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How ISO standards benefit society For businesses, the widespread
adoption of International Standards means that suppliers can base
the development of their products and services on specifications
that have wide acceptance in their sectors. This, in turn, means
that businesses using International Standards are increasingly
free to compete on many more markets around the world.
For customers, the worldwide compatibility of technology which is
achieved
when products and services are based on International Standards
brings them an increasingly wide choice of offers, and they also
benefit from the effects of competition among suppliers. For
governments, International Standards provide the technological and
scientific bases underpinning health, safety and environmental
legislation.For trade officials negotiating the emergence of
regional and global markets, International Standards create "a
level playing field" for all competitors on those markets. The
existence of divergent national or regional standards can create
technical barriers to trade, even when there is political
agreement to do away with restrictive import quotas and the like.
International Standards are the technical means by which political
trade agreements can be put
into practice.
For developing countries, International Standards that represent
an international consensus on the state of the art constitute an
important source of technological know-how. By defining the
characteristics that products and services will be expected to
meet on export markets, International Standards give developing
countries a basis for making the right decisions when investing
their scarce resources and thus avoid squandering them.
For consumers, conformity of products and services to
International Standards provides assurance about their quality,
safety and
reliability.For everyone, International Standards can contribute
to the quality of life in general by ensuring that the transport,
machinery and tools we use are safe.
For the planet we inhabit, International Standards on air, water
and soil quality, and on emissions of gases and radiation, can
contribute to efforts to preserve the environment.
Significance of INDOCERT certification
INDOCERT is a nationally and internationally operating,
certification
body,
accredited in India as per National Programme for Organic
Production
(NPOP)
by Government of India. Indian National Standards for Organic
Products
In
2000, the Government of India released the National Standards for
Organic
Products (NSOP) under the National Programme for Organic
Production
(NPOP).
Products sold or labeled as 'organic' thereafter need to be
inspected
and
certified by a nationally accredited certification body. INDOCERT
is
internationally accredited according to EN 45011 for certification
of
agricultural production, collection of wild plants and Livestock
and
livestock products produced by animal husbandry, processing of
organic
agricultural and livestock products according to rules equivalent
to
Reg .
(EEC) No. 2092/91 and import and export of those products
according to
the
legislative acts of the import countries. INDOCERT has strong
technical
collaborations with two well-reputed organizations from
Switzerland:
FiBL
(Research Institute of Organic Agriculture) and bio.inspecta (the
leading
Swiss certification agency). INDOCERT also does inspections for
private
labels in Europe like. The following countries mutually recognize
their
accredations of certification bodies for products.
Australia-Austria-Belgium-Canada-CzechRepublic-Denmark-Finland-France-Germany-Ireland-ItalyLatria-Lithuania-Merico-The
Netherlands-Newzealand-Norway-Romania-Slovakia-South
Africa-Spain-Sweden-Switzerland-United Kingdom.
INDOCERT Input Approval Scheme INDOCERT evaluates inputs used in
organic
production and confirms their compliance with the Indian National
Organic
Standards and the INDOCERT directives on the interpretation and
implementation of the National Indian Standards on Organic
Agriculture.
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