Renewal of certification
Producers already certified will receive packets in the mail a few weeks before the update is due. However, if you are certified and are adding a component (e.g., processed products) or making significant changes to your farm plan or crop selection, you should use the forms found on the application page.
Renewal procedure
Once you have received the renewal packets in the mail we ask you to carefully review and update the information provided. Renewal packets included forms with pre-entered information previously provided to us, forms that need to be filled out every year, and in some cases new forms. It also contains a 2008 Practice manual and a OMRI product list. Please be sure to look at all of the documents provided to you. All the forms need to be filled out and returned to us with your annual fee. Please make sure your forms are mailed and postmarked by the following deadlines. If you mail your forms after the deadline, please include the appropriate late fee. Non- compliance notices may be issued to those operations that fail to file an update or surrender their certificates approximately 30 days after the deadline.
The following deadlines apply:
(These deadlines are regardless of when you were certified or when you filed an update in 2007. The only exceptions are those granted in writing by the MCS director).
Deadlines for 2008 Updates
| Certified Sugarbush Farm (Maple Syrup) |
14 February 2008 |
| Certified Dairy |
28 February 2008
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| Certified Farm |
14 March 2008 |
| Certified Processor/Handler |
May vary by producer, many are due 29 aug, 2008
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| Certified winter greenhouse production |
31 October 2008 |
After MOFGA certification services receives the updated renewal packets, the paperwork will be reviewed and an inspector will be assigned. The inspector will contact you to discuss the appropriate date and time for the inspections. Inspection process may be delayed up to six months to comply with the requirement that the inspection be conducted when the land, facilities , and activities that demonstrate compliance or capacity to comply can be observed.
If you have decided that you no longer want to be certified organic by MOFGA certification services, please contact us immediately and send in a " Surrender Certificate" form.