DISPLAY INTEGRITY

prove mass balance checked
credibility
and transparency
along the entire supply chain


BOOST YOUR BUSINESS

improve your performance
accelerate your business growth
and find new clients
via the Check Organic Integrity Platform


INCREASE EFFICIENCY

save precious time and money
and make quick and sound
purchase decisions


DEVELOP YOUR FULL POTENTIAL

use Check Organic at large scale and
for any product with a specific quality claim:
organic and beyond


BE SAFE

Reduce your risk profile
and prevent the loss of precious data
which is secured through
ISO-certified hosting

Welcome to Check Organic, the global integrity platform!

Check Organic: Exposing Food Fraud(sters)

What is Check Organic?

Check Organic is a cloud platform that detects fraud within organic supply chains.

Why do we need a global organic integrity platform?

As showcased by many scandals, criminal fraudsters worldwide make big profits by selling less valuable, conventional products as high-quality organic ones. This development endangers the integrity and credibility of the entire organic sector and calls for international and local fraud prevention tools such as Check Organic.

Who can use it?

Organic farmers, processors, wholesalers, retailers and certification bodies as well as industry bodies: all supply chain actors striving for organic integrity and professionalism can contribute to and benefit from the Check Organic platform. Furthermore, the tool can be implemented by authorities and governments to increase organic integrity within and across borders.

Why should you use it?

If you grow, process, sell or certify organic products, you know about the value of the organic brand and its vulnerability to fraud. Dishonesty can only be fought with honesty; deception can only be tackled through transparency. By providing certification and transaction data to Check Organic, you join in the fight against organic food fraud, enable the detection of irregularities, reduce your risk profiles and save time and money for integrity-related, additional checks and testing.

How does it work?

Check Organic maps and links certification and transaction data of organic products along the supply chain. Based on the certified organic acreage, expected yield and real-time transaction data, the system calculates a mass balance and checks the plausibility of produced vs. sold organic quantities. Whilst a product travels along the supply chain, Check Organic displays each operators’ certification status and the products’ integrity status via an intuitive traffic light system; revealing food fraud even before the product is sold on the market.

Do not get involved into fraud scandals

 

"The organic sector is especially attractive to fraudsters, since organic products sell for higher prices than conventional ones. Unfortunately, the organic control systems that are in place are not designed for our globalised, digitalised world. Many scandals have already affected the sector. When certification and product transaction data is not shared by all parties, falsified documents travel easily along supply chains. Check Organic provides a tested tool to counteract this." (Gerald A. Herrmann, Director of Organic Services)

Going beyond organic with Check Integrity

 

Within the EU-funded FOODINTEGRITY project, we have proven that Check Organic can serve as a blueprint for any commodity that carries a specific quality claim. The tool can thus be applied not only within the organic sector, but throughout the entire food industry! We would like to encourage farmers, processors, traders and certifiers worldwide to provide data to the platform and to thereby create a transparency level that will not only ensure the integrity of supplies, but that will increase competitiveness towards those who prefer to conceal their business practices. But should honesty and transparency remain voluntary? No! We urge for a system-wide implementation of Check Organic/ Check Integrity by authorities such as governments, the EU, business sector associations or certification bodies.


Latest news
11 Aug 2021

Inspections: Remote, digital, or with earth observation data?

Read more
27 Jul 2021
9 Jul 2021

The shorter the better – this is a common conclusion when it comes to the integrity and crisis...

Read more
6 Jul 2021

Our topics: Revised EU organic regulation, New Group Integrity Implementation Partner for Oceania...

Read more
29 Apr 2021

In our spring newsletter, we reflect on the BIOFACH eSPECIAL 2021 which took place in February in a...

Read more

Our Videos

Check Organic: Exposing Food Fraud(sters)

Check Organic: Exposing Food Fraud(sters)

Check Organic - The global organic integrity platform (BIOFACH 2020)

Check Organic - The global organic integrity platform (BIOFACH 2020)

Science Slam International ISO-FOOD Symposium Gerald A. Herrmann, Organic Services

Science Slam International ISO-FOOD Symposium Gerald A. Herrmann, Organic Services


Expert Insights

Find the latest expert views on organic integrity by NOP, IOA, GfRS, OTA, CERES, Eurofins, YACAO, collected for you at BIOFACH 2020.

          Click here          


Our Memberships

As a member of IFOAM Organics, we are connected to hundreds of organic organisations from around the world.

Within the Space2Agriculture network, we exchange ideas on how aerospace can facilitate remote inspections.

Through IoT4Food, we explore how to make the best use of digital data, sensor technology, and artificial intelligence.


EU Funded Projects