2024
- 2023 Farmer’s Competition Results February 15, 2024
Hong Kong Organic Resources Centre has been exploring various development possibilities for local organic agriculture, while farmers are also striving to find different farm management methods and farming technologies. Farmer’s Competition has been held for many years to encourage certified organic farms that have not violated the company’s certification standards in the past two years and to promote continuous improvement of farm management. The winners will receive a certificate and HK$400 prize. The winners of 2023 Farmer’s Competition are as follows (in no particular order):
- Regarding the revisions and effective date of the “Organic Crop Production, Aquaculture, Processing and Input Manufacturing Standards 2024” and the “Policy Manual 2024,” February 8, 2024
Thank you for supporting organic certification. This support greatly helps to enhance public confidence in organic products.
Our company has revised the “Organic Crop Production, Aquaculture, Processing and Input Manufacturing Standards 2024” and the “Policy Manual 2024.” The revised provisions will officially take effect on March 7, 2024. We have enclosed a summary of the main revisions to the standards and certification management manual for your reference. This will help you understand the changes in the certification application process and the implementation of the latest standard guidelines. The Standard and the Policy Manual are currently available for detailed review on our website (http://www.hkorc-cert.org).
Following the annual audit by IOAS in 2023, our company has successfully obtained approval from the IOAS Accreditation Committee to add the following certification categories:
- IFOAM Accreditation – Input Manufacturing
- ISO/IEC 17065 Accreditation – Input Manufacturing
The relevant provisions for these certification categories have been added to the “Organic Crop Production, Aquaculture, Processing and Input Manufacturing Standards 2024” and the “Policy Manual 2024.” If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our staff at 3156-2280.
2023
- Certification Reinstatement Notice of C05022 December 14, 2023
The organic certification of Tai Tong Organic Ecopark Company Limited (Certification No. C05022) has been reinstated since 14 December 2023.
- Certification Revocation Notice of C20015 October 21, 2023
The organic certification of Potato Farm (Certification No. C20015) has been revoked since 21 October 2023.
- Suspension Crops Certification of C21007 October 18, 2023
Lam Yuen(C21007): The crops certification has been suspended since 18 October 2023.
- IOAS lifted suspension decision October 11, 2023
The IOAS Accreditation Committee decided to lift the suspension of the accreditation of HKORC for the following schemes:
- IFOAM Accreditation – Aquaculture
- ISO/IEC 17065 Accreditation – Aquaculture
HKORC will continue operating as normal.
- IOAS Decision on addition of scope category October 11, 2023
The IOAS Accreditation Committee has approved the addition of scope category of HKORC. The additional scope category is:
- IFOAM Accreditation – Input Manufacturing
- ISO/IEC 17065 Accreditation – Input Manufacturing
HKORC will continue operating as normal. New Standard will be published in the beginning of 2024.
- Suspension Crops Certification of C20015 September 21, 2023
Potato Farm(C20015): The crops certification has been suspended since 21 September 2023.
- Certification Revocation Notice of A22002 September 4, 2023
The organic certification of Kam Tin North (Certification No. A22002) has been revoked since 4 September 2023.
- Certification Revocation Notice of C05022 August 10, 2023
The organic certification of Tai Tong Organic Ecopark Company Limited (Certification No. C05022) has been revoked since 10 August 2023.
- Certification Reinstatement Notice of A22002 July 4, 2023
The aqua certification of Kam Tin North (A22002) has been reinstated since 4 July 2023.
- Certification Revocation Notice of C20005 June 30, 2023
The organic certification of Lucky Farm ( Certification No. C20005) has been revoked since 19 May 2023.
- IOAS suspension decision May 19, 2023
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.
- Certification Revocation Notice of A22002 May 19, 2023
The organic certification of Kam Tin North ( Certification No. A22002) has been revoked since 30 June 2023.
- Certification Revocation Notice of A22002 May 19, 2023
The organic certification of Kam Tin North ( Certification No. A22002) has been revoked since 19 May 2023.
- 2022 Farmer’s Competition Results March 17, 2023
Hong Kong Organic Resources Centre has been exploring various development possibilities for local organic agriculture, while farmers are also striving to find different farm management methods and farming technologies. Farmer’s Competition has been held for many years to encourage certified organic farms that have not violated the company’s certification standards in the past two years and to promote continuous improvement of farm management. The winners will receive a certificate and HK$400 prize. The winners of 2022 Farmer’s Competition are as follows (in no particular order):
2022
- Suspension Crops Certification of C16008 September 1, 2022
Hong Kong Agricultural Tai Po Lam Tsuen Organic Farm(C16008): The crops certification has been suspended since 27 August 2022.
- Certification Revocation Notice of A18001 July 5, 2022
The organic certification of Hop Hing Aqua Farm ( Certification No. A18001) has been revoked since 5 July 2022.
