The Inspection Authorities

In Germany, public authorities are involved in the inspection system as well as private inspection bodies.

The Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) makes the decision about the authorisation of private inspection bodies. Their activities in turn are supervised by the respective federal states (Länder).

The private inspection bodies control and supervise the agricultural production, processing, imports from third countries (non-EU countries) and the labelling of the organic products. The inspectors are qualified experts who are trained on a regular basis.

• Inspecition bodies in Germany
• Inspection bodies in the EU