Certification is your assurance that the food you are buying has been produced and processed without the use of synthetic chemicals, fertilizers, or GMOs. Standards to achieve this designation are rigid, and are ensured through annual inspections of the farmer and the processor by an independent third party inspector. Detailed records of handling and farming practices must be kept as further verification that the product meets at minimum Canadian organic requirements. If you hope to market your product to other countries, then those standards must be complied with as well.

• The organic inspector
• The certification agency
• Certification organizations
• See http://www.ocia.org for samples of organic certification standards.
• PowerPoint presentation Organic Certification for Producers