In April 2000, the Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences began preparations for the establishment of the “Liaoning Organic Food Development Center”;
In May 2002, it was registered with the Administration for Industry and Commerce and officially renamed “Liaoning Fangyuan Organic Food Certification Co., Ltd.”
In July 2002, it was approved by the former “National Organic Food Accreditation Committee” (under the former Ministry of Environmental Protection) to commence trial operations and officially began conducting organic product certification business;
In 2003, the state established a unified certification and accreditation system, and the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine established the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China (CNCA). In September 2004, FOFCC became one of the first batch of organic product certification bodies approved by the CNCA, with approval number: CNCA-R-2004-122. In the same year, it submitted an accreditation application to the China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS);
In August 2004, it became a member of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM);
In December 2005, it successfully obtained accreditation from the China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS);
In August 2005, in order to improve office conditions and strive to achieve the separation of government and enterprise and objective independence, FOFCC moved out of the office building of the Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to Liyang Building in Shenyang for independent operation, where it has remained to this day;
In 2005, it registered as a member unit of the China Certification and Accreditation Association (CCAA);
In 2008, it signed a subcontracting cooperation agreement with IBD, the largest organic product certification body in Latin America, to subcontract IBD's organic product certification business under EU, US and other standards within mainland China;
In July 2010, FOFCC began to go abroad to carry out international certification business. To date, it has successively dispatched inspectors to Thailand, Pakistan, Indonesia, Outer Mongolia, Russia, South Korea, Brazil and other countries to carry out certification work under China's organic product standards;
In November 2014, it underwent its first office assessment and on-site witness assessment by IOAS (International Organic Accreditation Service);
In July 2017, the FOFCC office relocated to COFCO Plaza in Shenyang, expanding the office area by 2.5 times, and its development reached a new level;
In 2019, it signed a subcontracting cooperation agreement with the Taiwan Formosa Organic Agriculture Association (FOA) to cooperate in conducting Taiwan organic standard certification business in mainland China;
In July 2021, it signed a subcontracting cooperation agreement with DCOK, the largest organic product certification body in South Korea, to conduct Korean organic standard certification business in mainland China;
On November 30, 2021, FOFCC obtained approval from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan and officially obtained Japan JAS organic product certification qualification;
On June 16, 2023, after approval by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the International Organic Accreditation Service (IOAS) officially issued the Canadian organic product accreditation certificate to FOFCC. Organic products certified by FOFCC may lawfully use the COR certification mark and be exported to Canada. At the same time, in accordance with the organic regulatory equivalence agreement between the Canadian and US governments, organic products that have obtained Canadian organic certification may use the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic mark and may be directly exported to the United States;
On March 24, 2025, it officially obtained the EU EU2018/848 organic accreditation certificate issued by the International Organic Accreditation Service (IOAS).
