Efficient certification

The organic standards are under continuous development. With increasing international trade, the importance of harmonizing standards is also growing.

• Further development of the Swiss Organic Farming Ordinance.
• Further development of the international IFOAM Basic Standards for organic farming.
• Further development of the international standards for organically produced products under the Codex Alimentarius and the EU Regulation 2092/91.
• Development of assessment and evaluation systems for organic standards.

Projects

• Research to support revision of the EU Regulation on organic agriculture (Organic Revision) (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)
• Improving quality and safety and reduction of cost in the European organic and “low input” food supply chains: SP 5 Development of a framework for the design of “minimum” and “low input” processing strategies, which guarantee food quality and safety (QLIF) (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)
• Economic analysis of certification systems for organic food and farming

Contact

Otto Schmid

Literature

Literature on “Standards” in the Organic Eprints Database