The Organic Standard is an international monthly journal that enables individuals and organisations to keep up-to-date on developments concerning worldwide standards and certification issues in the organic sector.

Permanent sections of the journal are:

• Country focus
• Certification & accreditation
• Standards & regulation
• Updates and opinion
• News shorts
• New on the job

It is sent out electronically to subscribers as a PDF file or print out version on request. The readership are international and national organisations and businesses concerned with organic standards, certification of organic products and international organic trade. This includes certifying bodies, organic consultants, government bodies, international organisations, exporting/importing businesses, supermarkets and trade associations, i.e. all those who need to be well informed about the issues on a global scale.

Previous issues of The Organic Standard

The Organic Standard published its first issue in May 2001. You can download the first pages from each TOS issue ever published. The bold numbers are full issues for your review.

The Organic Certification Directory

The Organic Certification Directory is the most comprehensive directory of organic certification bodies in the world, it is published in August every year. You can download a preview from the list above or Read more here.

You can also advertise in The Organic Certification Directory, click here for more information.

If you are a certification body that want to send in your current data, please click here.

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader for reading The Organic Standard. You can download it for free from www.adobe.com