ECOCERT is an organic certification organization, founded in France

France

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 in 1991. It is based in Europe but conducts inspections in over 80 countries, making it one of the largest organic certification organizations in the world.

ECOCERT's co-founder and CEO is William Vidal.http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:RiPB6ZJ01_0J:www.qai-inc.com/pdfs/QAI-EcoCert_Partnership.pdf+ecocert+%22william+vidal%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us It began as a partnership between European nations, but has gradually expanded to many other nations around the world. The company's French headquarters are located in L'Isle Jourdain, Gers

Gers

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, France,http://www.ecocert.fr/Contact.html and its ECOCERT INTERNATIONAL division which was previously based in Northeim

Northeim

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, Germany

Germany

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, is shifted now to L'Isle Jourdain.

ECOCERT primarily certifies food and food products, but also certifies cosmetics, detergents, perfumes, and textiles. The company inspects about 70% of the organic food industry in France and about 30% worldwide. ECOCERT is also a leading certifier of fair trade food, cosmetics and textiles as per ECOCERT Fair Trade standards.

Subsidiaries

ECOCERT has subsidiaries in several countries:

• India- ECOCERT INDIA
• Brazil - ECOCERT BRASIL
• Canada - ECOCERT CANADA
• Colombia - ECOCERT COLOMBIA
• Ecuador - ECOCERT ECUADOR
• France - ECOCERT France S.A.S.
• Germany - ECOCERT DEUTSCHLAND
• Japan - ECOCERT JAPAN/ECOCERT-QAI JAPAN Ltd.
• Portugal - ECOCERT PORTUGAL/SOCERT
• Romania - ECOCERT EUROPE DU SUD EST
• South Africa - ECOCERT SOUTH AFRICA-AFRISCO PTY Ltd
• Spain - AMBICERT

External links

• ECOCERT official site
• ECOCERT history (French)