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Yes! CCOF has an inspection partnership with ACO Certification Ltd. (Australia Certified Organic) to offer direct JAS certification to CCOF certified operations.
Through our inspection partnership CCOF operations can apply for JAS certification with ACO and have their JAS inspection performed by CCOF inspectors. In most cases the…
Yes, CCOF offers international programs designed to verify your compliance with a variety of international standards and equivalencies, including Canada, Mexico, the EU, UK, Switzerland, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Which program you should enroll in depends…
Export and transaction certificates are used for exported products to demonstrate the product's compliance with the applicable standards of the destination country. The certificates contain transaction-specific details, such as the lot number(s), net weight, and the unique serial number that the certifier issues for each export certificate. Your importer or consignee will require an original…
If you are shipping NOP certified product that has final packaging or processing in the US or Canada to an EU member state, you need to:
Be enrolled in the CCOF Global Market Access (GMA) program and be verified as compliant with the terms of the…
“CN” means combined nomenclature. A CN code is an EU and UK customs/tariff designation required in box 13 of export certificates for the EU and UK. CN codes are published in the Official Journal of the European Union and are available for search in …