The full text of these other standards is available by clicking on the name of the standard.

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We also have a good selection of links to useful resources. Check it out!

Canadian Standards:

Canadian Organic Standard

Organic Standards for Quebec

Standards Council of Canada

European Standards:

Council Regulation (EC No. 834/2007) (European Union)

EC No. 889/2008

http://organicrules.org/ offers side by side comparisons of between minimum 15 European organic standards and EU regulation 2092/91. This database refers to the EU project, Organic-Revision.

http://www.organic-europe.net/europe_eu/default.asp (links to European standards and statistics and other organic resources)

Japanese Standards:

JAS Standards for Production

JAS Standards for Processing

International Standards:

BIO SUISSE Standards (Switzerland)

Synopsis of BIO SUISSE standards for producers outside of Switzerland (Switzerland)

Codex Alimentarius - UN standards

FAS/USDA Summary - English language

IFOAM NORMS - Purchase download or CD. Also available via this link is the USDA/EU Regs Comparison

Int'l Organization for Standardization

Mexico Federal Organic Law - in Spanish language only at this time


United States Standards:

National Organic Program (NOP)

NOP Indexed [MS doc] Thanks to Stanley Edwards for providing this info!

Apiculture Standards -

NOP 5006 Instruction - Processed Manure. 7-17-2007 [pdf]

Sunset for National List Materials

American Organic Standards [voluntary]