Worldwide, there are now close to 25,000
certified organic operators representing more than 100 countries.
Australia has 53 % of the world's organically - managed farmland (over 27 million hectares) The numbers of
certified organic operators in Australia grew by 5 % between 2015 and 2016.
As
a certified organic operator you put enormous effort into maintaining the integrity of your own organic systems, but it's important to remember that your efforts to verify the integrity of your suppliers are just as vital to consumer confidence and the health of the organic industry.
As
a certified organic operator you put enormous effort into maintaining the integrity of your own organic systems, but it's important to remember that your efforts to verify the integrity of your suppliers are just as vital to consumer confidence and the health of the organic...
Not exact matches
Certified operators, CBs, traders, government officials, consumers, and any other stakeholder can use the system to verify the
organic status of any given operation.
Unless you are an excluded or exempt
operator (see below), everyone who wants to sell agricultural products with the term «
organic» on the front label must be
certified.
Example 2: A wholesaler purchasing
certified organic fresh produce and selling to other
certified operators or exporting.
Consequences:
Certified operators purchasing via non certified suppliers / traders / importers will have to recall their product if making «certified organic»
Certified operators purchasing via non
certified suppliers / traders / importers will have to recall their product if making «certified organic»
certified suppliers / traders / importers will have to recall their product if making «
certified organic»
certified organic» claims.
Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA)
Organic Certification Cost Share Program: This option applies to
certified organic producers (crop and livestock
operators only) in 16 states: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.
The OISCC is also proposing to amend the National Standard to require Australia's
organic certification bodies to test for residues on a minimum of five per cent of their
certified operators» products.
The amendment will require
organic operators to source a
certified organic flavor if available before being approved to use a non-
organic natural flavor.
ACO is required by the Department of Agriculture to carry out testing on 10 % of
operators we
certify, but ACO is vigilant and constantly exceeds these requirements and focuses on high risk products, especially imported products, to ensure products wearing the ACO logo are truly
certified organic.
Australian
Certified Organic (ACO) is Australia's premier auditing,
certifying, and licensing company of
organic and biodynamic
operators.
Certification with ACO allows
operators to utilise the most well known
organic certification mark in Australia, the Bud logo along with the words «Australian
Certified Organic».
Owner and
operator of
certified organic Tait Farm and specialty foods company Tait Farm Foods.