On May 30, 2025, the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) released the proposed draft standards for a 60 day public comment period. The Deadline for submitting your comments is July 29, 2025.
To view or download the 2025 drafts, click on the following links:
General Principles and Management Standards – CAN/CGSB-32.310-2025EN
Permitted Substances Lists – CAN/CGSB-32.311-2025EN
To assist you in reviewing the changes, the Organic Federation of Canada has also published guides to both draft documents. In addition to highlighting changes to the standards these guides also present the justification for the same. We encourage you to download and review the guides as you prepare to have your say!
The Background of the proposed revisions
to the Canadian Organic Standards
Organic Principles and Management Standards
All comments should be submitted directly to the CGSB via email to: astrid.lozano@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Comments should be submitted on the following forms:
- ISO Comment Form for General Principles and Management Standards
- ISO Comment Form for Permitted Substances Lists
Comments made towards the change in the standard can be of three different types:
- general (ge) – you provide information or your opinion about a proposed modification that might lead to a revision of a proposed modification
- technical (te) – you provide technical information that might lead to a revision of a proposed modification
- editorial (ed) – you suggest rewording a clause, fixing a typo, or another editorial change that does not change the intent or meaning of the standard.
By way of reminder – this is a draft standard – and therefore should have no impact on your current certification activities at this time – it is informative only. Following closure of the public comment period the CGSB Technical Committee and Working Groups will address all the feedback. We anticipate a final published document before year end.
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