The IOAS Accreditation Committee decided to suspend the accreditation of HKORC for the following schemes:

• IFOAM Accreditation – Aquaculture
• ISO/IEC 17065 Accreditation – Aquaculture

HKORC will continue operating as normal throughout this period of suspension with the exception of accepting and certifying new applications.  While suspended, no new applications may be accepted, no certificates may be issued to new applications that are in progress on the date of this letter and no extensions of scope may be issued to existing operators.