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1 EXAMPLE DOCUMENT DESCRIBING AN INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM For organic group certification Adapted to fresh fruit exports and to cooperatives or farmer associations exporting directly or exporters with outgrower groups This DOCUMENT is an adaptation of an Agro Eco ICS EXAMPLE DOCUMENT . Adapted by the FAO project Increasing incomes and food security of small farmers in West and Central Africa through exports of organic and fair-trade tropical products (GCP/RAF/404/GER). 2 WARNING Using this DOCUMENT as an EXAMPLE for the development of your own ICS DOCUMENT does not guarantee that your INTERNAL control system will be approved by the certification body.

3 Contents Executive summary 5 1. Introduction 6 2. Description of production and export activities 7 2.1. Overview of farms 7 2.2 Overview of buying, handling and exports 7

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