Certification and Accreditation Administration: The quality of China's organic products remains stable, with a pass rate of over 95% for certified organic products

    Xinhuanet, Beijing, January 28 - According to the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China (CNCA), the results of the supervisory spot checks on organic product certification carried out nationwide by certification regulatory authorities last year show that most certification bodies and certified enterprises were able to conduct certification and production in accordance with relevant certification systems and standards, and the pass rate of certified products was above 95%. It was introduced that currently there are 26 certification bodies engaged in organic product certification in China, 4,800 organic product certification certificates have been issued, more than 4,000 enterprises have obtained organic product certification, and the area of organic product certification has reached 2.6 million hectares. Organic agriculture is playing an increasingly important role in ensuring food safety and addressing issues related to agriculture, rural areas, and farmers.
It is understood that last year the CNCA continued to strengthen supervision over food and agricultural product certification activities. Throughout the year, special supervisory inspections were conducted on 11 organic product certification bodies, 630 batches of organic products were subject to supervisory spot checks, and local certification regulatory authorities conducted supervisory spot checks on more than 980 enterprises with organic product certification. The results showed that the pass rate of certified products was above 95%.
In order to strengthen the supervision and management of food and agricultural product certification work, since 2004 the CNCA has organized certification regulatory authorities in various localities every year to carry out diversified food and agricultural product certification supervision and inspection activities. To date, a total of 67 inspections of organic certification bodies and 1,622 batches of organic certified products have been conducted, and 10 organic product certification bodies have been revoked or deregistered.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/am/11284/