Many people are watching how the Fair Trade issue plays out, and it may shape the progress and strategies of
other certification schemes in the future.
Not exact matches
There are hundreds of
certification schemes across North America, ranging from ones requiring university degrees to
others obtained over a weekend or over the Internet.
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.
Working with parent company NSF International, QAI can also offer
other food and quality
certifications such as GFSI benchmarked
schemes for food safety
certification including SQF, BRC, FSSC 22000, IFS, BAP, GlobalG.A.P.
Other topics discussed at the Summit include the surging number of
certification schemes for food products, developing markets, production efficiency, marketing organics, and packaging production.
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
certification scheme is well established for seafood, the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for palm oil, whilst similar sustainability
schemes are emerging for
other ingredients.
BUT: conversion expensive and time - consumer Experimenting with participatory
certification scheme from Uruguay farmers and consumers certify produce from
other farmers and consumers, criteria agreed on jointly
The
other is the ability, via market - based
certification schemes, to engage with agriculture producers.
Among
other conditions for PPF recognition, a contingent asset arrangement must be in the PPF's standard form and various
certifications need to be given by the pension
scheme's trustees to the PPF both at inception and annually thereafter (normally before the end of March each year).