There may have been some popping of corks in organic vineyards across the EU with the announcement that they can now create a product actually called ‘organic wine’. Eagle-eyed people looking for a certified product before now might have noticed that the only reference on the label was that the wine was ‘made from organically…
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The agreement between the EU and the US to recognise each other’s organic standards, as revealed in just the last week, really is a pretty big deal. To those outside the organic sector, its probably just another dry trade agreement story. But for those who have a product to sell, in some cases it could…
Read More ...The IFOAM EU Group, the European arm of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, has sent a strong message to the European Commission on the co-existence of GM farming. We believe this was something that needed saying clearly to the law-makers, and needs saying over and over again, if needs be. From our perspective…
Read More ...Within the last few minutes it has been revealed that plans to remove the use of sodium nitrite and potassium nitrate from organic meat curing have (for the time being at least) been dropped by the EU.
Read More ...We finally have the official, ready-to-use version of the new EU organic logo! We’ve been waiting a while and many of our licensees have been on tenterhooks for this, because for new products it needs to be in use by July and that doesn’t leave a lot of lead time. This morning the…
Read More ...Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner in the EU organic logo competition! And we can breathe something of a sigh of relief (at least we are here at OF&G) that the champ is the designer we considered to be the only real contender. Here it is: The winning design was by German student,…
Read More ...Next year sees new regulation from the EU on managing salmonella in turkey flocks. Any producers potentially affected by this can read more in this very well explained piece from the Welsh Poultry Centre. As the piece points out, salmonella is not actually *that* great of an issue in the UK, but it can be…
Read More ...Sometimes, having to adhere to strict regulation can seem burdensome. However, especially when it comes to food, we have adapted and accepted the need for safeguards and reassurances. Sometimes there are challenges, but when it comes to it, the consumer is better off knowing that there are governmental and non-governmental bodies looking out for their…
Read More ...Just a post for the record, really, but in case you haven’t seen it yet, Defra has launched its updated website. They confess that not all of the information has been hauled right up-to-date yet, but they are working on it. So, for all your Government organic farming-related info you now need to go here….
Read More ...Just a brief update to note that downloads of our Guide to Organic Certification: Food Processing stand at exactly 400 at the time of writing. That’s quite a neat milestone, don’t you think? In addition to that we’ve sent copies of the printed (and satisfyingly heavyweight) version all over the UK and around the world….
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