Inspector of FOFCC and IBD receive witness by IOAS......
2024.2.13-16 FOFCC will meet you in Nuremberg, Germany
2024.2.13-16 FOFCC will meet you in Nuremberg, Germany
EU authority publish organic products additional control measeures for year 2024
On 28 November 2023, the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission issued the additional regulatory control measures for organic products for 2024. Compared with the additional regulatory measures of the previous two years, the regulatory measures for 2024 have adjusted the scope of regulated products, with the main control...
EU Authority auditor team come to China to carry out supervision for IBD
EU Authority auditor team come to China to carry out supervision for IBD
2023 EU Organic Imports Report - China's Organic Exports to Europe Gradually Recovering
In late July 2023, the European Union officially published the 2023 EU Organic Imports Report, which collated and analysed the EU's organic product import data for 2022 and made it publicly available.
According to the report, the total volume of organic product imports into the EU in 2022 decreased compared to the previous year...
Notice on Holding the 2023 Training for Certified Organisations
To all certified organisations: Since the official implementation of the Organic Product Certification Implementation Rules CNCA-N-009:2019 and Organic Products Production, Processing, Labelling and Management System Requirements GB/T 19630-2019 on 1 January 2020, cnca and...
The EU publishes additional control measures for organic products for 2023
To all IBD-certified organisations:
On 19 December 2022, the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission issued the additional regulatory control measures for organic products for 2023. Compared with the additional regulatory measures of the previous two years, the regulatory measures for 2023 have adjusted the scope of regulated products, ...
Notice on the Implementation of the New Application Form for COI for Export to the EU
To all IBD-certified organisations:
The new rules for the Certificate of Inspection (COI) for organic products exported to the European Union, Regulation (EU) 2021/2306, will enter into force on 1 January 2022. Consequently, IBD has updated the application form template for issuing COIs, including completion instructions and the new...
IBD-certified Chinese organic livestock and poultry products have been approved for export to the EU
On 16 December 2021, the European Union officially issued Regulation (EU) 2021/2325, which published the list of control bodies. According to this regulation, IBD's certification results for certified organisations in China are recognised as equivalent to the new EU organic regulation (EU) 2018/848, and the EU...
Summary of issues related to the transition period of the new EU organic regulation EU848/2018
To all IBD-certified organisations and related parties:
As 2021 is drawing to a close, the new EU organic regulation EU 848/2018 was published in May 2018 and was originally scheduled to formally take effect in January 2021. This regulation replaces regulation (EC) 834/2007, but affected by the new...
2021 EU organic regulations summary
On 30 May 2018, the European Commission published Regulation (EU) 2018/848, which was originally scheduled for implementation on 1 January 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its implementation was postponed to 1 January 2022 to officially replace the old EU organic regulation (EC) No 834/2007, but 2...
EU releases 2019 organic products import report, China remains EU's largest organic products supplier
Recently, the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development published the 2019 report on EU imports of organic products, which summarises and analyses data on COIs (Certificates of Inspection for organic products imported into the EU) issued on the TRACES system (the EU's electronic Certificate of Inspection management system).
Reminder on the prompt submission of applications for the use of non-organic seeds for bases with European organic certification
To all IBD-certified organisations:
In accordance with the requirements of Article 45 of EU Organic Regulation EC 889/2008, approval from the certification body must be obtained prior to using non-organic seeds. All operations with EU organic certification are requested to submit their 2020 application for the use of non-organic seeds as soon as possible.
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EU releases 2018 organic products import report - China becomes EU's largest organic products supplier
Recently, FOFCC learned that on 14 May 2019, the European Commission published its statistical report on organic product imports for 2018, releasing data regarding 2018...
The “Chinese Dream” for Danish organic food”
In Denmark, approximately 7% of agricultural land is farmed organically (2013 figures); 72% of the Danish population choose to buy organic food. Indeed, organic food and drink in Denmark account for the highest market share in the world (7.2%), ...
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