The Institute for Marketecology (IMO) is one of the first and most renowned international agencies when it comes to inspection, certification and quality assurance of eco products.
The whole chain from producer to contract filler and seller have to be certified. Besides controlling the compliance of eco-regulations IMO also acts as a certifying agent for farming associations like Naturland.
Naturland is one of the major organic farming associations. Naturland attributes the same importance to issues of social responsibility as to organic expertise.
 

Inspection in India

The Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS) is a world re-known company also offering agricultural services. SGS inspectors are on site when samples of teas are taken, when the tea as blended and when the tea is loaded onto the vessels to Europe.