The IFOAM Organic Guarantee System (OGS) is regulated by a number of internal IFOAM policies, which are under the responsibility of the IFOAM World Board. This page gives the overview of all OGS-related policies.
Policy 42: IFOAM approval of Certification Standards for inclusion in the IFOAM family of standards
Policy 20: The Revision of IFOAM Norms
Policy 28: Interpretation of IFOAM Norms
Policy 41: Use of the IFOAM Standard
Policy 12: Use of the IFOAM Seal
Terms of Reference of the OGS Committees:
The OGS functions with the help of 3 technical committees:
- the IFOAM Standard Committee, working on the development of the IFOAM Standard,
- the IFOAM Standards Requirements Committee, working on the IFOAM Standards Requirements (COROS), and
- the IFOAM Accreditation Requirements Committee, working on the development of the IFOAM Accreditation Requirements.
The Terms of Reference of these committees are also OGS policies under the responsibility of the IFOAM World Board.
Policy 44: TORs of the Standards Requirement Committee
Policy 45: TORs of the IFOAM Standard Committee
Policy 50: TORs of the Accreditation Requirements Committee
Additionally, IFOAM’s work on Participatory Guarantee Systems is supported by its PGS committee: