As Green Bridge Organics gets its Soil Association certification this year, we thought we’d explain why organic certification is so important…
WHY CHOOSE ORGANIC-CERTIFIED FOOD?
- All organic products come from trusted sources
- Whatever you’re buying, when you choose organic, you choose products that have been produced to the highest standards
- Food you can trust – organic food must be certified by law, so you can be assured that the product and ingredients come from verified sources
- The standards for organic food are laid down in European law, so a licence is required to grow, process and market organic products, plus all organic farms and companies are inspected at least once a year
- All organic farms and food companies are inspected at least once a year. The standards for organic food are laid down in European law, and in places, these are exceeded by the Soil Association’s stricter standards
- Soil Association certify over 70% of organic food in the UK, and all organic farmers and processors are inspected at least once a year – it is the most rigorous of any independent food standard audit process, so the organic label is the best way of assuring that the food we eat has been produced to a standard you can trust
- Wherever you see the organic symbol, you can be sure that the food has been produced to the highest standards
- Organic certification and labelling is agreed nationally and across Europe, and is a guarantee of food quality, independently inspected and certified all over the world
- Choosing organic means that you are supporting farming practices with a more traceable production process and you’ll always know what’s in your food
- It means higher levels of animal welfare, lower levels of pesticides, no manufactured herbicides or artificial fertilisers, and more environmentally sustainable management of farmland and the natural environment – this means more wildlife!
So look for the logo, and trust in…
- Fewer pesticides
- No artificial colours or preservatives
- Always free-range
- No routine use of anti-biotics
- No GM ingredients