Organic agriculture Mexico

The LPO (Mexican Organic Agriculture Law) allows the sale of organic products in Mexico. The new version of the LPO has several features:

• The importation of organic products has become regulated to enforce the LPO.
• For organic products sold in Mexico, it is mandatory to have LPO certification or obtain an equivalent organic certification (none available at the moment).
• LPO certification or renewal is granted through an on-site audit.

Before this 2021 update, organic certified products (NOP, EOS, etc.) were accepted in Mexico under organic denominations: it was not mandatory to have an LPO certificate. Today, a product certified LPO in Mexico offers consumers guarantees verified by their national law, without misleading communication.

• Protect the environment and climate
• Preserve soil fertility
• Maintain biodiversity
• Respect natural cycles and animal welfare
• Avoid the use of synthetic chemicals and GMOs
• Provide transparent labeling for consumers

LPO Organic Regulation on the Mexican Government website: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria

It is a facility offered by Mexican law for imported products.

It allows the endorsement of certificates from another organic standard (NOP, CE, etc.) in the early stages of the certification chain (such as primary production), to certify only the final stage outside of Mexico. Re-certification is granted through an on-site audit and the approval of the current organic certificates.

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.