- Notice of Website System Maintenance April 22, 2022
Due to system maintenance, part of our website will be temporarily unavailable during the following period:
Maintenance period: 08:00 – 18:00pm, 23 April, 2023 (Sat)
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your kind understanding and cooperation. - Certification Reinstatement Notice of C07025 March 29, 2022
The crop certification of Healthy Organic Farm (C07025) has been reinstated since 29 March 2022.
- Renewal fee reduction (2022-2023) due to COVID-19 pandamic March 21, 2022
Due to current COVID-19 pandamic, HKORC-cert Ltd decided to offer a discount of certification renewal fee for all certified operations. A total amount of 1500HKD would be automatically deducted from the fee charged for each renewal application in the year 2021-2023. By taking the lead in fee reduction, we wish we could ride out the storm together with all operators during the pandamic.
Please contact our staff 3411 7913 for any enquiry regard of the above arrangement.
- Suspension Crops Certification of C07025 March 7, 2022
Healthy Organic Farm(C07025): The crops certification has been suspended since 4 March 2022.
2021
- The Revision of Compost Quality Standard 2021 October 8, 2021
The Revision of Compost Quality Standard 2021 has been adopted in September, 2021 with the effective date 1st November, 2021. The EC value of salinity has also been revised from dS/cm to dS/m in page.3, Step II of the standard in 8th October, 2021.
- Certification Reinstatement Notice of C05015 July 15, 2021
The organic certification of Ko Cho Organic Farm (C05015) has been reinstated since 15 July 2021.
- Suspension Crops Certification of C16017 May 10, 2021
Leung Kee Farm (C16017): The crops certification has been suspended since 10 May 2021.
- Suspension Crops Certification of C12017 May 10, 2021
Lai Kee Farm (C12017): The crops certification has been suspended since 10 May 2021.
- Renewal fee reduction (2021-2022) due to COVID-19 pandamic March 4, 2021
Due to current COVID-19 pandamic, HKORC-cert Ltd decided to offer a discount of certification renewal fee for all certified operations. A total amount of 1500HKD would be automatically deducted from the fee charged for each renewal application in the year 2021-2022. By taking the lead in fee reduction, we wish we could ride out the storm together with all operators during the pandamic.
Please contact our staff 3411 7913 for any enquiry regard of the above arrangement.
- Certification Reinstatement Notice of OC04001 January 12, 2021
The mushrooms certification of New Life Farm (OC04001) has been reinstated since 12 January 2021.
- Certification Revocation Notice of C05015 January 7, 2021
The organic certification of Ko Chok Organic Farm ( Certification No. C05015) has been withdrawn since 7 Jan 2021.
2020
- Certification Reinstatement Notice of C08003 December 21, 2020
The organic certification of Lemon Farmer (C08003) has been reinstated since 21 December 2020.
- Suspension Crops Certification of OC04001 November 5, 2020New Life Farm (OC04001): The mushrooms certification is suspended since 5 November, 2020
- Certification Reinstatement Notice of OC05022 October 12, 2020The organic certification of Tai Tong Organic Ecopark Company Limited (OC05022) has been reinstated since 12 October 2020.
- Certification Reinstatement Notice of C05022 October 12, 2020
The organic certification of Tai Tong Organic Ecopark Company Limited (C05022) has been reinstated since 12 October 2020.
- Suspension Crops Certification of C17004 September 14, 2020ABC Organic Farm (C17004): The crops certification is suspended for Sprouts since 14 September, 2020
- Suspension Crops Certification of C14009 August 24, 2020261 Organic Farm (C14009): The crops certification is suspended with the reason of failed to provide the sales record since 24 August, 2020.
- Certification Suspension Notice of C18101 July 22, 2020
The organic mushroom certification of Green Patch ( Certification No. C18101) has been suspended since 22 Jul 2020.
- Renewal fee reduction (2020-2021) due to COVID-19 pandamic March 30, 2020
Due to current COVID-19 pandamic, HKORC-cert Ltd decided to offer a discount of certification renewal fee for all certified operations. A total amount of 1500HKD would be automatically deducted from the fee charged for each renewal application in the year 2020-2021. By taking the lead in fee reduction, we wish we could ride out the storm together with all operators during the pandamic.
Please contact our staff 3411 7913 for any enquiry regard of the above arrangement.
- Certification Revocation Notice of C14026 February 12, 2020
The organic certification of Innolife Organic Farm ( Certification No. C14026) has been withdrawn since 12 Feb 2020.
2019
- Certification Suspension Notice of A11001 August 14, 2019
The organic certification of So’s Aquafarm ( Certification No, A11001) has been suspended since 14 Aug 2019.
- Certification Reinstatement Notice of C09012 May 20, 2019
The organic certification of Lin Fa Yuen ( Certification No. C09012) has been reinstated since 20 May 2019.
2018
- The Establishment of Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture, Hong Kong Baptist University January 5, 2018
“Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture” (IBA) (http://iba.hkbu.edu.hk) was established at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2017. The overall goal of establishing the IBA is to use Organic Agriculture as a vehicle to cultivate the sustainability in the general public, preserve the indigenous bioresource and biodiversity as well as to strengthen the agricultural development in Hong Kong.