Certification The fundamental concept of organic product is that all producers use sustainable farming practices and prohibit the use of chemicals and artifical fertilisers. Any product or fresh produce carrying the logos of these certification bodies must comply with strict growing standards specified by each, this is also to verify the conformity of organic products. Certified abbreviations found on our range of products: ACO (formerly BFA) Australian Certified Organic BDRI BioDynamic Research Institute BIO GRO New Zealand’s largest certifying body CERTENZ New Zealand Organic Certifying body CCOF Californian Certified Organic Growers Demeter Biodynamic and Organic certification ECOCERT Ecocert Export Enquiries International (Europe) EKO Dutch Organic certification body IBD Instituto Biodynamica (European) ICEA Italian Institute for controlling and certifying Ethical Environments IFOAM International Foundation for Organic Agriculture IMO Institut fur Marktokologie GmbH (Germany) NASAA National Association for Sustainable Agriculture in Australia OCIA Organic Crop Improvement Association (USA) OFC Organic Food Chain (Australia) OFG Organic Farmers and Growers Ltd (UK) OHGA Organic Herb Growers of Australia OrgNZ Certified Agriquality New Zealand OVAA Organic Vignerons Association of Australia QAI Quality Assurance International (Canada) SKAL Certificate Organic Products (Netherlands) SOIL Soil Association Organic Standard (UK) SFQ Safe Foods Queensland (Australia) TOP Tasmanian Organic Producers USDA United States Department of Agriculture IC after the abbreviation indicates in conversion