GarantieBio and Ecocert are trademarks for the Ecocert Canada organic certification program. Our goal is to offer organic producers, processors and distributors an independent and private certification service.

The certification of organic products constitutes a marketing tool to help officially recognize farmers', processors' and distributor's efforts to give consumers high quality food.

These standards are the basis of our certification program. We believe that beyond the definition of organic farming, common sense prevails.

Organic production is a system that brings solutions to many of our social and environmental problems. Ecocert shares with its clients a concern for these important global issues, and we share the responsibility for action.

Québec specifications are divided into several parts :

• General Reference Standards for Organic Agriculture. Click here to download in pdf format.
• Reference Quebec organic Agriculture Permitted Substances List. Click here to download in pdf format.
• Reference Standards for Organic Plant Production.Click here to download in pdf format.
• Reference Standards for Organic Livestock Production. Click here to download in pdf format.
• Reference Standards for Organic Maple Syrup Production. Click here to download in pdf format.
• Reference Standards for Processing, Distribution & Retail Sales in Organic Agriculture. Click here to download in pdf format.
  
  

These standards are subject to periodic review and updating. The latest version always takes precedence.

Ecocert Canada is accredited according to ISO GUIDE 65 by the Conseil des appellations réservées et des termes valorisants (CARTV). This edition was reviewed.

To download the forms, you must have Acrobat Reader, version 5 or later.

Click here to download
"Ecocert Canada Certification Body Information Guide" in pdf format.

Links for Ecocert and the CARTV, CEE, JAS, COS and NOP standards