Organic Framing

National Standards for Organic Production (NSOP)

• In India, standards for organic agriculture were announced in May, 2001 and the National Programme on Organic Production (NPOP) is administered by Agricultural and Processed food products Export Development Authority (APEDA) using the IFOAM basic standards under the Ministry of Commerce.
• It includes definite principles, basic standards of production, documentation, inspection and certification guidelines.
• The Government has set the frame conditions in which the organic sector of a country operator which include content and legal status of organic standards, the regulations concerning the use of organic claims and labels, the legislation on consumer protection and the accreditation system.
• As per the national accreditation policy, all certifying agencies operating in India are to obtain accreditation from any one of the accrediting agency appointed by the Government of India (E.g. Spice Board, Coffee Board, Tea Board, APEDA, etc.).