Read our Organic Standards

Read our Organic Standards

The new EU Organic Regulation (EC) 2018/848, is applicable from 1^st January 2022 and will apply to all licensees in Northern Ireland. Licensees in Great Britain will continue to be certified to regulations 834/2007 and 889/2008. You can find the respective standards for licensees in both Great Britain and Northern Ireland below. 

• Standards for licensees in Great Britain

  Standards documents for licensees in Great Britain, including farming & growing, food & drink, aquaculture and seaweed.

• Standards for licensees in Northern Ireland

  Standards documents for licensees in Northern Ireland, including farming & growing, food & drink, aquaculture and seaweed.

• Food for Life Served Here

  Standards for the Food for Life Served Here award.

• Forestry, Wood & Paper

  Standards for the sustainable management of forests and forest products.

• Health & Beauty

  Standards for organic and natural health and beauty products. This includes the international COSMOS standard, and the Soil Association Health and Beauty standard.

• Textiles

  We certify textiles exclusively to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS).