Dc no. 3

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refers to the procedure by which a government agency having jurisdiction formally recognizes the competence of an Organic Certifying Body (OCB) to provide inspection and certification services.

Accreditation

refers to a request by the applicant, or entity for reconsideration of any adverse decision related to its desired certification or accreditation status. Adverse decisions include refusal to accept an application, refusal to proceed with an inspection or audit, changes in certification or accreditation scope, decisions to deny, suspend or revoke certification, and any other action that impedes the attainment of certification or accreditation.

Appeal

refers to a core PGS group applying for accreditation with the BAFS that is registered with the municipality or city government where they are predominantly located.

Applicant

refers to a team organized by the BAFS which is composed of BAFS personnel and member(s) of Technical Working Group (TWG) for Accreditation, responsible for the conduct of audits.

Assessment Team

An audit comprises of

Office Audit, Witness Audit

refers to an audit relative to the thorough examination and verification of documentation and records of the OCB in the office where critical processes are being carried out

Office Audit

refers to an audit relative to field observation of the OCB carrying out peer review (inspection) within its scope of accreditation.

Witness Audit

means any cause justified due to a legitimate business reason or a requirement by law or regulation due to natural events such as flood, typhoons, earthquake, force majeure i.e. quarantine application due to epidemic disease, mandatory lockdown in response to Covidl 9 pandemic, and other analogous cases.

Authorized Cause

refers to a procedure by which a government agency or an OCB provides written or equivalent assurance that farms, or production and processing systems conform to relevant PNS on organic agriculture.

Certification

refers to a process whereby a committee evaluates the submitted peer review reports and issues a decision on the issuance of the Participatory Organic Certificate.

Committee Review

refers to a committee organized by BAFS to handle and evaluate the complaints or appeals received by BAFS and recommend decisions to BAFS Director for appropriate action in accordance with the relevant policies and guidelines.

Complaints and Appeals Committee

refers to the basic grouping unit in the PGS with at least five (5) farmers whose farms shall have a combination of crops and livestock (per item (y) of Rule 3.1 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the amended Organic Agriculture Act of 2010) production certified organic by BAFS within the municipality, city or province. It may add to its membership farmers from other sectors in agriculture, NGOs, people's organizations, buyers of organic agriculture products, suppliers of organic inputs, among others, who all live or operate within the province and regularly interact with the concerned PGS group

Core PGS Group

refers to a plan containing corrections and corrective actions to address the identified noncompliance (NC) within the agreed timeframe.

Correction and Corrective Action Plan

refers to national organization of local government units (LGU) actually initiating or engaged in organic agriculture; or any private group or organization actually engaged in organic agriculture, as direct farm producer, as a promoter/advocate of the ways, methods and principles of organic agriculture, or as a marketer of organic agriculture produce.

Entity

refers to a small farmer/fisherfolk member of a registered PGS group.

Farmer-member

refers to encroachment, breach, or violation ofrelevant laws, regulations, or contracts.

Infringement

refers to the examination of farms, food and non-food products, food control systems, raw materials, processing, distribution, and retailing, including in-process and finished product testing, to verify that they conform to the requirements for being organic. Inspection includes the examination of the production and processing systems.

Inspection

refers to the documents approved by consensus by the PGS group, which can be repeatedly used to provide rules, guidelines, or characteristics of a product, process, or production method fit for their purpose

Internal Standards

means any reason that is legally acceptable or sufficient

Just Cause

means recognition of the core PGS group as a "legal entity" with separate juridical personality, as such the group may own properties, transact, and commit acts expressly authorized by law through the Business Permit ("Mayor's Permit") from the municipality or city where the five (5) members of the PGS group is primarily located, or regularly interact or conduct business with.

legal personality of the core PGS group

refers to the documented management systems and procedures of the PGS group.

Manual of Operations

refers to the non-fulfillment or failure to meet a requirement of applicable PNS relevant to organic agriculture and other regulatory requirements.

