Updated Oct 22, 2026

Chris Candies, Inc.

As of Oct 22, 2026, Chris Candies, Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is certified organic by CCOF Certification Services, LLC for 1 product type, client packing evidence: packs/processes for clients.

1557 Spring Garden Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212 (412) 322-9400

Verified Oct 22, 2026 against USDA Organic Integrity Database

Chris Candies, Inc. is a USDA-certified organic operation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, certified by CCOF Certification Services, LLC. Certified scopes: Handling. The certifier lists it as: co-packer. Its organic certificate lists 8 distinct product lines: Chocolate (73% Super Dark Chocolate Bar); Chocolate (73% Super Dark with Roasted Almonds); Chocolate (Almond Sea Salt (WIP, non-retail)); Chocolate (Espresso Crunch (WIP, non-retail)), and 4 more. Service lines on the certificate: co-packing / contract manufacturing, processing. Client packing evidence (packs/processes for clients): “Processing (Client Profile Products only) (Chocolate Bar Moulding)”. Current status (certified) effective November 12, 2008.

Key facts

Services on certificate	Co-packing / contract manufacturing, Processing Co-packing / contract manufacturing: Processing (Client Profile Products only) (Chocolate Bar Moulding) Service lines on the organic certificate (packing, processing, roasting, storage...); each shows the certificate line it came from. source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
Product types	Chocolate & confectionery Chocolate & confectionery: Chocolate (73% Super Dark Chocolate Bar), Chocolate (73% Super Dark with Roasted Almonds), Chocolate (Smooth Dark Chocolate (WIP, non-retail)) Assigned from the certificate's own product lines (AI classifier citing verbatim lines, or keyword rules as fallback); each type shows the lines it came from. With a handling scope, only handled lines count: crop, livestock and wild-crop lines are what the operation grows. A type says what the certificate lists, not that it packs that type for clients. source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
Client packing evidence	Packs/processes for clients Graded from the certificate: packs/processes for clients (a client-profile, contract, co-packing, toll or custom service line) > private-label product lines > storage/distribution for clients only. Where the certificate says less, a sentence on the operation's own website grades the same way (private or white label alone is a private-label line). source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
Certified scopes	Handling NOP scopes with status Certified: Crops, Livestock, Wild crops, Handling. source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
Business types	Co-packer Business types/services listed by the certifier. source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
Certifier	CCOF Certification Services, LLC Accredited certifying agent. source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
Status effective	Nov 12, 2008 Date the current certification status took effect. source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
NOP operation ID	5561002464 source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
Packs for	Food and beverage brands source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
Certification status	Certified source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
Client packing evidence from	Certificate source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
Products on certificate	Show the full list from the certificate Chocolate (73% Super Dark Chocolate Bar); Chocolate (73% Super Dark with Roasted Almonds); Chocolate (Almond Sea Salt (WIP, non-retail)); Chocolate (Espresso Crunch (WIP, non-retail)); Chocolate (Orange Blossom (WIP, non-retail)); Chocolate (Roasted Hazelnut (WIP, non-retail)); Chocolate (Smooth Dark Chocolate (WIP, non-retail)); Chocolate (Toasted Coconut (WIP, non-retail)) source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
Certifier data as of	Jun 23, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026

Source event history

Source dates and first observation are different.

Nov 12, 2008: Certified Official source

Dates on this record

Source updated	Jun 23, 2026 (Certifier data as of, as the source gives it for this record)
Collected	Oct 22, 2026, 8:01 AM ET (the last successful check of the source that included this record)
Effective	Certified: Nov 12, 2008 (when the source says each fact took effect)
Retired	Not retired: the source is still maintained (whether the dataset is still maintained)

In Pennsylvania

70 organic co-packers in the dataset are in Pennsylvania; 10 have profiles on this site. Organic co-packers in Pennsylvania

Certification status (all 70 here): Surrendered 10 (14%) · Certified 60 (86%)

Client packing evidence (all 70 here): Packs/processes for clients 10 (14%) · Private-label product lines 1 (1%) · None on record 59 (84%)

Services on certificate (all 70 in this group; a record can count under several values): Processing (2) · Packing & packaging (2) · Co-packing / contract manufacturing (1) · Blending & mixing (1) · HPP (1) · Fresh produce packing (1) · 2 other values (2) · None on record (65)

Product types (all 70 in this group; a record can count under several values): Fruits & vegetables (12) · Dairy & eggs (10) · Bakery & snacks (8) · Meat, poultry & broth (8) · Coffee & tea (7) · Beverages (6) · 17 other values (50) · None on record (15)

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