LibanCert

Profile

LibanCert / Quacerta is an Organic Inspection and Certification body that operates with Lebanese Professionally Qualified Staff; its Mission is to provide Organic Farming operators' (farmers, Processors, traders) organic certification services with affordable prices.

It is a limited liability company, registered in the Lebanese Government under the no. 100 50 49.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 September 2009 06:56 )

 

Our Services

LibanCert will be able to provide Organic Operators a range of certifications recognized worldwide to its collaboration with an internationally Swiss Accredited certification Body bio.inspecta AG.


The Inspection and certification service are done in relation to:

  • Lebanese Organic Standards  
  • European Regulation for Organic Farming, NOP - National Organic Certification Program;
  • Japanese Standards for Organic Farming, JAS Japanese Orga nic Certification Program;
  • Private Standards (e.g.Demeter, BioSuisse)
  • EUREP-GAP


Other services will also be provided:


  • Input(Fertilization and Plant Protection Substances) approval
  • Training for operators, technicians and inspectors.
 

Collaborations

LibanCert collaborates with FIBL the Swisss Organic Agriculture Research institute for consultancy services and with an internationally accredited Swiss Organic Certification Body, Bio Inspecta for re-certification services until it is Internationally accredited.
LibanCert is economically supported by SECO the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, for the first five years operations till it becomes self sustainable.

 

Permitted agents in organic farming

Libancert is working on a catalog of inputs authorized in organic farming and available on the Lebanese market. Any manufacturer or distributor want to include an input in the organic inputs list to be recognized according to the EU regulation and the Lebanese Standards, he has only to fill the form with all the required documents and send them to LibanCert by post or by E-mail