Standards, accreditations and market access

AsureQuality is accredited by IOAS for the scope of product certification. Registration number: 43. We are accredited by IOAS to certify to IFOAM (International Federation Organic Agricultural Movement)(external link) (external link) , the world’s leading organic organisation. To ease product acceptance for the AsureQuality Organic Standard we suggest that imported product is certified under an IFOAM accredited programme. Refer to the listed of accredited Certification Bodies. (external link)  

Please refer to https://ioas.org/accreditation/accredited-bodies/ (external link) for current information. 

AsureQuality is accredited by JASANZ for the scopes of inspection and product certification. Please refer to https://register.jasanz.org/accredited-bodies (external link) for current information. 

AsureQuality is a Recognised Agency for New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)(external link) (external link) to provide the required third party assurance, where government to government official assurance is required. 

Any operator exporting to the regulated markets covered by the Official Organic Assurance Programme (OOAP: OER:OPR) is required to register with MPI (external link)(external link) as an organic exporter and declare each consignment using an export certificate request. 

Markets and Reference Documents 

• Requirements for Exporting Organics incl Organic OMARs(external link)(external link)(external link)  

• European Union – EU Organic OMAR 

• Great Britain – GB Organic OMAR, MPI OOAP OER:OPR 

• Japan – Japan Organic OMAR, MPI OOAP OER:OPR (NB: NZ plant exports only and requires the Japanese importer to have JAS certification plus contractual arrangements in place to allow JAS labelling) 

• Switzerland – Switzerland Organic OMAR, MPI OOAP OER:OPR 

• Taiwan – Taiwan Organic OMAR, MPI OOAP OER:OPR  

• USA – USA Organic OMAR, (MPI OOAP OER:OPR & USDA NOP) 

• China – China Organic OMAR 

• OOAP Operator and Exporter Responsibilities(external link)  

AsureQuality can certify your products to gain market access to the USA via the OOAP (external link)

USDA NOP Guidance Documents (external link)

USDA NOP(external link)

AsureQuality can certify your products to gain market access to Canada.

Canada Organic Regime (COR) (external link)

The following markets have recently regulated but are not covered by certification from AsureQuality:

• Korean Organic Standard – AsureQuality has a working relationship with Korean based certifier WeCert to provide verification on their behalf in New Zealand).

New Zealand exporters considering any new market should contact Organic Exporters Association of New Zealand for the most up to date information. Email or visit Organic Trade NZ website.(external link) (external link)

AsureQuality is also able to provide assurance of Product Acceptance to Soil Association (external link) for:

• Livestock Production (Sheep & Cattle)
• Processed Agricultural Products

AsureQuality does not certify directly to the Soil Association Certification Standard, but product acceptance is useful if you are supplying a Soil Association certified operator in the UK.