OFDC Organic Certification
Standards
Effective date: July 1, 2009
Organic Food Development and Certification Center
April 2009
OFDC-D8-02 Ver./Rev.：G/1 OFDC Organic Certification Standards Effective date：2009-07-01
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Contents
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................4 1 Scope.................................................................................................................................5 2 Normative References.....................................................................................................6 3 Definition.........................................................................................................................7 4 Major Objectives of Organic Production and Processing.........................................10 5 Basic Requirements of Organic Certification............................................................11 5.1 For farm................................................................................................................11 5.2 For processor, handler and trader..........................................................................14 6 Crop Production............................................................................................................16 6.1 Conversion............................................................................................................16 6.2 Choice of Crop varieties.......................................................................................16 6.3 Crop rotation.........................................................................................................16 6.4 Building-up of Soil Fertility..................................................................................16 6.5 Pest, disease and weed control..............................................................................17 6.6 Control of contamination......................................................................................18 6.7 Control of soil erosion and preservation of biodiversity......................................18 6.8 Irrigation...............................................................................................................19 7 Food Processing, handling and trading......................................................................20
7.1 Ingredients, Additives and Processing Aids..........................................................20 7.2 Processing.............................................................................................................20 7.3 Pest control............................................................................................................21 8 Animal Husbandry........................................................................................................23 8.1 Conversion............................................................................................................23 8.2 Origin of the animals............................................................................................23 8.3 Feed.......................................................................................................................23 8.4 Feed additives.......................................................................................................24 8.5 living conditions....................................................................................................25 8.6 Prevention/Control of diseases.............................................................................26 8.7 Non-therapeutic operation....................................................................................27 8.8 Breeding................................................................................................................27 8.9 Transportation and slaughter.................................................................................28 8.10 Environmental impact.........................................................................................28 9 Bee-keeping and Processing of Bee Products.............................................................29 9.1 Conversion............................................................................................................29 9.2 Siting of the apiaries.............................................................................................29 9.3 Feeding of bees.....................................................................................................29 9.4 Prevention / control of disease..............................................................................29 9.5 Beeswax and beehive............................................................................................30 9.6 Harvesting/treatment of honey..............................................................................31 9.7 Storage of honey, frame, wax, and beehives.........................................................31 9.8 Rearing of queens and bees...................................................................................32 10 Special Crops...............................................................................................................33 10.1 Edible mushrooms..............................................................................................33 10.2 Tea.......................................................................................................................33 OFDC-D8-02 Ver./Rev.：G/1 OFDC Organic Certification Standards Effective date：2009-07-01
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11 Wild Plants...................................................................................................................36 12 Aquaculture.................................................................................................................37 12.1 Conversion..........................................................................................................37 12.2 Aquaculture ecosystem.......................................................................................37 12.3 Aquatic plants......................................................................................................38 12.4 Aquatic animal breed and breeding.....................................................................38 12.5 Aquatic animal nutrition.....................................................................................38 12.6 Aquatic animal health and welfare......................................................................39 12.7 Aquatic animal transport and slaughter...............................................................4013 Textile...........................................................................................................................41 13.1 Production of raw materials................................................................................41 13.2 Processing...........................................................................................................41 14. Storage and Transport...............................................................................................44 14.1 Storage................................................................................................................44 14.2 Transport.............................................................................................................44 15 Packaging and Labeling.............................................................................................45 