date:Jun 29, 2012
s, aims at guaranteeing that the production processes conform to organic principles.
For organic products originating within the EU, Member States must set up a system of checks. Control bodies, which carry out these checks at the level of individual operators (such as producers, processors and importers) are central to this system.
Organic products from outside the EU may be recognised as organic, if the production rules and control system applied to them are considered equivalent to the EU