after many years of voluntary and dedicated service to the cause of IFOAM: Tali Berner (Israel), Chayaporn Wattanasiri (Thailand), and Daniel Neuhoff (Germany). IFOAM wants to thank the ex-members of the committee for their contribution. This Standard Committee has worked very well as a team and has achieved tremendous work between 2010 and 2013. In particular, it has managed to fulfill the wish of the IFOAM membership to turn the IFOAM Basic Standards, which was a Standard for Standards, into the IFOAM Standard, a fully-fledged certification standard. The following new committee, composed of ex-members and new members, has been appointed: Andrew Monk (Australia), Stephen Barrow (South Africa), Sarah Hathway (UK), Jan Deane (UK/IOAS), Brian Baker (USA), Daniel Vildozo (Bolivia), Paul van den Berge (Switzerland), Mohammad AlOun (UAE), and Muhummad Nazim Uddin (Bangladesh). Australian Certified Organic recognizes As Equivalent all standards approved in the IFOAM Family of Standards The 2013 version of the Australian Certified Organic Standard uses the IFOAM Family of Standards as a criterion to judge equivalency of standards. What does this mean practically? Australian Certified Organic (ACO) is Australia’s largest certifier for organic and biodynamic produce and has over 1,500 operators within its certification system. This recognition means that when those operators need to use organic ingredients that are not ACO certified, they can only do so if the ingredients are certified against a standard approved in the IFOAM Family of Standards. The precise language of the ACO Standard is as follows: “3.7. Certification Transference / Recognition Arrangement Certified operators are sometimes confronted with the need to utilise products certified by certifiers other than their own. In such instances, the following applies: 3.7.1. Certified organic produce certified by a certification program and standard other than the ACOS, shall be allowed for use within certified end product where such certified produce is certified by a certifier accredited to an equivalent system and standard (i.e., IFOAM family of standards), as outlined below.” THE ORGANIC STANDARDS YOU CAN TRUST That’s Organic - Worldwide. GLOBAL :ĂƉĂŶKƌŐĂŶŝĐZĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶ IFOAM Standard /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ &ŽƌĞƐƚ 'ĂƌĚĞŶ WƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ;&'WͿ A����� In the multitude of organic labels and certification marks globally, how to know which to choose? 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GLOBAL Japan Organic Regulation OFDC Organic Certification Standard, China IFOAM Standard International Standard for Forest Garden Products (FGP) Africa HKORC Organic Standard, Hong Kong Biocert India Standards, India IBOAA Organic Agriculture Standard, Israel Japan Organic & Natural Foods Association Organic Standard, Japan Tunisia Organic Regulation MASIPAG Organic Standards, The Philippines Europe EU Organic Regulation Switzerland Organic Regulation Turkey Organic Regulation Bio Suisse Standards, Switzerland Biocyclic Standards, Cyprus East African Organic Products Standard CONU Organic Standard, South Korea Nature & Progrès Standards, France EnCert Organic Standards, Kenya DCOK, LLC International Standards, South Korea Ecoland Standards for Organic Agriculture and Food Production, Germany Basic Norms of Organic Agriculture in Senegal, Senegal GOAA International Standards, South Korea ACT Basic Standard, Thailand Afrisco Organic Standards, South Africa Vietnam PGS Standards, Vietnam Siyavuna Organic Standards, South Africa Organic Standards for Tancert, Tanzania Uganda Organic Standard, Uganda Zimbabwe Standard for Organic Farming, Zimbabwe Oceania National Standard for Organic and Bio-Dynamic Produce, Australia Asia Saudi Arabia Organic Regulation China Organic Regulation India Organic Regulation Israel Organic Regulation Note: Applicant standards are marked in grey. OIA Organic Standards, Argentina IBD Organic Guidelines, Brazil DOAM Organic Standards, Dominica Red Mexicana de Tianguis y Mercados Orgánicos’ Standard, Mexico CCOF International Standard, USA Farm Verified Organic Requirements Manual, USA NOFA Standards for Organic Land Care, USA Gäa Private Standards, Germany Naturland Standards, Germany The EcoWellness Standard, Germany CCPB Global Standard, Italy Italian Organic Standard, Italy Krav Standards, Sweden New Zealand Organic Export Regulation Pacific Organic Standard, Pacific Community Asian Regional Organic Standard Argencert Organic Standard, Argentina Letis IFOAM Accredited Standard, Argentina The Americas Australian Certified Organic Standard, Australia Argentina Organic Regulation NASAA Organic Standard, Australia Canada Organic Regulation AsureQuality Organic Standard, New Zealand Costa Rica Organic Regulation BioGro Organic Standards, New Zealand USA Organic Regulation Family Standards Frame: October 28, 2013. Click on each standard to see more details. The Family of Standards contains all standards officially endorsed as organic by the Organic Movement, based on their equivalence with the Common Objectives and Requirements of Organic Standards. Both private standards and government regulations are admissible. www.ifoam.org/ogs Programs recognizing the IFOAM Family of Standards as the criterion for accepting a standard as organic Private Labeling Programs EcoWellness labeling program Australian Certified Organic Standard ingredient and product approval program Private-Public Labeling Programs Programs listed in this frame require , for a product to be considered organic, that it be certified to a standard approved in the IFOAM Family of Standards. Those programs are therefore considered by the organic movement as having a sound and credible criterion to ensure the integrity of organic products accepted under their program, from the standard point of view. East African Organic Mark license program Government Import Regulation Programs Australia’s requirements for imported organic or biodynamic products and ingredients Family Benefits Frame: January 20, 2014 www.ifoam.org/ogs
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