INDOCERT was incorporated in October 2001 as a nonprofit membership organisation by NGOs and farmer producer associations, and describes itself as India’s first indigenous certification body. Its office is in Aluva, Kerala. Its organic certification services include the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), USDA NOP, EU compliance, Canada Organic Regime, JAS, GB recognition programmes, Naturland and Biosuisse.
Sustainability programmes it lists include Rainforest Alliance, trustea, 4C, Farm Sustainability Assessment and Union for Ethical Bio Trade, and it offers HACCP and JAS training. It states that it is accredited by the National Accreditation Body, Government of India, under NPOP, internationally accredited by IOAS and compliant with ISO/IEC 17065:2012, and recognised by the European Commission under Regulation (EU) 2018/848. It has representatives for Canada and the USA, Australia and New Zealand, and Europe.