TOS INTERVIEW – IOAS MOVES INTO REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE IOAS is well-known as a non-profit organisation providing independent accreditation and assurance services for organic and sustainability claims on an international scale. …
ACA & EOCC COLLABORATE ON HARMONISING GROWER GROUP CERTIFICATION by Cindy Elder & Anna Schaab, Accredited Certifiers Association Certification of organic grower groups requires specialist knowledge The Accredited Certifiers Association (ACA) …
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO EU REGULATION by Robin Fransella, RF Organic I’m quite happy indoors thanks On 11 May 2026, the Special Committee on Agriculture of the Council of the …
What’s behind regenerative food label claims? Day out at the Center for Regenerative Agriculture, Missouri – are we all on the same page? by TOS Staff Reporter Everybody has heard …
UPFs vs organic – surely a golden opportunity? We all need saving – can the organic sector help? by Simon Wright, Founder, OF Plus Ltd, United Kingdom Post World War …
Changes, decisions & roadmaps in the EU by Marian Blom, Project Officer with Bionext, Netherlands In January we briefly reported in TOS on the EU Commission proposal for changes to …
Circumstances of fraudulent behaviour – using past cases to detect fraud today by Bo van Elzakker The article in TOS 205 Analysis of a likely fraud: a Grain …
Case studies on investigating pesticide residues in organic products by Tom Nizet, Bio-Engineer In August 2024, a group of experts published a guidance document that centralised existing, albeit scattered, …
Analysis of a likely fraud: Grain case Eastern Europe Geographical theatre for a possible fraud Introduction This is the write up of an AOI presentation for IOIA inspectors, early February …
HOW REGULATORS ARE FACILITATING TRADE: ORGANIC PRODUCTION STANDARDS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS IN SRI LANKA, MOROCCO, TUNISIA AND INDIA by Tom Nizet, Bio-Engineer Introduction In 2024 and 2025, I had the …
