The production of organic food is regulated throughout Europe through the EC Regulation for Organic Agriculture. Recognized inspection bodies are authorized to inspect the observance of the regulations.
Organic products are labeled as “organic”. “Organic" means "biologisch” in Austria, in Germany it is called "ökologisch".
Terms like “natural”, "nature orientated", "close to nature", "whole grain", "from inspected agriculture", or other terms refer not to organic products.
labels of certified products have to show certain terms of declaration:
Every organic product has to carry the name or code number of the authorized inspection body.
ABG`s new code number is: AT-BIO-301 (old: AT-N-01-BIO).
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