NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE 2024 SEASON | | | Good day
As we commence this newsletter, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for the collaboration extended throughout 2023. Your cooperation has been invaluable to us, and we extend our appreciation for your dedication and partnership. May 2024 bring success, prosperity, and continued achievements in all your endeavors. We look forward to the opportunities and challenges that the new year will bring, and we are eager to continue our productive collaboration with you. | | 1 Changes regarding the “Increased control measures” for the EU | | | to specific products imported from designated countries into the EU. These control measures have been mandated by the EU since 2016. The requirements are applicable for operators producing, preparing, trading, storing, or exporting organic food and feed. Notably, for the year 2024, revisions have once again been made to the list of products and countries subject to these measures which are outlined below for your reference. Please find the letter in the below link: | | | Remember that for the products concerned, sampling/analysis for the first COI requested in 2024 is compulsory.
Please make sure to consider sufficient time before the planned export to send the sampling request to bio.inspecta.
| | | Requirements of Increased control measures | | - At least 2 physical inspections per year, one of these unannounced.
- Inspection before sowing of the first certified crop for farms certified for the first time.
- At least one sample per year (for producers, it is compulsory to be a field crop sample). This requirement is without prejudice to the export consignment sampling.
- Increased control on traceability and flow of products.
- Increased control on bookkeeping and financial documentation (accounting).
- Increased control on means of transport and storage.
- Information must be kept ready for inspection about all sales of organic products as conventional, including quantities and names of buyers.
| | | Export consignment sampling and analysis assessment before issuing a COI: For the products defined above, a minimum of 10% or 20% of all export consignments needs to be sampled and analyzed for the presence of unallowed substances. The percentage is calculated for each concerned product of each concerned operator for the period between 01.01.24 - 31.12.24. Please refer to information about the sampling/ analysis procedure and timelines in the information leaflet, Certification of Inspection (COI). | | 2 New import certificate requirement for export directly to USA | | | USDA National Organic Program published the final rule on Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE). This update to the USDA organic regulations strengthens oversight and enforcement of the production, handling, and sale of organic products. All operations and certifying agents must meet all the requirements in the rule by March 19, 2024. The USDA National Organic Program (NOP) has expanded the functionality of its Organic INTEGRITY Database (INTEGRITY) by launching a new import certificate module. The Import Certificate provides traceability to the port of entry and ensures an auditable record trail.
At the moment this new module is used as test version and will be mandatory from March 19, 2024 and there is no possibility to export the product to US without issued NOP import certificate.
We would like to inform you that bio.inspecta started issuing the import certificate from 01.01.2024 for all direct export to the US.
For more information, please follow up the below link to the Official rule of Strengthening Organic Enforcement in USDA website:
| | 3 Time frame for submission of the request TC or NOP import certificate | | | Any request for TC or NOP import certificate must be submitted before shipment of consignment. | | | bio.inspecta international team is available to support you in any step, please do not hesitate to contact us or your local partner if you have any questions!
Kind regards,
| | | Farzaneh Mahdipour and international team
Head of International Services Division
Ackerstrasse 117, CH - 5070 Frick
Central +41 (0) 62 865 63 00
Mobile +98 (0) 935 869 4277
Hotline +41 (0) 62 865 63 42
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