Americert occasionally receives requests for written confirmation (beyond the organic certificate already issued) that an operation is still certified in good standing. Prior to the creation of the Organic Integrity Database, this was a common request and regular practice because there was no way to check if a certificate was still valid, or if the operation’s certification had been revoked, suspended or surrendered. Currently, however, there is no need for the issuance of Le

Americert has issued an updated fee schedule for organic certification. A copy is attached below. A quick summary of some of the updates, our first in two years, is as follows: Updated fees for: • Some tiers of certification. • Adding products. • Label reviews. • Equivalency determinations. • Issuing export documentation. • Mediation. • Late fees. • Certain contractual noncompliance penalty fees. New fees for: • Out of state operations, int

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is strengthe ning import controls for organic foods through a 2-phase project . Phase 1 ,...

Handler Inspection Forms: Grower Inspection Forms: Other Forms:

ALERT for Certifiers and Certified Operations: Be Aware of Email Phishing ScamFalsely Using USDA Logo  The NOP is aware that certifiers...

Update on Private Label Agreements As part of our ongoing calibration of compliance review procedures, and to be in line with sound and...

Jan. 31. 2024 Periodically, Americert revisits the exclusion of certain scopes of certification, operation types, and locations. The...

Americert has updated our fee schedule. This fee schedule will become effective January 14, 2024. Please review here:

Strengthening Organic Enforcement Handler Forms Update With the rollout and implementation of the new Strengthening Organic Enforcement...

Under the new Strengthening Organic Enforcement Rule most uncertified operations that were previously exempt are no longer exempt and...

Organic Cost Share Now Open for 2023 This year the Farm Service Agency increased the cost share amount under the Organic Certification...

Update on Americert International’s current excluded scopes, operation types and locations and times when new applications are not...