Read our organic standards

Read our organic standards

Licensees in Great Britain are certified to regulations 834/2007 and 889/2008. The EU Organic Regulation (EC) 2018/848 applies to all licensees in Northern Ireland. You can find the respective standards for licensees in both Great Britain and Northern Ireland below. 

Are you benchmarking or evaluating our standards? If so, we might be able to help, please contact us at standards@soilassociation.org.

• Standards for licensees in Great Britain

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

• Standards for licensees in Northern Ireland

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

• Food for Life Served Here

  Standards for the Food for Life Served Here award.

• Forestry, wood and paper

  Standards for the sustainable management of forests and forest products.

• Health and 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).

• Approved inputs

  Standards for approved inputs for farmers and growers certified to the Soil Association standards