| Thursday, 18 December 2003
Australian Certified Organic (ACO) has recently amended their Organic Standards to come into line with the recent United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP).
These new standards affect the level of organic certification of the Miessence products that contain non-agricultural substances.
Non-agricultural substance: A substance that is not a product of agriculture, such as a mineral. (eg. clay and bicarb soda)
There are now two levels of certification for organic products relevant to Miessence products:
- Products labelled as "certified organic" or “organic.”
Must contain (excluding water and salt) at least 95% organically produced agricultural ingredients. Any remaining ingredients can be non-agricultural substances or non-organically produced agricultural ingredients, with strict processing criteria (eg. no GMOs or synthetics chemicals).
- Products labelled as "made with organic ingredients."
Must contain (excluding water and salt) at least 70% organically produced agricultural ingredients. Any remaining can be non-agricultural substances or non-organically produced agricultural ingredients, with strict processing criteria (eg. no GMOs or synthetics chemicals).
These products are now certified as “Registered Approved Products” by the BFA.
Our product labels will now reflect these new certification criteria.
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