Australia amends National Standard for Organic and Bio-dynamic Produce

The National Standard for Organic and Bio-dynamic Produce (the National Standard) is Australia’s technical export standard for organic and bio-dynamic goods. It was first implemented in 1992 and second edition was released in 1998. On 9 December 2022, Edition 3.8 of the National Standard was released by the department. This Standard stipulates the minimum criteria that must be met by operators before any certified product can be labelled as in-conversion, organic or bio-dynamic. A product that complies with this Standard may be described by the terms organic, biodynamic (or words of similar intent), in the labelling, advertising material or commercial documents. This Standard applies to unprocessed products from plants, animals and other cultured organisms; and processed products derived mainly from  plants, animals and other cultured organisms.