What is the OMRI process for annual renewal of product listings?
Product listing renewal dates are set one year after the first day of the calendar quarter following the date a product is added to the OMRI Products List. If your product is added to the OMRI Products List on February 1, 2010, the listing expiration date will be March 1, 2011 and the renewal will be due February 1, 2011. The early renewal due date is needed to allow time for processing the large number of renewals OMRI receives prior to the listing expiration date so that updated OMRI Listed® certificates may be provided to suppliers prior to their current certificates’ expiration date. Thereafter, product renewals are due annually on that date. Annual supplier listing renewal dates coincide with the renewal date for the supplier’s first product to be added to the OMRI Products List. Suppliers with more than one OMRI Listed product will be prorated to make all of their renewals due at the same time. The renewal process allows OMRI to maintain accuracy of the information on the OMRI Pr