Organic certificates

  • Organic Certificates

    The market for organic certificates is hardly manageable anymore. In addition, some certificates are not highly regarded by consumers. As if that wasn't chaotic enough, there are already various types of certifications for the German-speaking countries alone (A, DE, CH).

    Below is a small overview. What makes matters worse is that for most certificates the criteria for awarding them are not transparent and in some cases no clearly defined standards have been published by the certificate issuer.

    To date, there are no binding requirements for keeping fish in aquaculture, the exception being the general requirements of the EU Directive 98/58/EC on minimum standards for the protection of farm animals and epidemic hygiene regulations. In 2005, the Council of Europe published recommendations for the keeping of farmed fish, but the addition of appendices for the individual fish species has not yet been completed / as of 2022.

    From the consumer's perspective, a patchwork with a self-service mentality on the part of lobby groups appears to have been negligently created. The EU organic seal, which completely foregoes environmental and social issues, is likely to be particularly disappointing for customers. This short summary already shows this impressively.

    Control ASC BAP EU organic seal FOS Global CAP Naturland
    Stocking density regulated Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
    Medication regulated Ta/MI Ta/MI AW Ta Ta/MI AW
    Osh Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
    environmental Protection Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    Social standards Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
    Feed Rü. Rü. Rü. Rec. Rü. Rü.
     
    Ta) According to a veterinary prescription
    AW) Number of treatments and waiting time in between regulated
    MI) Medicines with approval in the importing country
    Rü) Components traceable
    Rec) Recommendations only

    Here is a small - non-representative - selection of market participants

    Aha!
    Bioland
    Bio Suisse
    Organic criteria of Ecocert IMOswiss AG
    COR
    COSMOS
    Demeter seal
    Detergents
    Ecocert
    Ecopetcare
    EU organic seal / ITW label
    EU Organic
    Food Service (France)
    Formulator
    Migros Bio
    Naturland
    Swiss organic regulation
    Suisse Garantie
    Tunisian law 99/30
    VO ( EC) No. 834/2007 - Equivalence

    EU organic regulation: http://www.allesoeko.net/verfassung

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