Processing/Handling Certification Packet

Operations which perform any type of processing operation, including: cooking, baking, heating, drying, mixing, grinding, churning, separating, extracting, cutting, fermenting, slaughtering, eviscerating, preserving, dehydrating, freezing, or otherwise manufacturing, including packaging, canning, jarring, or otherwise enclosing in a container, other than normal post harvest packing of crops performed by a producer.

1. Steps to Certification - Short Form (*.PDF file)
2. Basic Application (Required)
3. BioSuisse Application
4. JAS Application
5. Standards and Bylaws
6. Supplemental Forms and Information

Basic Application (Required)

1. OCIA Organic Processing/Handling Plan Questionnaire
2. OCIA Organic Processing/Handling Plan Update Questionnaire - for renewal applications only
3. Organic Labeling Checklist
4. Organic Product Ingredients
5. Associate Licensing Agreement (ALA)

BioSuisse Application

Please note: This documents are also available from BIO SUISSE's website.

1. Regulations on Implementation of BioSuisse Standards
2. BioSuisse Checklist for Processing and Trade (available as a PDF file or as a MS Word document)

JAS Application

1. JAS Certification Manufacturer Application
2. JAS Certification Repacker Application
3. JAS Certification Renewal Application
4. JAS Certification Renewal Application
5. Using the JAS Seal
6. JAS Certification Agreement
7. JAS Grading Record

Standards and Bylaws

LI>OCIA International Certification Standards
1. OCIA Bylaws
2. National Organic Program (NOP) Final Rule

Supplemental Forms and Information

1. Bill of Lading (BOL)
2. Transaction Certificate Guidelines
3. Transaction Certificate Authorization (TCA) form
4. Request for Transaction Certificate Correction
5. Complaints Procedure
6. OCIA Appeals Process Procedure
7. Appeals Procedure under NOP
8. Using the OCIA Seal
9. Using the NOP (USDA) Seal
10. Certified Operator Complaint Log Instructions
11. Certified Operator Complaint Log
12. Organic Product Ingredients
13. GMO Protection Guidelines
14. Non-GMO Affidavit
15. Off-Farm Transportation Cleaning Affidavit
-- Document review documents -->
16. Application for Document Review
17. Request for Certificate Acceptance
18. Request for Certificate Transference
19. Certificate Acceptance, Certificate Transference, and Document Review Procedure
20. Request for List of OCIA Certified Producers
21. Notification of Change of Key Information Form