From October 9 to October 20, 2023, the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety of the European Commission dispatched two assessors to conduct a supervisory assessment of IBD's certification activities in mainland China.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/am/22489/
The Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety of the European Commission is responsible for the EU's food safety and health policies, and is also responsible for supervising the enforcement of relevant laws, thereby safeguarding agricultural food safety for EU consumers. For the first time, the European Commission dispatched an assessment team to conduct a supervisory assessment of IBD's certification activities in China. The assessment team selected one crop production unit and one processing facility for witnessed assessment. In addition, the assessment team randomly selected one certified organization for an unannounced inspection conducted by FOFCC inspectors, and witnessed the unannounced inspection. The two assessors witnessed the on-site inspection work of five FOFCC inspectors.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/am/22489/
After traveling to Dalian and Chaoyang in Liaoning Province, the assessment team arrived in Shenyang on October 15, 2023, and conducted a four-day office assessment at the FOFCC office. During the office assessment, the assessment team conducted a comprehensive review of the working model between IBD and FOFCC, FOFCC staff's management of export sales certificates to the EU, the implementation of the European Commission's additional regulatory measures for Chinese enterprises, and the OFIS complaint handling procedures for organic products exported to the EU. The team sampled and reviewed some certification files and interviewed IBD-FOFCC staff. Ultimately, the assessment team gave a positive evaluation of the certification activities of IBD and FOFCC, raised assessment findings regarding IBD's management procedures, and provided suggestions for improvement regarding the work of FOFCC inspectors.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/am/22489/
Through this assessment, the IBD and FOFCC teams further deepened their understanding of the European Commission's regulatory policies on organic products, especially the European Commission's “zero tolerance” requirement for prohibited substances in organic products. Next, IBD and FOFCC will continue to adjust certification procedures in accordance with the requirements of the European Commission, successfully complete the transition to the new EU organic regulations within 2024, and continue to provide certification services for Chinese organic products exported to the EU.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/am/22489/
