EU approves new organic proposals
Belgium
Monday 02 January 2006
The EU Commission has agreed to adopt a new proposal for the regulation of organic products.
Under the new regulations, standard labelling or wording will be compulsory for all organic foods sold in EU member states.
At least 95 percent of the final product will have to be organic to be labelled as such. Products containing GMOs will not be able to be labelled as organic, except those containing up to 0.9 percent of GMO content through accidental contamination.
The regulations will come into force on 1st January 2007 for imported products and on 1st January 2009 for products from EU member states.