Sentences with phrase «organic certification as»

Every year we get audited for HACCP and organic certification as well as ISO 9001.

It provides a great insight into trends and innovations and is an opportunity to understand organic certification as it's applied to a range of international markets.

Not exact matches

Sales of organic livestock products such as meat, eggs and dairy are growing rapidly, but the certification process remains relatively time consuming and complex compared to the process for other organic products.

Nate previously served as certification coordinator for Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA)'s organic certification program.

Currently, the European Union, the United States, Canada, Japan, and many other countries require producers to obtain special certification based on government - defined standards in order to market food as organic within their borders.

Currently, the European Union, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and many other countries require producers to obtain special certification in order to market food as organic within their borders.

Which is saying a lot, as the requirements for organic certification in Europe and the UK are much more strict than here in the US.

We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about organic viticulture and the future of the Okanagan Valley as an ultra-premium wine growing region and who wishes to join a dynamic team and play a role in transitioning a vineyard to organic certification.

(1) If the Administrator or State organic program sustains a certification applicant's or certified operation's appeal of a certifying agent's decision, the applicant will be issued organic certification, or a certified operation will continue its certification, as applicable to the operation.

A private or governmental entity seeking accreditation as a certifying agent must submit the following documents and information to demonstrate its expertise in organic production or handling techniques; its ability to fully comply with and implement the organic certification program established in 205.100 and 205.101, 205.201 through 205.203, 205.300 through 205.303, 205.400 through 205.406, and 205.661 and 205.662; and its ability to comply with the requirements for accreditation set forth in 205.501:

(10) Maintain strict confidentiality with respect to its clients under the applicable organic certification program and not disclose to third parties (with the exception of the Secretary or the applicable State organic program's governing State official or their authorized representatives) any business - related information concerning any client obtained while implementing the regulations in this part, except as provided for in 205.504 (b)(5);

When rebuttal is unsuccessful or correction of the noncompliance is not completed within the prescribed time period, the certifying agent or State organic program's governing State official shall send the certified operation a written notification of proposed suspension or revocation of certification of the entire operation or a portion of the operation, as applicable to the noncompliance.

The Rodale Institute ® and California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) were among the first groups offering American organic certification, as buyers and farmers increasingly demanded uniform verified evidence for organic claims and a definition of what «organic» meant.

The result of the task force was the development of two practical tools: The Guide for Assessing Equivalence of Standards and Technical Regulations (EquiTool) and the International Requirements for Organic Certification Bodies (IROCB) which can be used by any government or private sector organic label scheme for recognizing other organic standards and certification performance requirements as equivalent Certification Bodies (IROCB) which can be used by any government or private sector organic label scheme for recognizing other organic standards and certification performance requirements as equivalent certification performance requirements as equivalent to their own.

That includes those of the FDA and USDA, state and local authorities, as well as other certifications including organic, kosher and halal.

According to Kenneth Davids, Coffee Review's editor and lead taster, «We selected the top thirty coffees based on quality (represented by overall score), value (reflected by most affordable price per pound), and a ranking of other factors that include distinctiveness and uniqueness of style, certifications such as fair trade or organic, and general rarity.»

Most farmers will only undergo the rigors of certification if there is a «sure thing» increase in price at the end of the rainbow (particularly a certification like RA that is seen as a compromise; the committed no - chemicals farmers usually go organic and stop there).

Sambazon actually pioneered organic, Non-GMO, and a Fair Trade certifications to protect the people who harvest açaí in the highest quality and sustainable ways, as they were the first company to export açaí out of Brazil back in 2000.

But as the only sustainability certification available (aside from organic certification) outside of the Americas, this is a welcome development.

FEV is certified organic, and is being actively courted by Rainforest Alliance for certification and use as a model farm.

By Peggy Miars, OMRI Executive Director / CEO Sales of organic livestock products such as meat, eggs and dairy are growing rapidly, but the certification process remains relatively time consuming and complex compared to the process for other organic products.

Australia's largest organic certification agency, Australian Organic, has branded the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources» proposal for the mandatory fungicide spraying of some imported crop seeds as a threat to jobs, growth and investment.

