CNCA Updates Directory of Certified Organic Products

On the 13th of December, CNCA released the fifth Update of the Directory of Certified Organic Products, deleting and adding food products eligible for organic certification. After this date certification bodies will start accepting applications for newly added products and no longer accept applications for organic certification of products which have been removed from the list.

Eligibility for organic certification of any products removed from the list has been rescinded as of the date of announcement even if the product obtained certification eligibility approval prior to the release of the “Update”. Cancelled products currently circulating in the market can be sold until expiration.

Fifth Update of the Directory of Certified Organic Products (excerpts)

Product Name	Product Range blue=added red=deleted
Mixed Cereals	Hongbai.
Potato and Taro	Jerusalem Artichoke.
Alliaceous vegetables	clavateleaf oberonia.
Other Fruits	Kadsura coccinea, Fly honeysuckle and others.
Other dry fruits	Cocoa.
Forage Plants	Paper Mulberry.
Wild collected plants	Millettia Reticulata, Gentiana Scabra, Prunella vulgaris and others.
Herbal Chinese Medicine	Anaphalis lactea, Dahurian Angelica, Microcos neroosa and others.
Herbal Chinese Medicine	Isatis Tinctoria
Sea water fish	Cobia.
Amphibians and reptiles	Giant Salamander.
Other vegetable beverages	Soy milk, Walnut Milk and Chrysantemum powder.
Processed liquid milk and cream	Beverages containing milk
Milk powder and its products	Solid Products containing milk
(Moved to) Other food products	Chocolate.
Wine	rosé Wine

We remind our readers that CNCA is the only institution authorized to grant organic product certification in China. Organic certifications issued by any other international organic certification body are not recognized in China. For more information, check Administrative Measures for Organic Product Certification.