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Our international strategy and business consultancy Organic Services draws on more than 30 years of experience in the (organic) food industry. With our newsletter, we regularly provide critical analyses of trends and developments in the organic sector and beyond. We give you insights into fais, conferences and congresses that we've been to around the globe, and update you on relevant projects and partnerships. Furthermore, you can find news on our integrity solution that aim at creating more sustainability and transparency along supply chains.

Yours sincerely,

Gerald, Frank, Mildred and team


Ecert Basic Insider August 2021

  • The future of organic audits and inspections
  • Do earth observation data have the potential to enhance organic certification and the integrity of supply chains?
  • Interview: Don’t wait for a disaster – go digital, now!
  • Ecert Basic in a nutshell
  • BIOFACH eSPECIAL review
  • Check Organic for certifiers
  • New on Ecert Basic

Ecert Basic Insider Summer Edition 2020

  • BIOFACH review 2020
  • Fraud jumps to new heights amid Corona crisis
  • Who is who in the zoo? Register activities between your clients' facilities and sub-contractors
  • Will COVID 19 push digitalisation to the next level?
  • Intact mobile App
  • Ecert Basic: Organic Services conducts on-site training in Bangkok
  • EU farm to fork strategy
  • Face the Climate Emergency

Ecert Basic Insider February 2020

  • See you at BIOFACH?

  • The use of Ecert® and Ecert Basic is spreading

  • Database with advanced data export functions

  • New Websites

  • Deadline management

  • Ecert app is coming

Ecert Basic Insider July 2019

  • New @ Ecert Basic: BIOLATINA

  • Lessons learned from MAYACERT

  • Agroecology Conference in Kenya

  • Ecert Basic tips and tricks

  • It's time to say goodbye

Ecert Basic Insider May 2019

  • BIOFACH 2019

  • Latest version of Ecert Basic

  • Science Slam: fighting food fraud

  • Mayacert

Ecert Basic Insider January 2018

  • BIOFACH Conference 2018: Presentation "How to get and stay competitive, and serve your clients - local certifiers need to professionalize"

  • New module integrated in Ecert Basic: Laboratory and Samples, Automated Reminders, and Online Customer Portal

  • On-site Support

Ecert Basic Insider July 2017

Ecert Basic Insider June 2017 (in Spanish)

  • Nuevas funcionalidades de Ecert Basic

  • Sesiones de capacitación para CertAll (Certification Alliance) en Tutzing

  • Nuevos clientes de Ecert Basic: Biotropico y Mayacert

  • Ferias y conferencias

Ecert Basic Insider February 2017

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22 Apr 2020

We support the aims of FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE!

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30 Mar 2020

Were you not able to participate at BIOFACH 2020? Are you wondering what to do with your time in...

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13 Mar 2020

Check Integrity and Check Organic - our systems using mass balancing to detecting fraud in the...

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28 Feb 2020

Many old friends as well as new faces have visited our stand at BIOFACH 2020 this year and joined...

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26 Feb 2020

Yet another organic fraud case that could have been prevented with mandatory mass balancing of...

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20 Feb 2020

On the initiative of its director Ivan Garaev, the Institute of Organic Agriculture (IoA), CERES and...

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5 Feb 2020

Visit our stand at BIOFACH 2020 and join our events in the Congress Centre NCC Ost!

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19 Dec 2019

The aim of the EU-funded project: to improve the integrity of the European food chain

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5 Dec 2019

Our directors Mildred Steidle and Gerald A. Herrmann are internationally renown for their expertise...

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25 Nov 2019

Horizon 2020 is an EU financing program coupling research and innovation to secure Europe’s global...

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11 Nov 2019

Bio Eco Actual is an independent newspaper for the organic sector. Based in Barcelona, it is...

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16 Oct 2019

We support the HONESTFOOD Campaign

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23 Sep 2019

Gerald A. Herrmann from Organic Services gave a presentation on how food fraud can be prevented...

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29 Aug 2019

Curious to read some of our latest news on organic integrity?

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21 Aug 2019

Is this the way to target fraud with organics in the EU?

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19 Aug 2019

Effective prevention measures and warning mechanism are as important as tracing criminals down

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7 Jul 2019

Eco-minded consumers demand more transparency

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11 Jun 2019

We will participate at the 1st International Conference on Agroecology in Africa. It will take place...

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14 May 2019

We bring you news on our integrity management solutions and projects.

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10 May 2019

We bring you some news on Ecert Basic clients and functionalities.

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