====== ORGANIZED GROWER GROUP ======
ORGANIZED GROWER GROUP (OGG)
Grower Groups are organized group of farmers /producers
who intend to produce organic products/engage in organic
processes in accordance with the National Standards of
Organic Production.
The grower group shall be
based on the Internal Control System (ICS) and shall
apply to grower groups, farmers’ cooperatives, contract
production and small-scale processing units. The
producers in the group must apply similar production
systems and the farms should be in geographical
proximity. Individual farms with land holding of 4 ha
(10 acres) and above can also be a part of the group but
will have to be inspected separately every year by the
accredited Certification Body. The total area of such
farms shall be less than 50% of the total area of the
group. The grower group shall consist of minimum 25 and
maximum 500 farmers. Processors and exporters/traders
can own/ manage the Internal Control System (ICS) but
will have to be inspected annually by the external
Certification Body. Separate certificates (Scope and
Transaction Certificates) are required to be issued for
the ICS, processors and traders to maintain the
traceability of the product flow.
DOCUMENT
NOTE : The purpose of this list is to make the operator aware about the certification requirements and documentation. The documents mentioned in the list given below shall be maintained by the operator and be submitted to the Certification Body at the time of inspection.
1) 7/12
extract
2) Farmer list with
Aadhar number and GPS
location)
3) Company
registration
4) Organization
chart
5) Application & CVs
of the staff
6) Appointment
orders of the
staff
7) Conflict of Interest
& Confidentiality of the
staff
8) Annual training
schedule of the staff
9) Staff
training record
10) ICS Manual
11)
Project area map
12) Approval
committee
13) Risk management &
Sanction procedure
14) Traceability
system
15) Plantcert Table (Farmer list
with crops details)
16) Farmer list with
GPS location
17) ICS annual
report
18) Schedule of annual
internal inspection
19) Summary
of internal
inspection
20) Farmers &
training schedule
21) Farmer
training record
22) Seed
purchase record
23) Seed
distribution record
24) Input
purchase record
25) Input
distribution record
26) Non-GMO
declaration for purchased off farm
input
27) List of distributed
inputs with
details
28) Procurement
record
29) Sales
record
30) Farmers &
complaint register
31) Buyers
& complaint
register
32) Copy of subcontract
if any
33) Label
draft
34) Filled Application of
farmer
35) Farmer &
agreement
36) Risk assessment by
ICS
37) Filled internal
inspection reports
38) Copy of
internal organic
standards
39) Filled Farmers
diaries
40) ICS registration
certificate
41) ICS Office rent
agreement (Notary or Registered)
42)
Contract letter between ICS and Mandator (Notary or
Registered)
PROCEDURE
