SATIVA, Desenvolvimento Rural, Lda., founded in 1994, is a Portuguese inspection and certification body for products and systems with procedures and a structure that allow efficiency, impartiality and confidentiality.

Organic farming was the ground of SATIVA as a certification body and is still the main scheme and driving force but soon other needs came from our operators, asking for other certifications, and SATIVA can now offer certification in several standards which could give operators a practical and efficient all in one solution.

SATIVA has a team of experienced technicians with appropriated academic skills and expertise that are able to adapt to the diverse work situations that SATIVA is dealing with. Portuguese is the mother tongue for all the staff but English, Italian, French and Spanish are also working languages.

SATIVA is accredited as a certifier for:

European regulation for organic farming – Reg. (EC) 834/2007
Protected Designation of Origin and Protected Geographical Indication products (PDO, PGIs )
BRC – British Retailer Consortium – Global standard for food safety
GLOBALG.A.P. standards and GRASP
Food safety management systems certification – ISO 22000:2005
PEFC Standard – Sustainable Forest Management
Integrated Crop Management
Rice, rice flour, maize flour and maize grits product standards

SATIVA is an inspection / verification body for:

Demeter standards
Bio Suisse standards
Brazilian Organic standards (partnership with IBD Certifications)
Nature & Progrès standards
LEAF Marque standards
FSC – Forest Management and Chain of Custody and WOODMARK Forest Program (SATIVA is the Soil Association representative in Portugal, Spain and other countries)
Distributor’s standards (CONTINENTE, AUCHAN, TESCO)
Meat and egg distinctive labelling

Certification according with SATIVA private standards:

Biotour – touristic activities related with organic farming
Beorganic cork – processed organic cork
Care Bio – cosmetics with all the agricultural ingredients organic
Sustainable fresh fish – shore traditional fishing
– Artisanal marine salt