Organization chart

Organizational Structure

FOFCC has four functional departments internally: Certification Administration Department, Quality Control Department, Human Resources Department and Administration Department. Quality Control Department: Responsible for follow‑up review of organic production and processing quality of certification clients; formulation, revision and management of internal quality system documents; management of technical files; acceptance of applications, appeals and complaints. Certification Administration Department: Responsible for formulating and issuing certification inspection assignments, assigning certification inspectors for on‑site inspections and collecting necessary samples; reviewing certification inspection reports and relevant information and documents before submitting them to the Technical Committee. It issues certification certificates, sales certificates or organic anti‑counterfeiting traceability labels (organic codes) to production and processing units and products that meet certification standards in accordance with management procedures. Human Resources Department: Responsible for human resources management; daily maintenance of the FOFCC website; disclosure of certification information; domestic and international information exchange; internal technical training; cooperative research. Administration Department: Responsible for accepting organic certification applications; personnel file and document management; financial management; logistics support. FOFCC also establishes a Management Committee to guarantee the standardization and impartiality of certification activities. Members of the Management Committee consist of agricultural experts, environmental experts, representatives of regulatory authorities, consumer representatives and representatives of FOFCC certified enterprises. No single party holds a dominant position. The committee does not engage in the day‑to‑day operations of the company and only monitors major decisions. Its purpose is to ensure that FOFCC carries out certification activities in a standardized, impartial and fair manner. Its main responsibilities are as follows: (1) Supervise FOFCC’s implementation of policies and regulations on organic food certification issued by CNCA. (2) Collect feedback from all sectors of society on FOFCC’s organic product certification work, and put forward rectification suggestions and measures. (3) Supervise whether FOFCC conducts certification work in a standardized, impartial, fair and independent manner. (4) Have the right to stop irregular conduct of FOFCC and its staff and report such matters to CNCA.