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Our world-wide activities are accredited by the Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS) according to EN 45004 and EN 45011 (ISO 65), which is the international standard for certification.
Furthermore, the overall high quality of IMO’s performance is continuously monitored and acknowledged by the German Accreditation System for Testing (DAKKS), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF), the Accreditation Services International (ASI) for MSC and FSC and many other private label schemes.
Furthermore, the overall high quality of IMO’s performance is continuously monitored and acknowledged by the German Accreditation System for Testing (DAKKS), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF), the Accreditation Services International (ASI) for MSC and FSC and many other private label schemes.
| List of our accreditations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Scheme |
Accredited/ authorised by | Remarks, Scope, Links |
| Agriculture | ||
| Governmental Regulations | ||
| EU Organic Regulation (EEC) N° 834/07 and 889/08 | SAS | Agricultural produce and secondary products Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Japanese Agricultural Standard (JAS) | MAFF | Agricultural produce and secondary products Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| National Organic Program (NOP) | USDA | Agricultural produce and secondary products Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Schweizer Bio Verordnung (EDV) | SAS | Agricultural produce and secondary products Regional scope: Switzerland, Liechtenstein >> Link to standard |
| Landwirtschaftliche Deklarationsverordnung (LDV) | SAS (international), BLW | Animal Food Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| CARTV (former CAAQ) | CAEQ | Agricultural produce and secondary products Products can be sold as organic in Quebec (Canada) |
| Private Standards | ||
| Bio Suisse International | Authorisation: Bio Suisse Accreditation: SAS |
Agricultural produce and secondary products Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Bio Suisse National | Authorisation: Bio Suisse Accreditation: SAS |
Agricultural produce and secondary products Switzerland, Liechtenstein >> Link to standard |
| Demeter International | Authorisation: Demeter Accreditation: SAS |
Agricultural produce and secondary products Worldwide Inspection: IMO; Certification: Demeter >> Link to standard |
| Demeter Schweiz | Authoristaion: Demeter Accreditation: SAS |
Agricultural produce and secondary products Switzerland, Liechtenstein Inspection: IMO, Certification: Demeter >> Link to standard |
| KRAV | KRAV | Agricultural produce Worldwide Inspection: IMO, Certification: KRAV >> Link to standard |
| Naturland | Authorisation: Naturland Accreditation: SAS |
agricultural produce and secundary products worldwide Inspection: IMO, Certification: Naturland >> Link to standard |
| Soil Association | Soil Association | Product acceptance of agricultural products Countries with IMO offices/representatives (not GB) >> Link to standard |
| GLOBALG.A.P | SAS | Fruit and vegetables Worldwide >>Link to standard |
| Utz Certified | Utz Certified | Coffee, cocoa, tea Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Common Code for the Coffee Community (4C) | 4C | Coffee Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Bird Friendly | Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center (SMBS) | Coffee Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Migros Bio | Migros |
Processing and trading of agricultural products Switzerland, Liechtenstein >> Link to standard |
| Suisse Garantie | Suisse Garantie | Agricultural products Switzerland and free trade zones in Southern Germany >> Link to standard |
| SwissGAP | SwissGAP | Agricultural products Switzerland and free trade zones in Southern Germany >> Link to standard |
| Rainforest Alliance | Rainforest Alliance/ SAN | General agrigulture: All crops under the SAN scheme Countries in Africa as defined by Rainforest Alliance; India Inspection: IMO >> Link to standard |
| Starbucks | SCS-Scientific Certification Systems/ USA | Coffee, cocoa >> Link to standard |
| Aquaculture & Fisheries | ||
| Governmental Regulations | ||
| Eu Organic Regulation (EC) No 834/07 and 889/08 | SAS | Aquaculture Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Private Standards | ||
| MSC-COC | ASI | Chain of Custody (CoC)
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| MSC Fisheries | ASI | Fisheries |
| Naturland | Authorisation: Naturland Accreditation: SAS |
Aquaculture Worldwide Inspection: IMO, Certification: Naturland >> Link to standard |
| Naturland | Naturland | Fisheries Worldwide Inspection: IMO, Certification: Naturland >> Link to standard |
| AquaGAP | Bio-Foundation Switzerland | Aquaculture Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Whole Foods Market Aquaculture | Whole Foods Market | Aquacultur Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Bio Suisse | Authorisation: Bio Suisse Accreditaion: SAS |
Aquaculture Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| GLOBALG.A.P | SAS | Aquaculture Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Cosmetics | ||
| BDIH | PreCert | Natural and organic cosmetics Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| NATRUE | NATRUE | Natural and organic cosmetics Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| VidaSana | VidaSana | Natural and organic cosmetics Worldwide |
| Forest Management, Wood Products, Print & Paper | ||
| FSC | ASI | Forest Management (FM) and Chain of Custody (CoC) Worldwide (except Chile for FM) >> Link to standard |
| PEFC | SAS | Chain of Custody (CoC) Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Naturland | Naturland | Forest management, timber processing Worldwide Inspection: IMO, Certification: Naturland >> Link to standard |
| Social & FairTrade | ||
| Fair for Life, Social & FairTrade Certification | Bio-Foundation, Switzerland | Food and Non-Food Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| For Life, IMO Social Responsibility Certification | Bio-Foundation, Switzerland | Food and non-food Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) | Corporations | Food and non-food Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Naturland Fair | Naturland | Agricultural Products Worldwide Inspection: IMO, Certification: Naturland >> Link to standard |
| Hand in Hand | Rapunzel | Agricultural products Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Textiles | ||
GOTS |
SAS | Natural textiles Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| IVN Best Practice | SAS | Natural textiles Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Organic Exchange: OE 100, OE Blendet | Organic Exchange | Natural textiles Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Coop Baumwolltextilien | SAS | Natural fibers and eco-friendly textiles Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Demeter (textiles from Demeter fibres and wool) | Authorisation: Demeter Accreditation: SAS |
Natural Textiles Germanspeaking countries Inspection: IMO, Certification: Demeter >> Link to standard |
| Naturland | Naturland | Natural textiles Worldwide Inspection: IMO, Certification: Naturland >> Link to standard |
| Wild Collection | ||
| Governmental Regulations | ||
| EU Organic Regulation (EC) No 834/07 and 889/08 | SAS | Wild plants Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Private Standards | ||
| IMO Guidance Manual Wild Collection | SAS | Wild products Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| FairWild (incorporates ISSC-MAP) | FairWild Foundation | Wild plants Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Special Schemes | ||
| Aha! | n/a | Food and non-food (processed food, Gastronomie, Hotel, technische geräte, Kosmetik) Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Bio Natur Plus (Manor) | n/a | Food Switzerland >> Link to Standard |
| ConCert | n/a | Sampling of export products for analysis Worldwide |
| IVN Leather | SAS | Natural textiles Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| OVP for organic agriculture | n/a | commercial farm inputs (EU regulation, NOP, JAS) Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Traceability (WorldTrace) | n/a | Traceability software: all products, whole supply chains, all schemes Worldwide >> Further information |
| UEBT | UEBT | Native natural ingredients Worldwide >> Link to standard |
| Food Saftey (in partnership) | ||
| ISO 9000 | In Cooperation with TÜV Süd | |
| ISO 22000 | In cooperation with ProCert | |
| FSSC 22000 | In cooperation with ProCert | |
| Synergy 22000 | In cooperation with ProCert | |
| HACCP | In cooperation with ProCert | |
| IFS/BRC | In cooperation with ProCert and TÜV Süd | |
Other Services
Other services are available upon request. Please contact us at imo@imo.ch.
