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Organic certification is a process that helps producers of organic food and other organic agricultural products to get their products certified through internationally accredited certification bodies such as Control Union, IMO, Ecocert, Indocert etc. Organic certification is intended to assure quality and prevent fraud. "Certified organic" label is a product assurance for consumers, and is similar to "ISI", "AGMARK" printed on various food products.
A farmer is required to engage in a number of activities, in addition to normal farming operations, to get the farm certified.
The farmer has to study the organic standards, which cover in specific details all aspects of farming, including storage, transport and sale
Farm facilities and production methods must comply with the standards, which may involve modifying facilities, sourcing and changing suppliers
Paperwork detailing farm history and current set-up is very essential
Written annual production plan must be submitted, detailing everything from seed to sale
Annual on-farm inspections are required
The farmer is required to pay an annual inspection / certification fee
A written record of day-to-day farming and marketing records should be available for inspection at any time
For first-time farm certification, the farm soil must meet basic requirements such as being free from use of chemicals for a few years, usually two to three years. This period is known as ‘being in transition’. Transitional crops are not considered fully organic.
At 24 Letter Mantra’s farming projects, products and processing facilities have been certified for EC 834 / 2007 standards, US NOP and Indian NPOP organic standards. Most of the projects are certified by Control Union International, and a few by ECOCERT. We are a member of IFOAM and are registered with US FDA.
