A step-by-step guide for certified groups preparing for their next organic audit. An organic audit shouldn’t be something you prepare for only in the days before the control body’s visit. For a cooperative or producer group, preparation starts much earlier: when…
What Is an Internal Control System (ICS) and Why Is It the Foundation of Successful Certification?
What Is an Internal Control System (ICS) and Why Is It the Foundation of Successful Certification? What is an Internal Control System (ICS), and why does it matter so much for your certification? If you manage a cooperative, association, foundation, or…
PGS and ICS Differences, Similarities and Challenges
As is well known, both producer groups with Participation Guaranteed Systems (PGS) and producer groups with Internal Control Systems (ICS) seek to offer the final consumer quality organic products, which are guaranteed and recognized through their rigorous controls and current certificates….
New EU organic regulation for producer groups
The new European Union regulation for organic production 2018/848, effective from January 2022 for operators in Europe and for operators in third countries from January 2025, will mean a big change in the current processes of organic producers in third countries.