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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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