15.1 Packaging............................................................................................................45 15.2 Labeling..............................................................................................................45 16 Social Justice................................................................................................................47 17 Certification Decision.................................................................................................48 17.1 Types of certification decision............................................................................48 17.2 Certificate cancellation.......................................................................................48 18 Appealing and Complaining.......................................................................................50 18.1 Appealing............................................................................................................50 18.2 Complaining........................................................................................................50 19 Revision of the Standards...........................................................................................51
Annex Annex A Fertilizers and soil conditioners permitted for use in organic crop production.........................................................................................................................52 A.1 Fertilizers and soil conditioners permitted for use in organic crop production...53 A.2 Sanitary requirements for non-hazardous treatment of night soil........................54 Annex B Plant protection products and measures permitted for use in organic crop production.........................................................................................................................55 Annex C Criteria to Evaluate Additional Inputs to Organic Agriculture..................57 Annex D Products permitted or restricted for use as feed additives in animal husbandry.........................................................................................................................61 Annex E Requirements for drinking water quality for organic livestock and poultry production and disinfectors permitted for use in organic animal husbandry............62 E.1 Drinking water quality for livestock and poultry.................................................62 E.2 Disinfectors permitted for use in organic husbandry............................................63 Annex F Ingredients of non agricultural origin and processing aids permitted for use in organic food frocessing.........................................................................................64 Annex G Criteria for the Evaluation of Additives and Processing Aids for Organic Food Products...................................................................................................................67
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INTRODUCTION
Intended to push further forward the cause of rural environmental protection and agricultural cleaner production, reduce or control pollution of the environment by agricultural chemicals (such as pesticides, fertilizers, etc.) and agricultural wastes, promote sustainable development of the rural society, economy and environment, accelerate development of the organic food industry in China and ensure quality the production and processing of organic (ecological) food, so as to provide the society with natural, nutritional and high-grade environmentally and ecologically safe food and meet the demands of the domestic and foreign markets for organic food, and to meet the requirements of IFOAM accreditation, this Organic Certification Standards is worked out by the Organic Food Development and Certification Center (abbreviated as OFDC), on the basis of the Chinese national standard GB19630 Organic Products enforced since April 1st of 2005, the Basic Standards of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) for Organic Production and Processing and with reference to the EU’s Council Regulation EEC No. 2092/91, International Certification Standards of the Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA) International, and of other organic farming associations or organizations in Germany, Sweden, UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand and so on.
This Standards is the fundamental requirement for organic production, processing and trading. Organic operators applying for certification should sign an agreement with OFDC, assuring their abidance by the Standards in organic production, and acceptance of certification inspection by OFDC inspectors. The OFDC Certification Committee will issue organic certificates to those production bases, processors and traders evaluated to be qualified, upon completing examination of the inspection report prepared by the inspector, thus authorizing their use of OFDC organic logo on their organic products, and their use of IFOAM logo on those in the scope of IFOAM accredited.
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Acknowledgement: For IFOAM accreditation, evaluation of certification standards is one of the most important contents. On February 14, 2003, OFDC officially acquired IFOAM accreditation, which means that its standards are fully in compliance with the IFOAM Basic Standards. Hereby, special thanks are extended to the members of the OFDC Standard Committee and German GTZ-sponsored international experts who have made valuable contributions to the revision and amendment of the OFDC Standards in line with the recommendations IFOAM put forth in its evaluation.
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1 Scope
These standards shall apply to the following products, where such products bear, or are intended to bear, the OFDC logo and where the operator for OFDC certification or is certified by OFDC:
1 unprocessed agricultural crop products; also livestock and unprocessed livestock
products 2 processed agricultural crop and livestock products intended for human
consumption 3 feeding stuff, compound feeding stuff and feed materials 4 aquaculture and aquaculture products 5 wild collected plants 6 textile products
7 fertilizers and plant protection products 8 honey, bee and bee products
Products covered by the OFDC certification will be inspected during the whole production chain. Any person that sells a product (write an invoice) with reference to the OFDC certification shall be registered and certified. Normally this applies until the product is in its final package/has its final label. Especially the following activities require inspection of OFDC:
1 agriculture production (the operations on the agricultural holding involved in
producing including plant production andn livestock production) 2 aquacutlrue prodcution
3 preparation/processing (the operations of preserving and/or of agricultural
products,inclduing slaughter and cutting of livestock products) 4 packaging
5 labelling (any words, particulars, trade marks, brand names, pictorial matter or
symbols on any packaging, document, notice, label, board or collar if referring to OFDC certification) 6 storage of products unless they are finally packaged 7 export of products
Storage and transportation of products which are not only finally packaged are under the responsibility of the owner of the product who has to be certified by OFDC. The inspection thereof will be covered by the certified operator.
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