German Organic Certification Organization
Foreign Certification Organization registered to Japanese Government
- Name:
- BCS Öko-Garantie GmbH
- Address:
- Cimbernstr. 21, 90402 Nuremberg, Germany
- Establishment
- 1990
- General Manager
- Peter Grosch
- Activities
- Certification works for organic agricultural products, processed foods, livestock products and feeds
- Overseas Office
- Spain, Romania, Brasil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, China, Thailand, South African Republic, Egypt, U.S.A., Japan, etc.
Total: 20 countries
- Countries undertaking Certification Works
(except EU countries): - Brasil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Egypt, Thailand, China, U.S.A., etc.
Total: more than 60 countries
- Outline of Company
- BCS Öko-Garantie was established by Mr. Peter Grosch in 1990. Today, more than 150 staffs stationed in Germany and overseas are doing certification works of organic products in more than 60 countries.
- Number of Clients
- More than 2,000 companies that include food processing companies, importers and exporters as well as more than 450,000 farmers.
- Examples of organic Products certified by BCS according to organic JAS
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- Coffee (Cuba, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Colombia, others)
- Orange Juice (Costa Rica)
- Agave Syrup (Mexico)
- Beer Malt (Germany)
- Banana (Ecuador, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, others)
- Soybeans (China)
- Vegetable Juices (Germany)
- Tea (China)
- Olive Oil (Turkey)
- Herbs (Colombia)
- Registered Foreign Certification Organization (RFCO)
- BCS Öko-Garantie was firstly registered in July 2002 as Registered Foreign Certification Organization (RFCO) of organic products and re-registered in April 2006 under New JAS Law by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. It is possible for overseas suppliers to affixed the JAS mark shown below to products and export them to Japan if BCS Öko-Garantie certified the products according to JAS Law and the Japanese organic standard.
- BCS Öko-Garantie Japanese Office
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- Riki-Bldg No.11, 7-5-34, Akasaka, Minato-ku,Tokyo 107-0052
- Tel: 03-5563-0868 / Fax: 03-3583-5555
- E-mail: fwig1585@mb.infoweb.ne.jp
- Head Office URL: http://www.bcs-oeko.de
