Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs

Summary:

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 - adopted in June 1991 - which defines how agricultural products and food that are designated as organic products need to be grown to be labelled as such.

Further information:

This Regulation applies to the following products, where such products bear (or intend to) indications referring to organic production methods:

• Unprocessed agricultural crop products, also animals and unprocessed animal products;
• Products intended for human consumption composed essentially of one or more ingredients of plant origin; in addition, upon adoption of the provisions concerning livestock production referred to above, products intended for human consumption containing ingredients of animal origin.

• Primary Source

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EUR-Lex: COM(1989)552: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:1989:552:FIN

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