Can anyone just claim to be an organic producer?
A. Definitely not. Organic is the only system of farming in the UK which must meet legal requirements to use the name. Anyone calling their product organic must be inspected and certified by a body like Organic Farmers & Growers. When they are licensed, organic products must show a certification number on the label. If they are certified by OF&G the label will say ‘Organic Certification UK2’. Other United Kingdom certification bodies have different ‘UK’ numbers, but one of them must be on display. Anyone claiming to be organic who does not have a license is breaking the law. Imported goods will carry the mark of the certification body of the country in which they were produced, but the import will have been supervised by an EU certification body.
