By Simon Leufstedt, published on March 3rd, 2008
The European Union has introduced a new logo for organic food. The new logo will be obligatory in 2009 for all organic products sold within the European Union member states. But you can already see the new labelling on organic products.
It’s up to individual EU countries to decide if the new logo will be accompanied by national organic logos, such as the Swedish organic labelling KRAV.
Mariann Fischer Boel, EU Agriculture Commissioner, said that “this is an excellent agreement which will help consumers to recognize organic products throughout the EU more easily and give them assurances of precisely what they are buying.”
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March 6th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
This was a really interesting article on organic food logos! What is the purpose for the new logos?
March 6th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
jasmine: The new logo is expected to make it easier for customers to find organic products and hopefully increase organic sales.
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