Food and drink FAQs

Do you certify abattoirs and meat processing plants?
Do you certify Halal or Kosher meat?
What fish feed do you allow?
What levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been found in organic fish?
How can I be sure that organic products from abroad are really organic?
Do you prosecute businesses that break the rules?
Does the Soil Association carry out any routine testing of food?
Do you test for GM material?
Why do you allow additives in organic food?
Is organic food fortified with vitamins and minerals?
Why choose organic during pregnancy?
Why choose organic for children?
What evidence is there that organic food has more nutrients?
Are organic products also fairly traded?
Is it better to buy local or organic?
Does the Soil Association select which companies it certifies on the basis of politics, ethics or morals?
Why does organic food cost more?
What should I look out for on the label of an organic product?
How can I trust organic products on sale in shops, supermarkets and farmers' markets?
I've bought an organic product from a supermarket and it does not show your logo – is it organic?
Do you allow modified maize starch as an ingredient?
How do organic growers produce seedless grapes without using GM technology?
Do you have any vegan organic farms?
Does anyone produce gelatine organically?
Can organic tea bags be bleached?
Do you allow the use of chlorine washes (i.e. for packing salads)?
Do you allow modified atmosphere packing?
Do you allow palm oil in organic products?
Do you allow solvent extraction of oils?
Is organic vegetarian cheese non GM?
How do you produce decaffeinated coffee organically?
Do you allow monosodium glutamate (MSG) in organic products?
Do you allow wax coatings in organic food?
Is there such a thing as organic honey?
Do you allow nature identical flavours?
Do you allow sulphites in organic wine?
What do your standards say about fumigation?
Where can I buy raw milk?
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