Third-party certification activities must be open, fair and just to be effective. Must have absolute power and prestige, must be independent of the first and second parties, and must have no economic interests with the first and second parties in order to gain the full trust of both parties. As such a third party, an organization registered and recognized in this country is called a "registered certification body".
In order to promote food cases, protect human health, and prevent environmental pollution and damage caused by pesticides, fertilizers and other chemicals, registered organic food certification institutions that have passed the qualification assessment systematically evaluated the applied agricultural products and their processed products according to the technical guidelines for organic food certification and the operating rules for organic agricultural production technology, and issued certificates. This process is called organic food certification. Certification is based on standardized inspection, including on-site inspection, traceability system and implementation of quality assurance system.
The certification scope of organic food includes the whole process of planting, breeding and processing. The general procedure of organic food certification includes: the producer applies to the certification body, submits the certification materials that conform to the organic production and processing, and the certification body examines the materials and approves them after on-site inspection.
Most of the organic food produced in China is exported. Enterprises wishing to engage in organic food production, processing and certification can consult the Plant Inspection Department of Liaoning Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (Dalian), the Environmental Certification Department of China Import and Export Quality Certification Center (Beijing), the Organic Food Development Center of the State Environmental Protection Administration (Nanjing) or the Agricultural Production Research Institute of China Agricultural University (Beijing).
The standard development of organic products in China has gone through a process from decentralization to standardization. Before 2004, there was no unified organic product standard in China, and various institutions formulated their own organic certification standards. With the development of China's organic industry and the establishment of China's National Certification and Accreditation Administration (CNCA), CNCA promulgated and implemented the trial standard "Certification Standard for Organic Food" in 2004, and tried it out nationwide. After a year of exploration and practice, on the basis of organic food certification standards, CNCA officially issued the national standard GB19630.1-4—2005+0-4-2005. So far, this standard has become the only standard for the production, management and certification of organic products in China.