No system of farming has higher levels of animal welfare than organic farms working to our standards. Our organic standards use the EU organic regulation as their baseline, but in many cases our standards are more robust.
The current version of the standards are organised by sector below:
Soil Association standards for organic farming and growing, including horticulture, arable production, livestock production, slaughtering and feed processing.
Standards for organic and natural health and beauty products. This includes the international COSMOS standard, and the Soil Association Health and Beauty standard.
Standards for organic textiles, including the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) and Textile Exchange’s Organic Content Standard.
Useful Links
An amendment to the EU organic regulation has been published*. It covers permitted substances and practices for use in organic farming, growing, food manufacture and aquaculture. Find out more about these changes here.
For the most up-to-date versions of the EC Regulation No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and EU Regulation No 889/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control please follow the link here
