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Annex Chapter 2: Traceability (Previous Annex S06)
SA-S-SD-20 This annex includes additional binding content related to the implementation of the Requirements in Chapter 2 of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard: Traceability. This document includes: Traceability (Previous Annex S06) (Related to requirements 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3) The new version (v1.2) was published in order to add that mass balance is now permitted for cashews […]
Annex Chapter 3: Income and Shared Responsibility (Previous Annex S14)
SA-S-SD-21 This annex includes additional binding content related to the implementation of the Requirements in Chapter 3 of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard: Shared Responsibility. This document includes: Shared Responsibility (Previous Annex S14) (Related to requirements 3.2 and 3.3) This updated version of Annex Chapter 3 was published in order to clarify that for bananas and […]
Online Traceability Exception for Tea Certificate Holders
This policy exception has been developed to support the traceability reporting process for tea certificate holders.
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2020 Certification Rules
This document replaces the certification rules portion of the previously published Certification and Auditing Rules.
2020 Certification and Auditing Rules
The Assurance System of the 2020 Certification Program introduces numerous innovations to ensure that certification is more context-specific, data-driven, and risk-based.