Standards

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)

Contact

Otto Schmid

Literature

Literature on “Standards” in the Organic Eprints Database