creators_name: Huber, Beate
creators_name: Kilcher, Lukas
creators_name: Schmid, Otto
editors_name: Willer, Helga
editors_name: Yussefi, Minou
type: bookchapter
datestamp: 2008-02-25
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:38:46
metadata_visibility: show
title: Standards and Regulations
ispublished: pub
subjects: organics_countries
full_text_status: public
keywords: Internationale Zusammmenarbeit, standards for organic production, Statistics, organic farming world-wide, land use, Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Australia & Oceania
abstract: Farmer associations developed the first standards for organic production in the middle of the last century. The first international standards were published by IFOAM in 1980. The first legislative initiatives were developed by some European countries (e.g. Austria, France) in the 1980s. In 1991, the EU passed the organic regulation 2092/91 and set standards with major implications for international trade, and included not only production standards, but also standards for labeling and inspection. Various countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia introduced legislation in the 1990s. In 1999, Codex Alimentarius approved the first guidelines for organic plant production. Livestock production was included in 2001. In the new millennium, most major economies have implemented legislation on organic production; in 2002, the US National Organic Program came into force in 2002, and the Chinese legal framework was finalized in 2005.
date: 2007
date_type: published
publication: The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging Trends 2007
publisher: International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM, Bonn, Germany & Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland
pagerange: 56-66
refereed: never
citation: Huber, Beate; Kilcher, Lukas and Schmid, Otto (2007) Standards and Regulations. In: Willer, Helga and Yussefi, Minou (Eds.) The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging Trends 2007, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM, Bonn, Germany & Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland, chapter 8, pp. 56-66.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/13167/1/huber-etal-2007-world-of-organic-chapter8.pdf