Inputs

Note: All inputs applied must be reviewed by OCIA to determine that they are approved under the organic standards requested. Some inputs are restricted and certain criteria must be met to be compliant under the standards. Before purchasing and applying materials, update your Organic System Plan and submit all documentation you have about the input to OCIA for review. To speed up the review, it is best to use inputs that are already approved. The following material reviews are accepted by OCIA for the organic programs noted when part of an approved Organic System Plan.

Recordkeeping Templates

OCIA has the following templates available for your use:

In English:

• Yearly Field Activity Log
• Adjoining Land Use Affidavit
• Buffer Strip Record
• Combine Clean-Out Affidavit
• Farm Equipment Clean-Out Record
• Farm Input Record
• Field History Form
• Non-GMO Affidavit and-or Declaration of Seed Treatments
• Off-Farm Manure/Animal Bedding Affidavit
• Off-Farm Transportation Cleaning Affidavit
• Organic Seed Search and-or Purchase Record
• Prior Land Use Affidavit
• Off-Site Storage Affidavit – Farms

Additionally, OCIA has some optional NOP-livestock forms available:

• Grazing Days/ Grazing Season Record
• Livestock Feeding Record
• Livestock List
• Pasture Rotation/Grazing Schedule/Animal Movement Record
• Non-Ruminants: Temporary Confinement/Outdoor Access Restriction Record
• Ruminants: Temporary Confinement, Outdoor Access, and/or Pasture Grazing Restriction Record

 Helpful Documents from other websites:

• Organic Vegetable Operation Record Keeping Systems from Jim Riddle and Joyce Ford

 In Spanish:

• Registro Anual de Actividades de Parcela
• Declaracion Jurada para el Uso de la Tierra Colindante
• Registro de Faja Amortiguadora
• Registro de Limpieza de Equipo de Finca
• Registro de Insumos de Finca
• Forma de Historial de Campo
• Declaracion Jurada de No-GMO y-o Declaración de Tratamientos de Semillas
• Declaración Jurada para Estiércol y Cama de Animales de fuera de la Finca
• Declaracion Jurada de Limpieza de Transporte Fuera de la Finca
• Registro de Busqueda y-o Venta de Semillas Organicas
• Declaracion Jurada del Uso Previo de la Tierra
• Declaración de almacenamiento fuera de sitio – fincas
• Lista de chequeo de documentos

• UE (CE) Solicitud de Exención de Semillas

Guides

Canadian Organic Growers has created the Guide to the Canadian Organic Standards. It uses plain language to explain the standards, as well as provide background information and examples. It is not a replacement for reviewing the standards, but it may be useful to operators. Please note that it is COG’s interpretation of the standard. It is not an official guidance document, so OCIA’s interpretation of some standards may differ.

Additionally, the Organic Federation of Canada (OFC) has links to the standards and related articles, as well as the Standards Interpretation Committee questions and answers.

Policies & Information

Política de Certificación de de Grupo de Productores Comunitarios (CGG)
HOJA DE INFORMACION PARA GRUPOS COMUNITARIOS DE PRODUCTORES

Organic claims enforcement (COR) on the CFIA website. This page includes information about operations no longer certified to COR and verify whether a certificate is valid under COR (very helpful for handlers/processors who buy ingredients!).

Crop Registries

Field Watch – Specialty crop producers and beekeepers in some US states and SK in Canada can choose to register so pesticide applicators are aware of their location