OS History
OS was founded in January, 2007 by Ukrainian organic oriented organisations in the frame of the Swiss-Ukrainian Project of cooperation and international technical support according to the Agreement between Ukrainian government and Swiss Confederation government about technical and financial cooperation from October 13, 1997 (financial support: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO, Switzerland)
Chronography
| Date |
Milestone |
Result 2011
|
95 Organic operators |
XII.2011
|
Registered trademark "Organic Standard" |
XII.2011
|
OS received registration number UA-BIO-108 |
| XII.2011 |
OS was included into the list of certification bodies published by the European Commission that allows OS clients to have simplified export procedure |
X.2011
|
OS has provide a training for organic producers in Uzbekistan |
| VII.2011 |
OS starts its activity in Belarus |
V.2011
|
New OS inspector was approved |
| IV.2011 |
New regional office in Lutsk was opened |
II.2011
|
First official List of off-farm inputs for use in organic agriculture in Ukraine according to EU Reg. (EC) 834/2007 and BIOLan standards was published on web-page |
Result 2010
|
84 Organic operators |
XII.2010
|
Company rebrand, was created new logo, style, updated web-page |
| VII.2010 |
New activity was started: inputs certification for organic production
|
VI.2010
|
First certified organic honey appeared on the market shelves
|
| III.2010 |
Organic Standard became a member of IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements) |
| Result 2009 |
69 Organic operators |
| XI.2009 |
OS web-site started to work |
| X.2009 |
Organic standard Ltd has gained the International Accreditation against Standards ISO Guide 65/EN 45011 |
| IX.2009 |
OS participate as speaker in 2nd International Conference on the organic sector development in Central/Eastern European and Central Asian countries |
| VII.2009 |
New activity was started: inspections according NOP, JAS and Bio Suisse standards |
| VI.2009 |
New activity was started: certification of beekeeping
|
| II.2009 |
OS visited Biofach exhibition first time
|
| Reult 2008 |
50 Organic operators
|
XII.2008
|
Third OS inspector was approved for doing inspections
|
X.2008
|
Memorandum of Understanding with BIOLan Association signed
|
IX.2008
|
New activity was started: certification of organic wild collection
|
IV.2008
|
Second OS inspector was approved for doing inspections |
Result 2007
|
38 Organic operators
|
VIII.2007
|
First OS inspector was approved for doing inspections |
V.2007
|
First contract was signed and first inspection was held
|
I.2007
|
Registered Organic Standard as first Ukrainian certification body for organic farming |
75 projects (crop production, animal husbandry, wild collection, processing and trade, Inputs), 30 000 ha certified
