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How to get certified as an organic farmer in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and funding available to convert and manage your land.
Rules for importing organic food, feed and seed to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
Rules on labelling food, feed and seed as organic or using organic production terms if you produce, prepare, store, import, export or sell organic food in the UK.
Apply to temporarily include a non-organic ingredient in organic food or drink you sell in the UK.
Rules for exporting or moving organic food, feed and seed from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
Guidance on tests and inspections for producers, processors, importers and sellers of organic food, feed and seed.
Details of control bodies approved to certify organic food in the UK.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Use this form to apply to use a non-organic ingredient in your organic food or drink.
Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
How to destroy the POPs in waste and when you can recycle, recover or reuse waste containing POPs. How to apply to permanently store waste containing POPs.
Apply to sell or market your organic goods in Great Britain after they have been returned from the EU.
Statistics about organic farming in the UK.
The government's summary of EU regulation (EU) 2023/2419 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the labelling of organic pet food.
Lists of organisations and countries or territories outside the UK (third countries) that can certify organic food, feed and seed for import into Great Britain.
How organic control bodies can apply for recognition to certify organic food, feed and seed from non-UK countries (third countries) for export to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
When you must tell the Environment Agency that you're storing material containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and how to do it.
How to provide enough storage and keep storage records of organic manures in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
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