Certification system

Certification Programs

Certification is a cornerstone of the services provided by Innovative Growers to its customers.

The vision of Innovative Growers is to have various levels of certification programs that customers can choose from. All Innovative Growers members may be required to conform to minimum certification requirements established by Innovative Growers. All members are currently required to use the Iowa Crop Management Database to track IP grains.

In addition, Innovative Growers offers the option of using ISO (International Standards Organization) as a quality system to ensure quality standards are being met. Innovative Growers will not require that all of its members be ISO certified. However, we expect that, over time, most of our members will want to become certified.

ISO 9001-2000 is a quality production certification. It is a self-created checklist of functions, policies, and rules considered necessary to assure the quality of a company's products and services.

International Standards Organization (ISO) is an internationally recognized science-based group which provides quality-monitoring standards from an external auditing of procedures and processes used by the producer. ISO is currently recognized in over 170 countries world wide, allowing potential overseas customers the assurances they expect in grain quality control issues.

Future plans may incorporate ISO 14,000-2000 into our production program. This is an environmental certification that can be combined with the 9001 specifications.

ISO What is it?

ISO 9001-2000 A brief discussion

 

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