COR - Canada Organic Regime

Under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR), any food, seed, or animal feed that is labeled organic is regulated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Under Part 13 of the SFCR, products must be certified as organic according to the Canadian Organic Standards. The SFCR also outlines the organic certification system known as the Canada Organic Regime. The purpose of the Canada Organic Regime is to regulate all parties involved in the certification of organic products (including operators, Certification Bodies and Conformity Verification Bodies) and to verify all applicable regulatory requirements, standards and guidance documents are being met.

GCL International’s accredited scope for COR includes:

You can apply online for the COR Certification. We will use the application details to produce a quotation.

Once the quotation has been accepted, we will ask you to return a signed copy of the quotation and our Scheme Rules.

The following documents are supplied prior to the initial certification:

• Briefing information about the COR Standard;
• Standard and Operator handbook;
• Organic System Plan

• Opening meeting
• On-site Audit
• Preparation of Audit Report (including Findings)
• closing meeting

Following the completion of the inspection, a report detailing the findings is provided. Subject to the closure of any nonconformances or findings (if any), a Scope Certificate is issued.

Whenever the client wishes to have its artwork approved, the proposed artwork and Labeling Release form shall be submitted to GCL International Ltd. for approval.

• The certified client may request a Transaction Certificate by emailing us.
• Send a Transaction Certificate Request form and associated documents to us.
• If approved by us, the Transaction Certificate is issued to the client.