Explanation:

At present, the consumers do not have any method to check the authenticity of the organic food products due to the absence of a regulatory framework. FSSAI has come out with draft regulations for organic food products to ensure the authenticity of organic foods. FSSAI’s regulation mandates that labelling of organic foods should provide full and accurate information regarding the organic status of the organic foods. Organic food products must carry a certification mark or a quality assurance mark provided by the notified certification bodies.

Statement 1: Organic foods will have to comply with the government’s provisions under the National Programme  for Organic Production (NPOP) or the Participatory Guarantee System for India (PGS-India) run by the Agriculture Ministry or any other standards notified by FSSAI. The standards of Organic Crop Production have been described in NPOP document. The production standards include crop production plan, conversion requirement, nutrient management, disease management etc. for agricultural crops. Details will be covered in I-Learning (new initiative on website).

Statement 2: The PGS is an internationally applicable organic quality assurance system [like ISO 9000] implemented and controlled by the committed organic farmer-producers through active participation, along with the consumers, in the process based on verifiable trust.

It is not an “inspection raj” certification system but, rather, one that is based on personal integrity and peer pressure. Integrity is honesty when no one is looking over your shoulder to see what you are doing. So, 1 is wrong. http://pgsindia-ncof.gov.in/pgs_india.aspx