Tea Museum of Korea
What is International Organic Approval?
This refers to a comprehensive agricultural approval consisting of approval by the three most recognized organic agriculture safety approval systems in the world, which are the European Community organic agriculture apporval, the USDA(USA) and JAS(Japan). Unlike the others, the EU in particular is the only approval system that tracks the transportation paths of organic and agricultural products.
JAS 
EU 
USDA
Approval Method
The EU investigates and evaluates not only the soil and water quality of the tea fields, the adjacent environment, facilities and equipment, but also the whole process from production to processing as well. Samples are collected for agrochemical residue tests and thorough testing on the field for authentication.
Approval Acquirement Status
- Number of farms/plantations successfully approved : 18
- Area : 1,275,508㎡
Certificate of International Organic Approval
- Trademark Royalty Fees : 500 won / page (2 pages / 100g)
Signing of MOU for Export/Sales to the European Market
At the European Export Expo held in Germany between June 27th and July 3rd, 2008, several Korean tea leaf processing companies were invited as well as the governor of Boseong County. During the expo Boseong Green Tea signed an MOU with 5 European beverage and confectionary importers, including Mt. Everest Gmbh (Germany) and Sentinel Ltd. (France), for the export and sale of tea products to the entire European market.