Mr. Leu stated the importance of mainstreaming PGS, as majority of the world's farmers, over 90 %, are smallholder family farms who can not afford the cost of 3rd party certification to sell organic products on markets.

Awe Sum Organics is proud to offer Fair for Life certification as an add - on to its awesome products.

Bob has served organic farmers in many leadership capacities over the years including President of Montana's first OCIA chapter and a member of USDA's first national Organic Standards Board as well as MT Dept. of Ag's first organic certification advisory board.

Quezon has been identified as the first province in the country to adapt the PGS as a certification system of organic products.

We are fully organic certified (since 2011) by ACO (Certification number 11174 producer) with NOP (North American Organic Producer) accreditation as well.

We encourage people to look for a certification logo such as the Australian Certified Organic Bud to be sure a product or a service is truly organic.

We've partnered with Shping to give consumers the opportunity to find out the organic authenticity of a product, as well as certification details, and education around certified organic products.

Only products that have passed the rigorous certification process of a certifying authority such as Australian Certified Organic can use the words «certified organic» on the packaging.

Many products can be misleading as they make «organic» claims without having the certification to back these statements up.

As you might have already read in the media, the past two years has seen a significant spike in the number of applications from beef producers for organic certification through Australian Certified Organic.

Two theme examples provided by PIRSA in their «Guidelines and Assessment Criteria September 2016» document noted the example projects as «Achieving non-GM or organic standard third - party certification to meet the requirements of an identified new or potential customer (s)» and «achieving non-GM or organic standard third - party certification on products to distinguish optimum qualities from other similar competitors.

At the same time, millennials are much more inclined to trust on - pack certifications than older consumers, setting them up for disappointment if the USDA's organic certification program is eventually shown to have as many holes as Swiss cheese.

As Australia's largest organic certifier it's important that we keep abreast of certification developments and innovations in organic food and drink, textiles, skincare and inputs.

As the NPR piece points out, organic certification does not mean absolutely no chemicals are used in production.

Rainforest Alliance has provisions that do not allow destroying natural or high value ecosystems prior to certification, as does UTZ Certified; neither requires organic certification, however.

By Louise FitzRoy As you might have already read in the media, the past two years has seen a significant spike in the number of applications from beef producers for organic certification through Australian Certified Organic.

Even though the importer is only acting as an agent and not physically handling the product, they still need to have organic certification.

Standards are verified by the same types of certifying bodies as organic certification (often, the same organizations).

The CAFE Practices standards are verified by the same types of certifying bodies as organic certification (often, the same organizations).

Australian Certified Organic already has in place initiatives that address consumer trust, such as annual audits of companies (which do result in companies losing organic certification) and product sampling for residues.

We know from the Australian Organic Market Report 2012 that trust in organics is a barrier towards buying organics so we implemented an awareness campaign helping people understand what organic means and advising them to look for a certification logo such as Australian Certified Organic to know what they're buying is truly organic.

As a member of the NSF International family of companies, QAI can bundle your organic certification with food safety, sustainability and label claim certifications and verifications.

The addition of Tracy Favre as Director reaffirms QAI's commitment to the integrity of organic certification and underscores QAI's vital goal of increasing engagement with the organic community.

Through rabbinical supervision, products can be certified to both the strictest kosher certification requirements and to organic standards such as USDA, Canadian Organic Regime, Quebec Organic Reference Standards, EU organic standards and the Japan Agricultural Standard (JAS).

A former organic inspector and farmer, Favre will serve at the helm of QAI's organic certification programs: the USDA's National Organic Program and NSF Certified Transitional, as well as international organic programs.

As long as the feed is non-GMO, the organic certification is not necessarAs long as the feed is non-GMO, the organic certification is not necessaras the feed is non-GMO, the organic certification is not necessary.

The paper is a straightforward look at the how different shade coffee systems store carbon and their levels of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as how a few certifications (organic, Rainforest Alliance, UTZ Certified) influence those metrics.

For products not covered by this arrangement, such as unprocessed foods, agricultural and forest products, raw food and livestock, QAI has partnered with Australian Certified Organic to bundle Korean and U.S. organic certification.