New Draft Regulations on Organic Production (October 2001)

Section 2:  Scope of regulations

(1)        (a)            These regulations apply to the following products which carry, or are intended to carry, descriptive labelling referring to organic production methods:

(i)    unprocessed plants and plant products;

(ii)   live animals;

(iii)  products from bee keeping; and

(iv)  processed products for human consumption derived mainly from those listed in subparagraph (i), (ii) and (iii).

            (b)            A product will be regarded as bearing indications referring to organic production methods where, in the labelling of claims, including advertising material or com­mercial documents, the product, or its ingredients, is described by the terms "organic", "biological", "ecological", or words of similar intent including diminutives which, in the country where the product is placed on the market, suggests to the purchaser that the product or its ingredients were obtained according to organic production methods.

            (c)            Subregulation (2)(b) does not apply where these terms clearly have no connection with the method of production described in these regulations, such as organic compounds referred to in organic chemistry.

(2)       These regulations are in addition to and not in substitution of any other relevant legislation applicable to the products concerned.

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