National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia

The National Association for Sustainable Agriculture, Australia (NASAA) is an Australian and international organic certifying agency and trade association, located in Stirling, South Australia.

NASAA logo

Background

Formed in 1986, the National Association for Sustainable Agriculture, Australia (NASAA) is a non-profit membership based association, whose charter is "to support the education of industry and consumers on organic, biodynamic and sustainable agricultural practices".[1] The scope of NASAA's standard covers the organic supply chain, including input manufacturers, producers, processors, and wholesale and retail operations. NASAA was the first organic certification entity in Australia,[1] it was also one of the first certifiers in the world to be accredited by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM).[2] It certifies production and processing operations in 10 countries globally, including Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, and USA.[3]

Accreditations

NASAA offers organic certification to a number of Australian and international standards via its certification arm NASAA Certified Organic (NCO).[4] NCO is nationally audited and accredited under the Australian Department of Agriculture (DOA) Organic and Bio-dynamic Program.[5]

NCO is also accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out organic certification services under that country’s National Organic Program (NOP),[6] and by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) to offer certification to operators who are compliant with the Japanese Agricultural Standard (JAS).[7]

NCO are accredited by IFOAM in seven categories of organic certification: Aquaculture, Certification Transference, Crop production, Grower groups, livestock, Processing and handling, and Wild products.[2]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". NASAA. National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "2015 Membership Directory". IFOAM. IFOAM Organics International. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "IFOAM ACCREDITED CERTIFICATION BODIES". IFOAM. IFOAM Organics International. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Accreditations". NASAA. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Organic and Biodynamic Produce". Australian Government Department of Agriculture. Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "List of USDA-Authorized Organic Certifying Agents by Country of Operation". United States Department of Agriculture. USDA. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "List of Registered Certifying Bodies (domestic and overseas)" (PDF). JAS - Certification system. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
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