Introduction
CERES carries out inspections and certifications according to different governmental and private standards, such as regulation EEC 834/07, USDA-NOP Final Rule, Japanese Agricultural Standard for the production of organic Foodstuff (JAS), or Good Agricultural Practices like GlobalG.A.P.
Additionally, CERES provides inspection services to several national or international private standards of farmers' associations or certification bodies (such as Demeter, Naturland, BIO SUISSE, QAI, etc.). With Soil Association Certification CERES signed a "Contract for Symbol Programme Product Acceptance".
To enable our clients quick access to the requirements of the respective standard(s), CERES worked out two types of documents:
• Brief Information papers
• Standard Inspection Programs
The presented services will be divided into
