Coffee/Shade-Grown Coffee Certification Packet

  1. Six Steps to Certification
  2. Basic Application   (Required)
  3. BioSuisse Application
  4. JAS Application
  5. Standards and Bylaws
  6. Supplemental Forms and Information

Basic Application (Required)
  1. OCIA Coffee Farm Organic System Plan (OSP)
  2. OCIA Coffee Farm Organic System Plan Update - for renewal applicants only
  3. OCIA CGG Coffee Farm Organic System Plan (OSP) - only for CGG operations
  4. OCIA CGG Coffee Farm Organic System Plan Update - for renewal CGG applicants only
  5. Field History Form
  6. Operator Licensing Agreement (OLA)
  7. Certification Invoice

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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 Individual Producers
  3. BioSuisse Checklist for Processing and Trade (available as a PDF file or as a MS Word document)

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JAS Application

  1. JAS Certification - OCIA Japan Foreign Production Process Manager (FPPM) Organic Agricultural Products Application for FARMERS
  2. JAS Certification - OCIA Japan Foreign Production Process Manager Application For PROCESSORS
  3. JAS Certification Foreign Repacker Application
  4. JAS Certification Renewal Application
  5. JAS Certification Agreement
  6. JAS Grading Record
  7. JAS Annual Grading Report

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UTZ CERTIFIED™ Application

  1. UTZ CERTIFIED Application - Coffee

Supplemental Forms and Information
  1. Transaction Certificate Guidelines
  2. Transaction Certificate Authorization (TCA) form
  3. Request for Transaction Certificate Correction
  4. Complaints Procedure
  5. OCIA Appeals Process Procedure
  6. Using the OCIA Seal
  7. Using the NOP (USDA) Seal
  8. Certified Operator Complaint Log
  9. Guidance on Putting Your Audit Trail in Place
  10. Bill of Lading   (BOL)
  11. Buffer Strip Record
  12. Yearly Field Activity Log
  13. Farm Input Record
  14. Bin Register
  15. Farm Sales Record Summary
  16. Farm Equipment Clean-Out Record
  17. Organic Product Ingredients
  18. Prior Land Use Affidavit (PLUA)
  19. GMO Protection Guidelines
  20. Non-GMO Affidavit
  21. Organic Seed Search and/or Purchase Record
  22. Off-Farm Transportation Cleaning Affidavit
  23. Application for Document Review
  24. Certificate Acceptance, Certificate Transference, and Document Review Procedure
  25. Notification of Change of Key Information Form
  26. JAS Invoice - OCIA Japan (for OCIA Chapter Associates)

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OCIA International, Inc.
Organic Crop Improvement Association
1340 North Cotner Boulevard
Lincoln, NE, 68505-1838
USA
Telephone: (402) 477-2323 • Fax: (402) 477-4325
E-mail: info@ocia.org • Web Site: http://www.ocia.org