Some certifiers allowed the practice, they said, others did not.

It appears likely that other organic certifiers will also follow suit.

The operating budget for that staff would come from farmers, processors and certifiers.

State agencies and private companies will be accredited as organic certifiers.

These violations conflict with the principles outlined by fair trade certifiers.

How is the average kosher-minded consumer to assess such certifiers?

"Time magazine no longer acts as that certifier of one's middle-class success.

Timber companies may choose to ask an accredited certifier to study their operations at a particular forest.

Nasirov was at one time a kosher certifier of restaurants, he is no longer involved in this.

Certified products are typically endorsed with a certification mark provided by the product certifier.

Initial trade volumes were estimates because no agency, including the certifiers themselves, accurately tracked them at the time.

RPA2000 is the sole certifier of competence in radiation protection practice.

The product certifier then reviews the product supplier's application information, including the testing data.

Farmers, consumers, organic certifiers and inspectors spoke out against the new directives at a meeting of the board on April 30.

Issuance of a certification mark is at the discretion of the individual product certifier.

The directives, she said, were in response to organic certifiers, who sought clarification on behalf of their customers.

The resulting data collected by the testing laboratory, and is then forwarded either back to the manufacturer, or directly to the product certifier.

Even the certifiers acknowledge the problem.

The law requires that only certifiers of "non prepackaged food" submit their qualifications.

The Agriculture Department will rely on state and industry certifiers as it allows producers to use the organic label.

The idea of training of local certifiers is a good one, and we will have to find ways of planning this training.

Hebrew National meat is not glatt kosher and its certifiers do not represent it as such.

Its members include producers, processors, marketers, distributors, suppliers, certifiers, retailers, restaurants and others.

Government licensed certifiers must examine the formulas of the products and determine that at least 95 percent of the ingredients are organic.

The Common Criteria model provides for the separation of the roles of evaluator and certifier.