New logo selected for all EU organic products
Sunday, 07 March 2010
The European Commission  today officially announced the winner of the EU
organic logo competition. Over the past two months, some 130,000 people
have voted online to choose the new organic symbol from three finalists. The
winning design is by Dusan Milenkovic, a student from Germany, who gained
63% of the overall vote for his “Euro-leaf”  logo.  From  1st  July  2010,  the
organic  logo  of the EU  will be obligatory  on  all pre-packaged  organic
products that have been produced in any of the EU Member States and meet
the  necessary  standards.  It will be optional for imported products. Other
private, regional or national logos will be allowed to appear alongside the EU
label. The organic farming regulation will be amended in the coming weeks to
introduce the new logo into one of the annexes.
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Export Certification Application Procedures
Tuesday, 01 December 2009

Since January 2008, OAM is able to assist organic operators in Malaysia to obtain certifications to the;

 

 1.

 National Organic Program (NOP), U.S.

 2.

 EU Regulation 834/2007, European Union

 3.

 Japan Agriculture Standards (JAS) for organic, Japan

 4.

 IFOAM Accredited Certification Programme

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European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard for Third Countries
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Recently the IFOAM Accredited Certification Bodies (ACB) (See http://www.ioas.org/xlistifo.pdf for more information) released a new document titled "European Union Organic Production & Processing Standard for Third Countries" which has been adapted directly from the European Regulations (EC) 834/2009 and the more detailed implementing rules in (EC) 889/2008. The purpose of this new document is to provide a base standard for control bodies and organic operators (producers, processors and traders) working outside the European Union. 
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Newsflash

Task force formed to oversee food program
Notable personalities in agriculture tapped to help make sure multi-billion budget for program is used

by Ira Karen Apanay Senior Reporter

TO make sure the country will not be hard-hit by a food crisis, the Department of Agriculture created a task force to help sustain record-high rice yields, and eventually achieve self-sufficiency in grains and other food products.
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Organic Facts


ACO OPERATORS’ SUCCESS

 

Five small to medium organic operators, all certified by the Australian Certified Organic (ACO), have been recognised for their innovation and product quality on a large-scale national platform as finalists, and three have been winners in 2008 Food Challenge Awards.


Other contestants in the awards are giant food companies such as Nestle, Kraft and Heinz, but ACO certified operators dominated the finalists’ list, including the hotly contested category, ‘Health and Wellness’ section, by filling half of the ten places in the final.


Source: BFA