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Organic Products (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 1669 of 2015).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Plant production Planting material/seeds Ecological production/organic production Inspection
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations amend the Organic Products Regulations 2009 in regulation 5 (on permitted exceptions to the organic production rule) and by inserting regulation 32A on review of these Regulations by the Secretary of State. In regulation 5 certain delegations to control bodies are removed. It continues to allow control bodies to permit the use of non-organic seed and seed potatoes in accordance with Article 45 of Commission Regulation (EC) 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.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Organic Products Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 842 of 2009).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2009

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Ecological production/organic production, Inspection, International trade, Data collection/reporting, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX