´Organic Thailand´ logo to be used for export to EU
Panita Norasing

BANGKOK, 22 July 2010 (NNT) – Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Teera Wongsamut suggests traders/operators to deliberately study new regulations of production control and organic products labeling before exporting to Europe.

Mr Teera stated that the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standard (ACFS) had proposed the use of Organic Thailand Logo to certify agricultural organic produces to be in line with the regulations of EU in product control and logo on organic products which had been enforced since 1 July 2010 onward. Goods produced in EU must be labeled with logos identifying their origins, while imported organic commodities are required to be labeled for those products containing 95% organic materials. Moreover, organic products must not contain GMO materials, only 0.9% of GMO contamination in the products is allowed.

Mr Teera elaborated that exporters must seriously follow those EU regulation and must attach the actual product certificate along with particular transport until reaching the first buyer’s warehouse. Importers are required to keep such actual certificates for reference for at least two years. Products in the market currently can still use the same label until 1 January 2012 which is the opportunity for Thai exporters to further study the new regulations and to develop quality standard to meet the EU conditions.

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Organic Crop Production in Thailand



This is the Organic Thailand logo. Standards for Organic Crop Production in Thailand were established in 2000, as guidelines for organic crop production in compliance with international standards.



This is the IFOAM organic logo, which can also be found on some produce in Thailand. The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) is the worldwide umbrella organization of the organic agriculture movement, with about 750 member organizations and institutions in about 100 countries all over the world. It was founded in 1972.

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