Organic and Bio-Dynamic Products
The AQIS Organic and Bio-Dynamic Program provides policy advice and verification services to the export organic and bio-dynamic sector in Australia.
The primary objective of the Organic and Bio-Dynamic Program is to ensure that organic and bio-dynamic produce exported from Australia meets the requirements of importing countries, ensuring that international market access is maintained.
If you intend to export food, cosmetics, fibre or any product that is described (labelled) as 'organic', 'bio-dynamic', 'biological', 'ecological' or by any other word of similar indication, you should be aware of the following:
- Export Control (Organic Produce Certification) Orders—these orders make it illegal to export organic produce without a government to government certificate.
- National Standard for Organic and Bio-Dynamic Produce—Edition 3.4 July 2009
PDF [404kb]—details minimum requirements for production, processing and labelling of organic produce.
The Export Control (Organic Produce Certification) Orders prohibits the export of organic produce unless an organic produce certificate has been issued under these Orders for the produce.
Organic and bio-dynamic produce for export must be certified by an approved certifying organisation, verifying that the produce has been prepared in accordance with the National Standard for Organic and Bio-Dynamic Produce.
Approved certifying organisations must be issued with a quality management certificate from AQIS.