CARTV-Approved Certifying Bodies

Bodies Approved for Certification of Organic Agricultural and Food Products Sold on the Quebec Market

The following list shows every certification body accredited or recognized by the CARTV. The list is displayed in alphabetical order and will be updated each time changes are made to it.

Following this list are shown the certifying bodies that have applied to the CARTV for recognition, but for which decision has not yet been made.

Definition

Every CARTV approved certification body is reputed to manage an agricultural and food products certification system, one that was given either an approval from the competent authority in a country, state or province that has jurisdiction over agriculture, or an ISO 65 (EN 45011) type accreditation granted by a competent body, or both of them.

CARTV grants two types of approval: accreditation and recognition of conformity. Accreditation is granted only to those agencies that carry out certification activities in the Province of Québec. Conformity recognition, whose granting procedure is simpler, aims bodies which certify products that both come from outside Québec and are marketed in this province. Should a recognized certifier intent certifying organic agricultural and food products in Québec, it must apply to CARTV for accreditation.

CARTV's Recognition Scope

It is about the agricultural and food products categories that are currently dealt with in the Quebec Organic Reference Standard.

Only those products that belong to categories included may be labeled organic.

Explanatory notes for list

Information included in the table that follows:

Certification bodies that have applied but whose file is still under review: