ORGANIC CERTIFICATION

Bureau Veritas provide Organic certification based on  nationally and internationally recognized set of standards aimed at proving that agricultural and food products have been produced without the use of synthetic chemical products.

NPOP standard (India Organic- APEDA), EU Regulation 834/2007 and the US National Organic Program (NOP). To take into account the regulations in place, the certification scheme depends both on the country of production and the country of destination. This certification is aimed at producer organizations or members of food industries who want to commercialize organic products for a particular market. The organic certification considered as a guarantee of quality and safety by the consumers.

ORGANIC PRODUCTION CERTIFICATION CATEGORIES

A. Crop Production
1. Individual Farmer
2. Grower Groups
3. Wild Collection
4. Input Approval

B. Food Processing and Handling
1. Processing and Handling
2. Trading

C. ORGANIC ANIMAL FEED PROCESSING AND HANDLING

ORGANIC CERTIFICATION PROCESS

The organic certification process proceeds as follows:
• Definition of scope and standard to be used;
• Pre-audit (optional) in order to assess the current producer’s status;
• Certification audit to verify that all products and procedures conform to standards.

If this is the case, the certificate will be issued;
• Surveillance audit to follow the production.

NB: For agricultural products, a conversion period is necessary between the initial audit and the issuing of the certificate (i.e. a period of 2 years is necessary for vegetable products).

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LIST OF INFORMATIONS

• Directory List of Certified Clients  VIEW HERE

• List of Withdrawn / Suspended / Terminated / Revoked Operator  VIEW HERE

• NPOP Terms and Condition (Right and Duties of Operator and Bureau Veritas)  VIEW HERE

• APEDA Advisory  VIEW HERE

• Download Pre-inspection Questionnaire  VIEW HERE

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NOP STANDARDS (Accreditation is in process)

• BVIPL Sampling and Testing sheet VIEW HERE

• BV-Project List and publicly available client list VIEW HERE

• Confidentiality Policy VIEW HERE

• Discrimination Policy BVIPL VIEW HERE

• Guideline for Operator & Inspector for Onsite Inspection VIEW HERE

• NOP important links VIEW HERE

• List of documents to be shared on request VIEW HERE

• NOP certification fee schedule VIEW HERE

• NOP Process Flow Chart VIEW HERE

• Procedure on Organic Certification VIEW HERE

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NPOP STANDARDS

• NPOP Standards (8^th Edition) VIEW HERE

• NPOP Tariff VIEW HERE

• NPOP Procedure 2024 VIEW HERE

• Format of Scope certificates VIEW HERE

• Certification Mark-Organic Logo VIEW HERE

• Apeda Approved List of Laboratories for Organic products VIEW HERE

• Procedure for impartiality VIEW HERE

• Procedure for Termination, reduction, suspension or withdrawal of certification VIEW HERE

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Organic Product Sector Application Forms

For application, view and download the below form and email us at rupam.baruah@bureauveritas.com along with required filled form. Our team will get in touch with you soon, once we received the application.

• Grower Group (ICS) Application Form VIEW HERE

• Individual Farmer Application Form VIEW HERE

• Input Approval Application Form VIEW HERE

• NPOP Processing Application Form VIEW HERE

• NPOP Trading Application Form VIEW HERE

• Wild Collection Application Form VIEW HERE

• Application Form Organic Feed Processing VIEW HERE

• BVIPL Grower Group Farmers Registered VIEW HERE