Soil Association Certification

What is Soil Association Certification?

Soil Association Certification is the UK’s leading organic certification body, responsible for setting and upholding rigorous standards across a wide range of industries.

The Soil Association delivers accredited certification schemes across food and drink, farming, beauty and wellbeing, textiles, forestry and catering. This includes not only producers and manufacturers, but also businesses within the supply chain.

That’s where we come in.

Our Soil Association organic certification confirms that we are approved to handle organic products within our fulfilment operations, from goods intake and storage through to packing and final dispatch. Every step is managed in line with strict organic standards, ensuring full traceability and compliance.

Why certification matters

Preserving your product’s organic promise

When a product is labelled organic, it carries a promise. A promise of quality, integrity and careful stewardship from source to customer.

The Soil Association organic framework is independently inspected and fully regulated, giving you confidence that these standards are consistently upheld. It ensures that organic products are protected from contamination, correctly stored, and clearly segregated throughout the supply chain.

  • For Fullers, the certification means every stage of your product’s journey is governed by strict, transparent and verifiable processes designed to maintain its organic status.
  • For brands, it’s not just about meeting regulatory requirements. It’s about maintaining trust, protecting your reputation, and ensuring that the values behind your product are never compromised.

Soil Association Certification in a nutshell

  • The UK’s leading organic certifier
  • Over 50 years of experience in organic standards
  • Certifies more than 70% of organic products in the UK
  • Part of the Soil Association charity, dedicated to sustainable food and farming

How the certification works

Ensuring compliance at every stage

The Soil Association organic certification process is thorough and designed to ensure complete compliance at every stage.

  • A dedicated certification officer supports and guides the process
  • Detailed audits assess how organic standards are met in practice
  • Annual inspections ensure ongoing compliance and continuous improvement
  • Full traceability is required across all certified operations

Every aspect of how we handle organic products is reviewed, verified and held to account, giving you confidence in the integrity of your supply chain.

Why it matters to you

By working with a fulfilment partner aligned to the Soil Association organic framework, you can:

  • Protect the integrity of your organic products throughout storage and distribution
  • Ensure compliance with UK organic regulations
  • Maintain full traceability across your supply chain
  • Build trust with customers who expect authenticity and transparency

You’ve worked hard to create a product that meets the highest organic standards. Maintaining those standards beyond production is just as important.

In essence, it means your products arrive exactly as intended, with their organic promise fully intact.