Certification Body Information

Since 2001, the Pacific Agricultural Certification Society, commonly known throughout the industry as PACS, has grown and become a strong leader in organic certification across Canada.  A group of health-minded individuals interested in supporting a sustainable food system were the pioneers of organics and the founders of PACS.  We honour their dedication and legacy every day by actively focusing on the growth of PACS nationwide.

PACS is constantly evolving as we acknowledge the needs of our clients beyond organic certification.  Our team is continually working on ideas to diversify our certification services for our clients’ product and marketing requirements. We strive to deliver the best service, supporting our clients’ vital work by providing reputable certified organic products and services for consumers all over the world. 

PACS certifies to the Canada Organic Regime (COR) for national and international export of products,  the British Columbia Certified Organic Program (BCCOP) for certification of products marketed within BC only, and the PACS Provincial program for certification within other Canadian provinces when products are marketed provincially.

Mission: PACS is an efficient and financially viable organization dedicated to providing impartial professional certification services with affordable cost and valued transparency. PACS is motivated to be a leader in certification in Canada by finding new and better ways to service its clients whilst ensuring trust in its activities and confidence in its brand.

Vision: PACS strives to;

• Continue the trend of being a world-renowned trusted certification body (organic and more).
• Take pride in the services we provide that are ethical and transparent while adhering to the regulations that guide us.
• Become a certification body that provides multiple certification branding under one trademark, PACS

​PACS Core Values: The core values identified by our strategic planning, provides our team with direction and goals along with milestones that we use to measure our progress. Here are a few things PACS believes in with the delivery of our brand as we CERTIFY products and services;

• Certify: with competence, knowledge and professionalism.
• Ethical: our team believes in providing service with a high moral standard and integrity.
• Reputation: continue to retain clients and consumers trust while showing growth.
• Transparency: Our team is focused on accountability with the standards that guide us.
• Interests: protecting our current programs while proactively diversifying.
• Future: We never stand still as PACS is constantly looking for opportunities to improve our systems to improve our high standard of customer service.
• You: because service should be given from our team to your team with care, professionalism, knowledge and pride.

Our clients’ hard work and dedication inspire us to continue our services as a certification body, thus promoting a healthy food lifestyle. It all starts at the farmers field, to the caring hands of our processors, to the end consumers who present these products confidently to their families and friends. Click this link to our client testimonials to see why THEY chose PACS.

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To contact PACS, click this link 

Board of Directors
Executive Board
President	Paddy Doherty
Vice President	Carmen Wakeling
Secretary	Amanda Turner
Treasurer	Walter Makepeace
Board Members	Bart Bounds Charlie Lasser Ron Schneider
COABC Representative	Paddy Doherty Bart Bounds Charlie Lasser Carmen Wakeling
COABC Representative Alternates	Walter Makepeace Ron Schneider Amanda Turner
Impartiality Committee	Dr. Louise Nelson Paddy Doherty Erica Nitchie Sam Quinlan Andrea Turner
Dispute Resolution Committee (Chair)	Brody Irvine
Executive Director	Verna Wagner
Administrative Assistant	Sandra Schryburt Shay Anderson

 

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