The objective of this Vade mecum is to provide a practical and operational document to support an official investigation which should be carried out where the control authority, control body or the competent authority receives substantiated information about the presence of products or substances that are not authorised for use in organic production pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 9(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/848.
These substances or products include:
● active substances in plant protection products
● fertilisers, soil conditioners, and nutrients
● food ingredients
● food additives
● feed material
● feed additives
● processing aids
● products for the cleaning and disinfection of ponds, cages, tanks, raceways, buildings or installations used for animal production
● products for the cleaning and disinfection of buildings and installations used for plant production, including for storage on an agricultural holding
● products for cleaning and disinfection in processing and storage facilities.
In order to propose an operational and structured approach, the different chapters of the Vade mecum concentrate on the presence of substances from plant protection products, which currently represent the vast majority of the cases notified in OFIS. However, the tools and methods proposed are also pertinent to the official investigations related to the other products or substances.
To keep the Vade mecum simple, most of the chapters focus on plant protection products in organic food. For organic feed and seeds, similar considerations apply.
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