Organic agriculture Mexico

The LPO (Mexican Organic Agriculture Law) allows the sale of organic products in Mexico.

LPO organic regulation on the Mexican Government website: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria.

We still offer LPO certification in Canada even though the agreement was finalized on February 15, 2023.

Here are the products covered by the agreement:

• Agricultural products of plant origin (including mushrooms);
• Processed foods of plant origin;
• Livestock products and processed products containing livestock ingredients;
• Apiculture products.

Note: Applies to products that are grown or produced in Canada, or whose final processing is carried out in Canada. Final processing: activities associated with cooking, heating, drying, mixing, grinding, separating, extracting, slaughtering animals, cutting, fermenting, distilling, eviscerating, stemming, preserving, dehydrating, precooling, cooling, freezing, or manufacturing procedures similar to the above, and which include packaging, repackaging, canning, conditioning, or confining food in containers.

Outside the scope of the agreement:

• Marine organic products certified under the CAN/CGSB 32.312 standard;
• Non-edible products not certified COR;
• Brokerage of products from other countries without food confinement being carried out in Canada.

The logo can be used for all products exported to Mexico.