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What to Expect
Retail operations can be certified following an initial inspection once assessed as meeting the Standards criteria.
The growth of the organic industry has seen a corresponding growth in the number of traders and handlers of organic produce and products. Given the high profile that organics has in the community, it is often the retailer who is perceived as the representative for the industry.
NASAA certifies organic retail traders through its retail certification program*.
The development of Standards specific to this sector recognised a need to regulate the integrity of these industry ambassadors to ensure that, firstly, consumers have a guarantee of the purchase of genuine organic product and, secondly, that genuine organic suppliers are protected from other conventional suppliers claiming 'organic' or 'natural' status.
The Standards set out requirements for the handling, packing, storage and warehousing of product, separation of 'organic' from 'conventional' product, and use of display identification and labelling.
Due to their nature of operation, Restaurants and Markets must meet additional requirements particularly in relation to labelling and documentation under NASAA's trading standards.
Certified retail traders may use the NASAA Organic Trader label for marketing and publicity purposes.
* NASAA's retail, restaurant and market certification standards currently fall outside of the scope of IFOAM Accreditation. The trading program has been based upon standards originally developed by the Organic Retailers and Growers Association of Australia (ORGAA), whose operations merged with NASAA in 2002. NASAA will facilitate the continued development of the trading standards.
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In Focus:
Organics at the Market. VIC
Organics at the Market is a successful retail operation, located at the Queen Victoria markets, which has specialised in the sale of fruit and vegetables since 1993. The operation was one of the original outlets certified through the ORGAA (Organic Retailers & Growers Association, Australia) program - which formed the foundation for NASAA's current trading standards. More >> |
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