Certification according to the National Organic Program (NOP) of the United States

General information

The "National Organic Program" is part of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). After a several years lasting process of consultation with all stakeholders of the organic industry this standard came into force in the year 2002.

All producers, processors and traders, that want to export to the United States, have to be certified according to NOP. As well all suppliers of raw materials of a processor have to be certified according to NOP. There are some exemptions from that rule, please contact us for more information regarding that special point.

Particularities

The NOP standard differs in several points from the EU regulation or the JAS standard. Examples are i.e. the handling of manure or buffer zones.

Very important for NOP is the so called "Organic System Plan". The company has to describe all organic procedures that guarantee the organic quality.

The Organic System Plan has to be sent to BCS. We check if your procedures are in accordance with the NOP standard before an inspection can take place.

For details about the NOP standard, please have a look at the NOP website.

If you have any questions, please contact us! We are waiting for your call or email.