ASUREQUALITY CERTIFIED ORGANIC

Year Introduced: 2007

Food Products:

• Vegetables, fruits & nuts - Sugar crops and sweeteners and derived products
• Meat
• Aquaculture products – Mussels, oysters, kelps
• Processed products

Certification Body:

Asure Quality New Zealand Limited

Accreditation:

• JASANZ (Joint Accreditation System of Australia & New Zealand (JAS-ANZ))
• IOAS (International Organic Accreditation Service)
• FAMIC (Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Centre)
• Ministry of Primary Industries New Zealand

Scope of Certification:

• From farm to fork
• Production, processing, handling, transport, storage or sale points of the chain

Standard:

• AsureQuality Organic Standard V5
• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) Official Organic Assurance Programme Technical Rules for Organic Production V7.1
• USDA National Organic Program (NOP)
• JAS - Japan Agricultural Standard
• EU Programme
• CAN/CGSB-32.310-2006 (Canada)
• IFOAM programme

Applicants of label:

• Primary producers
• Processors
• Input suppliers
• Packers and/or marketers
• Exporters and importers

Wholesalers and retailers

Other forms of label:

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