Why AIM Focuses on Testing Instead of Organic Labels
A question AIM Members sometimes ask is:
“If AIM products are so focused on quality… why aren’t they USDA Organic certified?”
The answer comes down to testing.
AIM’s position has long been that finished-product testing provides a more complete picture of quality than relying on certification labels alone.
Organic certification focuses primarily on farming and production procedures.
But AIM goes further by extensively testing the final products themselves.
According to AIM Quality Assurance, products are screened for:
- Pesticides
- Herbicides
- Fungicides
- Residual solvents
- Heavy metals
- Microbiological contaminants
Some assays reportedly test for more than one hundred different agricultural residues.
AIM also tests nutritional markers tied to freshness and product integrity.
The company’s goal is not simply to meet a label requirement.
It is to verify the quality and cleanliness of the finished product Members actually consume.
Some ingredients used by AIM are certified organic.
However, AIM has historically chosen not to certify all packaging facilities as organic-certified operations.
For many long-time AIM Members, that distinction matters less than one simple question:
What does the final product testing show?
