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MSOCB will provide a scope of certification for Crop Production which is applicable to

•Individual Grower

•ICS Group/ Grower Group for small Holder Group Certification

•Wild Collection Units

Individual Grower

An individual operator or farmer who intends to get organic certification has to submit the following necessary documents along with the application form:

1. Farm Legal Documents

2. Detailed Farm Map

3. Farmer PAN Card with Passport Size Photo

4. GPS Reading (latitude, longitude of the farm)

5. Supporting documents (Route Map, Farm Diary, Copy of Purchase Bills/Invoices)

Grower Group (ICS)

An Internal Control System (ICS) is the part of a documented quality assurance system that allows an external certification body to delegate the periodic inspection of individual group members to an identified body or unit within the certified operators.

Importance of ICS Management

•To smoothen the process of Project implementation

• To maintain transparency in the system

• To assure the quality of the Produce

Requirements for Group Certification

• The Group shall have a registered legal entity and farmers in the group should be in close geographical proximity and similar production system

• The Group shall have a minimum of 25 members and maximum of 500 members.

• A minimum of 2 inspection shall be conducted annually by the internal inspectors before the inspection by external Certification Body.

• In order to implement the ICS effectively, the staff has to be appointed such as Quality Manager, Internal inspectors, Approval Manager, Field officers, Purchase officers, Warehouse Manager, Processing Manager

• An internal standard has to be prepared in local language

• Training has to be given to all the ICS Staff

Wild Collection

•Collection of non-cultivated materials of plant origin should positively contribute to the maintenance of natural areas and attention should be paid to maintenance and sustainability of the ecosystem.

• Collected food products should not be harmful to human health

• Products shall only be certified organic if derived from clearly defined collection areas, which are not exposed to prohibited substance and which is subject to inspection

• The collection area shall be at an appropriate distance from conventional farming, pollution and contamination

• The Blue Print of Harvest/ Collection area has to be provided to the Certification Body.

Documents required for Registration

• EPIC/ Voter ID

• Photo of the responsible person

• Land Holding Record

• Field Map of the land

• Total forest map permitted by government

• List of collectors with full details

• Document of forming a society from Registrar of Societies

Certification Procedure