Which products can be labelled?

The Bio-Siegel may be used to label all products which are produced and inspected in compliance with the Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products (EU Organic Framing Regulation) and if at least 95 percent of the ingredients of agricultural origin come from organic farming. Products that were produced during a company’s transition to organic farming must not be labelled with the Bio-Siegel.

The EU Organic Farming Regulation stipulates, among other things, the following rules: Ban on irradiation of organic food, ban on genetically modified organisms, renouncement of crop protection with synthetic chemicals, renouncement of mineral fertilizers of low solubility, diversified wide crop rotations, land-related, appropriate livestock husbandry and organically produced feeding stuffs for feeding of livestock with no antibiotics or growth promoters added.