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Pakistan Organic Farms is a family owned and managed organization which grows and exports organic basmati rice, wheat, sesame seeds, organic cotton and other agricultural commodities for last many years. Pakistan Organic Farms are certified by Control Union Certifications Zwolle, the Netherlands for organic production methods according to EU-Eco-regulation No. 834/2007 and for USDA-NOP (National Organic Program) standards. These farms are involved in identifying new production technology and disseminating new knowledge to the small farmers across the country.

Pakistan Organic Farms states that Pakistan and India have the lowest concentration of Total Arsenic (As) of less than 0.2 mg/kg, when compared with rest of the world, especially the U.S., which has the widest overall range of (0.0008-0.714 mg inorganic arsenic/kg). They confirm the claim made by Zavala and Duxbury (2009) that Pakistan and India have significantly less Arsenic (mean 0.2 mg/kg) than US (0.714 mg/kg). They achieved this result by a survey, in which, 3 samples of organic brown basmati rice containing 500 grams each were sourced from their organic farms in Punjab. Rice samples were classified based on city of production (Nankana Sahib, Gujranwala and Lahore). In the end, the samples were analyzed by an international inspection company, Eurofins Global Control.