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National Standard of the Russian Federation GOSTR Organic products made from wild raw material. Requirements for collection, harvesting, purchases, deliveries, labelling and processing.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2021
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition, Forestry
Keyword
Ecological production/organic production Standards Indigenous peoples Traditional rights/customary rights Processing/handling Packaging/labelling Transport/storage Ecosystem preservation Non-timber products
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

National Standard of the Russian Federation GOSTR Organic products made from wild raw material establishes requirements for collection, harvesting, purchases, deliveries, labelling and processing of organic wild raw materials. It applies to organic products obtained from wild-growing raw materials, in natural, processed or re-processed form, and establishes requirements for the collection, processing, storage, transportation and labelling thereof. It shall not be applicable to forest seeds and planting materials, products of hunting and fishing in natural or processed form, and small fry, larvae, other seeding material used for artificial reproduction and acclimatization of aquatic biological resources. Organic wild-growing raw materials shall be intended non-cultivated wild-growing plants related to forest food resources and medicinal plants (wild-growing plants) obtained as a result of harvesting and collection in territories and plots of collection, complying with the requirements of this standard and intended for organic products. The collection and harvesting of organic wild-growing plants and raw materials is carried out in natural ecosystems in accordance with the environmental legislation of the Russian Federation and the requirements of this standard. Collection and harvesting of organic wild-growing plants and raw materials shall be prohibited: (a) in forests located on defense and security land, protected areas, other lands access to which is prohibited or limited by regulatory legal acts; (b) in areas contaminated with radioactive substances in accordance with the procedure, established by the legislation of the Russian Federation; and (c) on forest sites located near settlements located within the boundaries of exclusion zones. Collection and harvesting of wild-growing plants and raw materials located in the territories of traditional nature management of indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation to ensure the maintenance their traditional way of life, including the collection of wild plants, must comply with requirements, as well as the customs of small indigenous peoples.

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