European experts from 21 countries joined together in Plovidiv,
Bulgaria, to discuss the future of organic food and farming in the
context of the CAP Health check, the new organic regulation. The
seminar discussed the hot news of the need to postpone introduction of
the proposed new mandatory EU ‘bio’ logo, part of the new organic
regulation. It includes the requirement for an EU logo to be on the
labels of all packaged organic foods. A new logo was approved in
principle in January 2008 but has just been withdrawn due to
similarities with an existing trademark. As a result, the Commission
will ask the Council to postpone its mandatory introduction until 1st
January 2010 to give time for a new logo to be commissioned. Francis
Blake, president of the IFOAM EU Group said :”It is really not possible
to postpone only this part of the new regulation.” “The best option to
keep the regulation on track is to withdraw the requirement for a
mandatory logo. Then the new regulation can start next January on
schedule”. The other major issue at the seminar was the CAP health
check, an opportunity to make important changes to European Agriculture
to become more sustainable.
<br><i>Fonte di informazione:</i> Organic-market.info, 10 aprile 2008. <a href="http://www.organic-market.info/" target="blank"> www.organic-market.info</a>.
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