Industry news

From 1 July, look for the “identity card” when buying organic products”

    Following a four-month transition period, China's Implementation Rules for Organic Product Certification (hereinafter referred to as the Rules) will come into full effect on 1 July. When purchasing organic products, consumers should look out for the certification mark and code, and can also use the code to check the origin online...
FOFCC news

FOFCC actively participated in the World accreditation Day themed publicity campaign

    9 June 2012 marked the fifth World accreditation Day, and FOFCC participated in the World accreditation Day themed promotional event organised by the Shenyang Municipal Quality Supervision Bureau at the China Resources Vanguard supermarket in Shenyang. It also produced promotional display boards and distributed to the general public “...
Industry news

“China-EU Organic Product Certification Seminar held in Shanghai

    On May 25, the “China-EU Organic Product Certification Seminar”, jointly sponsored by cnca and the Delegation of the European Union to China, and organised by the Shanghai Inspection and Quarantine Bureau and the China-EU WTO Project Team, was held in Shanghai. Wang Daning, Deputy Director of cnca, attended the meeting...
Notice

Special Notice II: Regarding re-certification requirements

To all relevant certified enterprises: CNCA-N-009:2011, published on 1 December 2011 and effective from 1 March 2012, “Implementation Rules for the Certification of Organic Products”, which was issued on 1 December 2011 and came into effect on 1 March 2012, stipulates the following requirements regarding ‘re-certification’ in Clause 7: ●...
Notice

Special Note I: Requirements for the use of the old and new versions of the national organic product certification logo

To all certified enterprises: On 29 February 2012, cnca issued Announcement No. 9 on the Implementation of the National Organic Product Certification Mark Filing System, which clearly stated that: From 1 March 2012, organic product manufacturing enterprises shall...
Industry news

The new criteria for the registration of organic product inspectors have been officially promulgated and released.

    On 25 April 2012, FOFCC sent personnel to attend the publicity and implementation meeting for the new version of organic product inspector registration criteria organised by the China Certification accreditation Association. The meeting was chaired by Lü Yan, Director of the CCAA Registration Department I, cnca registration management...
Industry news

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and cnca jointly issued a notice requiring further strengthening of organic product supervision work.

   Recently, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and cnca jointly issued a notice requiring quality supervision and industry and commerce departments at all levels to further strengthen the supervision of organic products and standardise the organic product consumer market. The notice requires: 1. Quality supervision departments at all levels shall strengthen the supervision of organic products in accordance with the law...
Industry news

French organic dairy industry development receives government support

    The development of the French organic dairy industry has received increasing support from the French and EU governments. In 2009, the number of French dairy farmers undergoing organic conversion increased by 15% compared to the same period last year. Currently, the total area of pastures undergoing organic conversion in France...
Technical Knowledge

What is Chinese code?

  To ensure the traceability of organic products, cnca requires certification bodies to assign a unique code to each certification mark in accordance with unified coding requirements when issuing certification marks to enterprises that have obtained organic product certification or allowing organic production enterprises to print organic product certification marks on product labels, the...
Laws and regulations

cnca Notice on the Activation of the National Organic Product Certification Mark Filing System

   According to laws and regulations such as the Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China and the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Certification accreditation, in order to further strictly enforce the use of the national organic product certification mark and make it convenient for the public and relevant regulatory departments to query and identify organic products and their marks...