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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Ketulenan produk cabaran produk organik
Sunday, 28 March 2010

 

Kerajaan menetapkan selepas Januari 2011, pengeluar produk organik mesti mendapat sijil SOM jika mahu menjual produk sebagai produk organik. Bagaimanapun, hanya produk sayuran dan berasaskan pertanian saja layak mendapat SOM manakala untuk ternakan dan perikanan masih belum dimasukkan di bawah piawaian berkenaan. 

 

Nota: OAM akan mengeluarkan notis rasmi berkenaan perkara di atas setelah semua perincian undang-undang tersebut diperolehi

 

Note: OAM will issue an official notice with regards to the matter mentioned above once all details related to the new regulations have been gathered.

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Is organic food really better?
Sunday, 28 March 2010

What makes a food organic? Is organically farmed produce superior over those conventionally farmed? Can eating organic help cancer patients? And how does macrobiotics fit into the picture? KASMIAH MUSTAPHA and SUZANNA PILLAY seek some answers

 

IT’S an ongoing debate.
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About Us

OAM stands for Organic Alliance Malaysia. It is a membership-based business association that seeks to promote and protect the organic industry in Malaysia. In short, we like everybody in Malaysia to think organic, grow organic and use organic.

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Newsflash

Good reasons to be self-sufficient

 

MALAYSIA is on course to become a major food exporter in South-East Asia from 2010, says the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry. Plans are already in the pipeline to “grow” towards this objective. 

Currently, up to nearly a third of foodstuffs consumed by Malaysians is still imported. This amounts to some RM14bil a year, covering the entire range of diets including meat, rice and vegetables. 

 

However, the reasons for becoming fully self-sufficient in food are more than just economic. They are also strategic and commonsensical, such as to avoid difficulties and hardship arising from international conflict, disruptions in shipments or fluctuating currency exchange rates.

 

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Organic Facts

Organic CBs Certifying in Malaysia