Sentences with phrase «other organic standards»

IFOAM also comments on other organic standards and regulations, with a view to promote harmonization, equivalence and improvement of standards.

The following subcommittee proposals related to the National List or other organic standards issues were discussed and voted on by the NOSB:

The result of the task force was the development of two practical tools: The Guide for Assessing Equivalence of Standards and Technical Regulations (EquiTool) and the International Requirements for Organic Certification Bodies (IROCB) which can be used by any government or private sector organic label scheme for recognizing other organic standards and certification performance requirements as equivalent to their own.

The tools help stakeholders to identify other organic standards and certification performance requirements that are equivalent to their own.

Not exact matches

Currently, the European Union, the United States, Canada, Japan, and many other countries require producers to obtain special certification based on government - defined standards in order to market food as organic within their borders.

In 1997 — the year that USDA published its first proposed rule to establish national organic standards — industry estimates pegged retail sales of organic milk, yogurt, butter, cheese, and other dairy products at $ 382 million in the United States (Nutrition Business Journal, 2013).

The USDA national organic standards also require organic livestock production systems to accommodate an animal's natural nutritional and behavioral requirements, to ensure that dairy cows and other ruminants have access to pasture.

The goal of the Healthy Traditions project is to eventually develop a nationwide network of producers and suppliers that meet a higher standard than current USDA organic standards, which currently allow for glyphosate and other pesticide residues to be present.

Thus, products meeting organic certification standards in one country may be imported to the other.

Two theme examples provided by PIRSA in their «Guidelines and Assessment Criteria September 2016» document noted the example projects as «Achieving non-GM or organic standard third - party certification to meet the requirements of an identified new or potential customer (s)» and «achieving non-GM or organic standard third - party certification on products to distinguish optimum qualities from other similar competitors.

The USDA's National Organic Program (NOP) is supposed to ensure that other countries meet the agency's organic standards.

The USDA accredits other agencies to certify organic products using the same standards.

The organic standards include practices that should help reduce, minimize, or eliminate the need for pesticides and other agrochemicals — organic agriculture is a whole approach to ecosystem stewardship, not just the absence of artificial chemicals.

Certifications other than organic don't do much to reduce carbon footprint over conventional farming, suggesting that standards need to be modified to encourage footprint - lowering practices.

QAI worked together with Senator Patrick Leahy and other members of Congress to push for a federal organic standard.

On the other hand, unless there is coordination among organic certifiers to use uniform (and scientifically sound / biologically relevant) standards, this runs the risk of just adding another label to a bag of coffee, creating consumer confusion, fatigue, or even distrust.

«Our collective aim is to raise the awareness of truly sustainable palm oil [so that] other producers that meet this highest standard of sustainability join the program, thus eventually becoming a collaboration of organic fair trade producers that can truly move the needle in impacting the palm oil industry.»

However, consumers in countries with well developed organic sectors do pay a premium for organic goods, mainly because of higher consumer demand, more rigorous production standards, and the costs of certification, among other reasons.

Smithsonian Bird - Friendly certification deals exclusively with shade growing methods (it also requires organic certification), while Rainforest Alliance certification includes less rigorous shade criteria (quick comparison here), as well as standards relating to other aspects of farm management.

But unless they are certified, there is no way of knowing if, when, or how they use chemicals, or if they are following the many other essential environmentally - friendly practices that are mandated in organic certification standards.

While there are no specific organic standards created exclusively for regulation of mushroom production, all organic standards that have been set into place for other foods get applied to mushrooms as well.

Many other organic certification bodies have included biodiversity requirements in their standards.

Organic Farmers & Growers CIC (OF&G) promotes the well - being of the UK organic food sector, by protecting the integrity of organic standards for the benefit of producers and consumers of organic food, by assisting the activities of other stakeholders in the sector and by acting as an advocate for the sector's development, and by supporting the development of sustainable agriculture.

In addition, we go beyond organic certification standards and implement our own standards, like not using coconuts from heavily populated areas where they are exposed to polluting forces such as diesel and gas fumes from trucks and other vehicles.

Fractioning organic allergen - friendly ingredients from rice, pea, oats, and sacha inchi amongst other nutrition - packed plants, Axiom works in tandem with government bodies and other manufacturers to set ethical standards and educate consumers about the power of plant protein in the food supply.

Farmers will need to prove their land has been free of prohibited substances (synthetic pesticides and fertilizers) for a minimum of 12 months and must follow all other organic production standards to achieve transitional certification, including crop rotation, the fostering and conserving of biodiversity, and the avoidance of the use of genetic engineering.

Farmers of certified organic cotton are subject to the same standards as other crop growers in the US.

Unlike other available Fenugreek supplements which can require taking up to 8 capsules per day, Fairhaven Health's Fenugreek contains a unique blend of organic Fenugreek Seed Powder, along with a concentrated Fenugreek Seed Powder extract (8:1), delivering a dose equivalent to 2000 mg of standard fenugreek seed powder in just 2 vegetarian capsules each day.

Other guidelines may be found at the relevant society website: for example the American Chemical Society gives standards for the characterization of organic and inorganic molecular compounds.

On the other hand Biodynamic practices and certification have remained intact, firmly grounded in soil fertility without the compromises that have affected the U.S. organic standards.

By using Kevlar, the same fabric used in bulletproof vests, Essentia organic mattresses and organic crib mattresses provide the same safety standards as other mattress brands without compromising its product integrity and its commitment to a healthier night's sleep.

And if you are a good mother you won't even consider any other food for your baby but home - made organic baby food, and cloth diapers made out of home spun organic cotton... I am joking a little, but I do meet so many moms that often feel so inadequate because they can't live up to the perceived standard that apparently everyone else lives up to.

Organic standards prohibit treatment of organic food with irradiation, but there are no other provisions to prevent organic milk from being treated differently after it leaves the farm than the conventional food system.

In other words, there are standards that organic farmers and manufacturers must adhere to, and rules of farming are very specific.

The standards we recommend in this report would also significantly reduce emissions of other air pollutants, specifically smog - forming volatile organic compounds and toxic pollutants like benzene that cause cancer and are associated with a host of other health problems.

Other actions to reduce methane emissions: The U.S. EPA also has standards in place that limit the volatile organic compounds emitted from large landfills, which would also reduce landfill methane emissions as a co-benefit.

The other story I woke to was that Organic farmer were asking the govt to take a break from enforcing organic standards for the duration of the recession (I presume)-- this was about 730 on radio 4 although a quick google hasn't come up with much.

Our certification uses «organic» as the GOLD standard, and looks at a lot of other issues.

The organic standards encourage farmers to replenish soils on site, via manure or crop rotations or no - till agriculture, or other organic practices.