Inspection and certification bodies in Santa Cruz

California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) is a nonprofit organic certification body headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, that provides organic certification services along with GLOBAL G.A.P. and PrimusGFS food safety certification for farmers, growers, and handlers.

AIB International, Inc. is a food safety auditing, certification, and consulting provider headquartered in Manhattan, Kansas. It conducts GMP and food safety facility audits, including against its own Consolidated Standards audit scheme, and offers food safety programs development and consulting services.

Foreign-entity (AmSpec Group, US HQ) inspection and testing company operating a genuine Australian subsidiary, AmSpec Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 83 063 402 424, active), running a NATA-accredited grain inspection and sampling site for preshipment testing of agricultural commodities.

Anresco Laboratories is an ISO 17025-accredited analytical food testing laboratory (est. San Francisco) that operates a Los Angeles-area branch office performing pesticide residue screening and food safety testing relevant to fresh produce and agricultural products.

Bureau Veritas is a global testing, inspection and certification group whose food and agriculture division covers GLOBALG.A.P. and food safety certification. Its BVAQ agri-food laboratories in Southeast Asia perform pesticide residue and contaminant testing on fruits and vegetables for export markets.

Control Union is a Netherlands-based certification and inspection group present in over 80 countries. It offers GLOBALG.A.P. and organic certification, commodity inspection, laboratory testing, and fumigation services across agricultural supply chains.

Official USDA-authorized grain inspection agency for the State of Georgia, providing grain sampling, phytosanitary inspection, protein/oil analysis, and export documentation for shipments moving through the Port of Savannah.

D.R. Schaal Agency's Georgia office in Pooler is the official inspection provider for the Port of Savannah, offering phytosanitary inspection, stowage examination, and grain/commodity inspection and weighing for export markets.

D.R. Schaal Agency's South Carolina branch office serves the Port of Charleston with phytosanitary inspection, stowage examination, and grain/commodity inspection and weighing services for domestic and export markets.

Ecocert is a France-based certification body operating in more than 130 countries, best known for organic agriculture certification. It also certifies producers to the GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance standard.

Environmental Micro Analysis (EMA Labs), operating since 1988 from Woodland, California, performs pesticide residue analysis on raw agricultural products, processed foods, and plant tissue for growers, shippers, and food processors.

Eurofins Scientific operates a network of laboratories across 60-plus countries and is a leader in pesticide residue testing. Its food and feed laboratories test fruits and vegetables against maximum residue levels for export markets such as the EU, US and Japan.

IEH Laboratories & Consulting Group operates an ISO/IEC 17025-accredited laboratory in Lake Forest Park, Washington, in the Seattle metro area, performing pesticide residue analysis on raw agricultural products and processed foods using EPA, FDA, USP, AOAC, and CDFA methods.

Intertek is an accredited GLOBALG.A.P. certification body operating in over 100 countries. Its fruit and vegetable services include microbiological, residue and contaminant testing plus organic food testing for fresh produce supply chains.

Independent marine cargo surveying firm operating out of Oakland since 1997, providing cargo inspection, condition surveys and insurance-adjustment consultation for goods moved by ship, rail or truck across Northern and Central California.

Maritime cargo inspection and surveying firm from its Long Beach corporate office, performing pre-load and hold inspections plus commodity quality grading for bulk cargo including agro-fertilizer products (general cargo inspection, not produce-specific).

An ISO/IEC 17025-accredited food testing laboratory in Seattle offering food and allergen analysis for food industry clients.

Mérieux NutriSciences runs a global network of ISO 17025 accredited food laboratories. It provides multi-residue pesticide testing and other food safety analyses on fruits, vegetables and other matrices for regulatory compliance.

Nonprofit maritime cargo inspection organization with a Houston branch performing container, hazmat, and grain cargo condition surveys and loading certificate inspections at the Port of Houston.

NSF is an accredited GLOBALG.A.P. certification body for agriculture and aquaculture producers. It runs an extensive global food safety audit network and offers farm certification schemes including GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance and Chain of Custody.

Oregon Tilth is a nonprofit organic certification body headquartered in Corvallis, Oregon. It is listed by the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) as an Approved Certification Body operating in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Perry Johnson Registrars Food Safety, Inc. (PJRFSI) is a food safety certification body headquartered in Troy, Michigan, that audits against GLOBALG.A.P., USDA organic, SQF, BRCGS, and other food safety programs. It operates as part of the Perry Johnson Family of Companies.

Porter Logistics operates an on-site laboratory and quality-assurance program at its Pooler, Georgia warehouse near Savannah, providing incoming shipment inspection and product sampling and testing.

SCS Global Services is a third-party sustainability and food-safety certification body headquartered in Emeryville, California. It has been accredited as an organic certifier under the USDA National Organic Program, and traces its history to 1984 as Ohlone Inc., renamed Scientific Certification Systems in 1988 and SCS Global Services in 2012.

SGS is a global testing, inspection and certification company with a dedicated fresh produce service group. It provides GLOBALG.A.P. certification, pesticide residue and laboratory testing, and agricultural commodity inspection through a worldwide laboratory network.

TÜV Rheinland is a Germany-based testing and certification group operating in over 70 countries. It provides GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance and Chain of Custody certification for fruit, vegetable and crop producers.

TÜV SÜD PSB operates ISO 17025 accredited food testing laboratories in Singapore recognized by the Singapore Food Agency. It offers chemical, pesticide residue and microbiological analysis for food and agricultural products.

Waters Agricultural Laboratories, based in Camilla, Georgia, tests agricultural commodities, soil, plant, and water samples for pesticide, herbicide, and chlorinated-compound residues with a 2-4 day turnaround.

Houston marine and cargo surveying firm performing pre-shipment, loading, and out-turn inspections, quantity/tally surveys, and damage assessments for ocean cargo.