Ics Organic Certification

International certification services inc.
Ics organic certification. Usda national organic program nop certification assures consumers that organically produced foods and textiles meet a consistent set of standards that were developed and are regulated by the usda. Through interaction with farmers it was found 8161 people are aware of organic farming while 6896 are not aware of the organic certification. Nop eu jas etc. Csi offers organic certification to the canada organic regime and all applicable equivalency arrangements eg.
Compliance with the certified ics gluten free standard is based on a combination of quantitative analysis of the ingredients and products being marketed as certified ics gluten free. Mike was part of the chipotle customer service team where he worked restaurants farmers and even scientists. You know there can be price premiums and marketing benefits for certified products and youve decided certification is the way you want to go. Group certification is an approach that facilitates access of smallholders to organic certification and hence to organic markets and their associated benefits.
While technology has changed greatly over the past three decades our goals and mission have remained the same. 1446 as of july 1 2016. Mike joined the ics team in november 2018 with a focus on organic and non gmo certification. For over 30 years ics has worked alongside clients to develop solutions to meet all of their technology and telecommunications needs.
Ifoam works extensively on the topic of group certification and the associated concept of internal control system ics. For information on csi fees please review the csi organic certification policy manual section 5. By fred kirschenmann a longtime national and international leader in organic and sustainable agriculture. More about us ics is a wholly owned subsidiary of where food comes from inc specializing in organic gluten free and related certification servicesics was one of the first organic certification companies in the us founded in 1979 as farm verified organic inc.
The major organic crop exported from the valley is coffee. To market products. For a general overview of the csi organic certification process click on this link to see a flowchart describing the steps to certification. Learn more about organic certification here.
Ics is committed to integrity innovation and the most personalized proactive and professional customer service in the it industry. After chipotle committed to going to non gmo in 2015 he was recruited to the supply chain team where he took over all traceability processes. For more information read the usdas what is organic certification sheet. Organic certification addresses a growing worldwide demand for organic food.
Certification is required by law in the us. It is intended to assure quality prevent fraud and to promote commerce. Over 1400 certified farms and businesses with the usda certified organic label.