Read our organic standards

Read our organic standards

Licensees in Great Britain are certified to regulations 834/2007 and 889/2008. The EU Organic Regulation (EC) 2018/848 applies to all licensees in Northern Ireland. You can find the respective standards for licensees in both Great Britain and Northern Ireland below. 

• Standards for licensees in Great Britain

  Standards documents for licensees in Great Britain, including farming and growing, food and drink, aquaculture and seaweed.

• Standards for licensees in Northern Ireland

  Standards documents for licensees in Northern Ireland, including farming and growing, food and drink, aquaculture and seaweed.

• Food for Life Served Here

  Standards for the Food for Life Served Here award.

• Forestry, wood and paper

  Standards for the sustainable management of forests and forest products.

• Health and beauty

  Standards for organic and natural health and beauty products. This includes the international COSMOS standard, and the Soil Association Health and Beauty standard.

• Textiles

  We certify textiles exclusively to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS).

• Approved inputs

  Standards for approved inputs.