CERTIFICATES

Our manufacturing plant is certified to produce

CERTIFICATES USDA ORGANIC

IN THE UNITED STATES

The USDA is responsible for organic certifications. Products made entirely with certified organic ingredients and methods can be labeled “100% organic”.

“100% organic” is a bit of a misnomer, as most skincare products contain water, and water can not be certified as organic. Water and salt are not counted when determining if a product contains 100% organic ingredients.

To be labeled “Organic”, a product must contain only 95% organic ingredients. The end product may contain up to 5% of non-organically produced agricultural ingredients which are not commercially available in organic form; and/or some non-synthedic products allowed by the government.

ECOCERT

is a certification body, accredited by COFRAC according to the standard EN 45011 for its activities of organic farming certification guaranteeing independence, impartiality, and competence. Ecocert elaborates standards based on social and environmental objectives. Gaining the trust of both operators, and consumers, Ecocert is now a worldwide reference for organic certification that brings international recognition to your products, systems, and services.
Certification steps:
• References
• Acknowledge the general regulations.
• Acknowledge the Standard, and its requirements
(you can request it on our website www.Ecocert.com under ECOPRODUITSCosmetics).
• Requesting an estimated cost: Fill in the pre-inquiry questionnaire, and send it back to us. You will receive an estimated cost for your activity.
• Signing the cosmetics contract.
• Preparing the audit: validation of ingredients, formulas' projects, and labels by our Cosmetics Certification Department.
• Enabling audit made by an Ecocert's cosmetics' inspector, or a subcontracted inspector depending on the client's country.
• File treatment: the certificate listing your products will be delivered to you once any non-compliance is corrected. You may begin commercializing your organic beauty products.

THE GREAT PRINCIPLES TO ECOCERT'S NATURAL
AND ORGANIC COSMETICS certified by Ecocert

To privilege ingredients coming from renewable resources, and transformed by respecting processes of the environment: Ecocert verifies, from one side, each ingredients' origin used on a formula, and imposes that at least a minimum of 95% of ingredients' total have a natural origin (the remaining 5% of ingredients could be of synthesis under reserve to belong to a positive restrictive list of the Standards), and from the other side, the manufacturing processes.

To privilege the use of ingredients coming from organic farming, better guarantee of the respect of ecological values: Ecocert imposes a minimum of ingredients coming from Organic Farming:

Natural Cosmetics Label: min. 5% of total of ingredients must come from Organic farming, meaning at least 50% of vegetal ingredients on the formula.

Natural & Organic Cosmetics Label: min. 10% of total of ingredients must come from Organic Farming, meaning at least 95% of vegetal ingredients on the formula.

Be transparent in front of consumers.

To do yearly inspections on all manufacturing, conditioning, and distribution facilities, in order to assure the respect of the Standards. Ecocert is present in over 80 countries around the world with offices, and subsidiaries. Ecocert is permanently represented by offices and subsidiaries located in 22 countries, and it extend to more than 90 countries.