Drd. Eng. Maria Magdalena ŞANDRIC

Certification is the procces in which acreditated Inspection and Certification Bodies, are awarding an official document which atestes that the agrifood products or their control systems are obtained in accordance with methods used in organic farming

Accreditation is the procedure by which an authoritative body gives formal recognition that a body or person is competent to carry out specific tasks.

Inspection and Certification Body is a public or a private person, authorised or acreditated, which has the atribution to check if a product is sold or labeld as an organic product, is obtained, processed, pakaged, imported/exported according to the national rules regarding organic products.

A certificate of conformity is an official document provided on delivery to the buyers that attests a product, process, or service’s compliance with organic standards or technical regulations.

1. Number of Conformity certificate 2. Name, adress, and identification code of the Inspection and

Certification Body3. Name and adress of the organic agent 4. Products identification 5. Legislation Norms6. Date of awarding7. Period of validity 8. Signature of the official person who is able to issue the

certificate of conformity9. Stamp of the inspection body.

♣ CONSUMERS♣ PRODUCERS♣ MARKET

Name of the product, especially the organic production method

Name and adress of the producer Storaging preservation conditions Validity period Mention: ’’It is prohibited the storageing of organic

agrifood products in the same place with conventional products’’

Mention: “Organic Agriculture Ecorom – RO control system“ Name and logo of the Inspection and certification body National logo.

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Study regarding requests of an Inspection and Certification Body for organic agrifood products;Institutional organization, premises arrangement and body endowment;Elaboration of quality management papers;The analyse of projected system;Body accreditation.

Inspection and certification of vegetable crops:

CPSA - A0111 Cereals and technical plantsCPSA – A0112 Fruits and vegetables

SR EN 45011/2001- General requests for Bodies which applies certification systems for products

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IBACertTechnical Manager

Technical Expert

Inspectors

IBA General Manager

AppealCommission

Commission for Certification

CoCerIBACert

Subcontracted Laboratories

Quality ManagerResponsible

Commission for competence evaluation of IBAcert team

Evaluation Commission for subcontracted

laboratories

IBA Administration Council

Commission for evaluation of certification requests

CERTIFICATIONREQUEST

ELABORATION OF FILE

OFFICIAL CONTRACT

INFORMATIVE PORTFOLIO

COMMISSION OF REQUESTS EVALUATION

AGENT

TM + AGENT

INSPECTION

INSPECTORS UNCONCORDANCES CORRECTIVE ACTIONS

CONFORMITY PROVISIONAL PAPER

REGISTRATION OF AGENTS IN IBACERT REGISTER OF CONTROLED AGENTS

REQUEST OF CONFORMITY CERTIFICATE AND PRINTING OF LABELS

INSPECTION

UNCONCORDANCESCORRECTIVEACTIONSINSPECTORS

CONFORMITY CERTIFICATE

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AGENT

REQUEST OF NATIONAL LOGO UTILISATION

CoCertIBACert

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IBACertCertificated agent

Mentaining of certification

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MARKET CONTROL

Reprieve of Certificate

Cancellation of Certificate

- Raw materials reception, processing, packaging, labeling, storageing and transporting process: - Financial evidence;- Sales Register; -Crops Register;-Raw materials Register;- Register of abuses;

Validity of certificate is conditioned by the respecting of national and common legislation;

The Conformity Certificate is awarded anually, reevaluation will be done according to new elements which can appear along the year;

Conformity provisional paper can be used by the agents only to inform clients about their organic products. It can be published;

Validity of certificate is one year;

Agents can renounce of this control, in any moment, throught a letter, adress or request .

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IBACert logo must be used only for certified organic products, by the IBACert.

It is prohibited the use of this logo, on an uncertificated products, and this can be punish according to the low.

Agents must identify certificated products from conventional products, on the market place.

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CONTACT

INSTITUTE OF FOOD BIORESOURCES

Drd.eng. ŞANDRIC MARIA MAGDALENA Drd. ecol. CLAUDIA ELENA MOSOIU

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6 Dinu Vintila street, 2nd district, BucharestTel/Fax: 021.210.91.28/021.211.36.39E-mail: bioresurse@adslexpress.roWeb site: www.bioresurse.ro