NATRUE Certification
BioGro is accredited by NATRUE* to provide health and body care products with natural certification which meets an internationally recognised standard.
BioGro is proud to be the only Australasian organisation accredited by NATRUE to certify health and body care products (cosmetics) as natural.
Natural certification by BioGro provides consumers with the assurance and confidence that a health and body care product meets internationally recognised standards. Verification of this is achieved through BioGro’s robust and independent certification process.
The benefits of NATRUE certification also include access to over 2400 certified organic and natural raw materials, giving you certainty and ease when creating recipes, alongside international recognition of the NATRUE brand in major export markets such as the EU, and inclusion of your products on the NATRUE website, giving your brand visibility.
For more information on NATRUE, please visit our refer to our NATRUE FAQs.
Below we explain how your NATRUE journey would look from start to finish.
*within the scope of the accreditation for product certification issued by the IOAS - Registration no. 23
Expression of Interest
Tell us you're interested in NATRUE certification.
We are available for contact on weekdays between 9-5, with a whole team eager to help you. The quickest route for contact is to register your interest.
Alternatively, you can email us using info[at]biogro.co.nz or call us on 04-801 9741.
Certification Webinar
If you or your business are new to organics, our Organic Certification Webinars are a great opportunity to learn more about the certification process, hosted by experts from the BioGro team.
If this sounds like something that you could benefit from, be sure to sign up - so, what are you waiting for?
Initial Assessment
BioGro work closely with NATRUE, to create an easy streamlined process to help you reach Natural Certification. Below is how this journey would look from start to finish.
We will ask you to complete an application form, we will invoice you on receipt of your application.
We assess your application document following payment of certification. If your products are confirmed as compliant, we ask you to sign a NATRUE Label Agreement and BioGro License Agreement. Once complete, you will be issued with a preliminary certificate.
A BioGro auditor visits your manufacturing site to carry out an on-site inspection within 6 months of receiving your preliminary certificate.
Following a satisfactory audit report, we issue you with a final certificate.
Cost
The annual cost of certification is $2,279 plus ingredient fees, auditor fees, a one-off application fee and G.S.T (auditor fee calculated by region).
For the NATRUE label usage fee (charged every two years by the NATRUE head office) please refer to the website.
Timeframe
This is dependent on a variety of factors that include supplying the correct documentation and auditor availability. At a minimum, it will take 40 working days.
What we will ask for
Complete formulation sheet (product formula)
Complete approved raw material sheet (for all ingredients used in products)
Raw Material Data File (RMDF) for each ingredient, signed by the manufacturer or trader
Non-GMO declaration for each ingredient (form available on request
Webinar Training
We regularly put on NATRUE webinar training for existing and new clients. The training covers the following;
NATRUE certification procedure and application documents
How to read the NATRUE labelling guide 1 (NATRUE criteria & annexes)
How to read the NATRUE labelling guide 2 (Criteria for formula & raw ingredients)
If you are interested in signing up for the webinar training, please contact info[at]biogro.co.nz.
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