The National Programme for Organic Production (hereinafter referred to as ‘NPOP’) provides for Standards for organic production, systems, criteria and procedure for accreditation of Certification Bodies, the National (India Organic) Logo and the regulations governing its use. The standards and procedures have been formulated in harmony with other International Standards regulating import and export of organic products. This document also proposes to provide an institutional mechanism for the implementation of National Standards for Organic Production (hereinafter referred to as ‘NSOP’.

At Earthy Tales, we take the authenticity of our produce seriously and these tests are one of the several mechanisms for us to assure the quality of our products. As a self-compliance testing process, which we pioneered 5 years back, we get a sample produce tested every 2-3 months for pesticides, added colours etc and share the results here.