Noncompliance

refers to a physical office where critical processes covered by the scope of accreditation are carried out, and records of the PGS group are kept These critical processes include, but are not limited to, policy formulation, planning, contract review, review, appointment of peer reviews, committee reviews, and decision on the results of reviews. It may be owned, rented, or leased ( or any other legally enforceable arrangement).

Office

refers to physical evidence supporting the existence or veracity of something and may be obtained through observation, measurement, test, or other means.

Objective Evidence

refers to a locally focused quality assurance system which is developed and practiced by people actually engaged in organic agriculture. It is built on a foundation of trust, social network and knowledge exchange. It is used to certify producers and farmers as actual and active practitioners of organic agriculture.

Participatory Guarantee System (PGS)

refers to a documentary proof that a member of the accredited core PGS group or a farmer member of the accredited PGS group is compliant with the requirements, standards, and norms of organic farming/agriculture. It shall be issued by a government agency or by an authorized OCB, after the conduct of an investigation and certification activity on the application for certification by the accredited core PGS group. It shall have a validity of three (3) years.

Participatory Organic Certificate (POC)

refers to a legal association or cooperative of registered farmer members and other stakeholders in a Participatory Guarantee System.

PGS Group

refers to a process where farmer members assess the farming practices of their peers to verify compliance to the applicable PNS for organic agriculture, and the internal policies and procedures set by the PGS group.

Peer Review

means the municipality or city where the five (5) members of the core PGS group are primarily located or regularly interact or conduct business with.

Predominantly located

refers to a complete withdrawal of the accreditation granted to a core PGS group.

Revocation

refers to a temporary invalidation of the accreditation granted to a core PGS group.

Suspension

refers to a set of activities to monitor continued compliance of accredited core PGS groups with the requirements for accreditation. It may include office and witness audits.

Surveillance

refers to a confirmation of the applicant's submitted objective evidence of the implemented corrections and corrective actions.

Verification

The BAFS through the Accreditation Section of Organic Agriculture Division (OAD-AS) shall pre-screen the submitted application documents and acknowledge receipt of complete documents within _______. A tracking number shall be assigned to an application for accreditation. The same number shall be used as the accreditation number indicated in the certificate(s) to be issued by BAFS once approved.

one (1) working day

The assigned inspector(s) shall submit the inspection report to the OAO-AS within _________ after the conduct of inspection.

five (5) working days

The applicant shall be required to submit a CCAP for all NC within _______ after receipt of the results of the inspection.

five (5) working days

The CCAP shall be reviewed and approved by the OAD-AS within _______ upon submission.

three (3) working days

Witness Audit Witness audits shall be carried out to at least ______ or the square root of the total number of peer reviewers, whichever is higher. The witness audit shall be conducted to determine whether the submitted Manual of Operations are adhered to during the peer review process and verify the competence of the peer reviewers.

five (5) peer reviewers

The assigned Assessment Team shall submit the audit report to the OAD-AS within ________ after the audit(s).

five (5) working days

In case of a denied application, the OAD-AS shall formally notify the applicant the result of the accreditation including all details and their right to appeal to BAFS to be signed by the Director of BAFS. The applicant may reapply after _________ from the receipt of the denied status and shall follow the procedure from Step 1, except when an appeal has been filed and in-process

three (3) months

The validity of the Accreditation Certificate shall be ________ subject to a_nnual surveillance audits. The POC shall be valid for _______ subJect to annual monitoring. The renewal of the POC of the core PGS group members shall be processed in accordance with the certification procedure of the PGS group.

five (5) years, three (3) years

The suspension shall be for a maximum period of ________ from the date of its effectivity as determined by BAFS and may be lifted earlier upon closure of NC or reason for suspension. However, failure of the PGS group to undertake and implement appropriate compliance within the suspension period shall result in the revocation of their accreditation.

six (6) months

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