1.3 Continuing Certification Application
Section 1: Application and General Information
Notifications
Guidance and Additional Regulations
Resources and Links
Latest Updates
Added detailed questions about business structure and connected parties
Worksheet Questions
Legal Name of Operation
Name of Parent Company, if applicable.
Trade names or ‘doing business as’ names, if applicable.
Name of Authorized Representative/Title
Mailing Address: Enter the legal mailing address of the operation. This may be a PO Box or street address. Include suite or apt # if applicable. Provide City, State, Postal Code, and Country
Phone #
Email
Does the authorized representative manage organic production and/or handling?
Is/has the authorized representative ever been a responsibly connected party for any certified organic operation? Responsibly Connected: Any person who is a partner, officer, director, holder, manager, or owner of 10 percent or more of the voting stock of an applicant ora recipient of certification oraccreditation.
If the authorized representative of this operation owns or partially owns any other business entities involved in agriculture and food (organic or non-organic), list them here.
Alternate Contact/Title
Phone # of Alternate Contact
Email for Alternate Contact
Overview of the operation: Crop producers: Include organic and non-organic acreage; Handlers: include types of handling i.e. co-packing, processing, distribution only; Livestock: include types of livestock and approximate numbers of each/group
Legal status of the operation:
Sole proprietorship
Corporation
Cooperative
Trust or non-profit
Legal partnership (federal form 1065)
Other
Year business started
Number of employees
Website address
Do you have access to a copy of the current USDA NOP standard?
If a State Organic Program applies to your operation, provide the current registration or receipt of application. All operations located in California must register with CDFA (crops & livestock) or CDPH (handlers including traders): An organic certificate cannot be issued to California operations without a current state organic program registration
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