Mushroom Certification Packet

  1. 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 Mushroom/Sprout Production Organic System Plan (OSP)
  2. OCIA Mushroom/Sprout Production Organic System Plan Update - for renewal applicants only
  3. Operator Licensing Agreement (OLA)
  4. Certification Invoice

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BioSuisse Application

Please note: These 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)
  4. Production of edible mushrooms

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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 - OCIA Japan Foreign Production Manager Application For ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS
  4. JAS Certification Foreign Repacker Application
  5. JAS Certification Renewal Application
  6. JAS Certification Agreement
  7. JAS Grading Record
  8. Annual JAS Grading Report

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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. Farm Input Record
  12. Bin Register
  13. Farm Sales Record Summary
  14. Farm Equipment Clean-Out Record
  15. Combine Clean-Out Affidavit
  16. Organic Product Ingredients
  17. Prior Land Use Affidavit (PLUA)
  18. GMO Protection Guidelines
  19. Non-GMO Affidavit
  20. Organic Seed Search and/or Purchase Record
  21. Off-Farm Transportation Cleaning Affidavit
  22. Application for Document Review
  23. Certificate Acceptance, Certificate Transference, and Document Review Procedure
  24. Notification of Change of Key Information Form
  25. 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