–KH News Desk (cbedit@imaws.org)
Director General of Foreign Trade has laid out procedure for export of certified organic products.
““Organic Products” for export shall only be certified as such if Produced, Processed, Packed and labelled as per the standards laid down in the document “National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP)’, available on the website of APEDA www.apeda.gov.in as amended from time to time,” read the public notice.
The note further emphasized that a product will be allowed to be exported as “Organic Product” only
when accompanied by a Transaction Certificate (TC) issued by a Certification Body accredited by the National Accreditation Body (NAB) for Organic Products under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) of the Department of Commerce.
This will come into force with effect from 180 days from the date of issuance of this notification.
