UK REGISTER OF ORGANIC FOOD STANDARDS

Early day motion 1083A1, tabled 23 May 2002 by Alan Keen (Labour/Co-operative). Signed by 2 members.

leave out from 'House' to end and add 'welcomes the proposals by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs now under consideration, both to establish an independent body to set, and act as custodian of, the standards for organic food production and to use the services of the sole national accreditation body, the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, to assess the competence of organic food certification bodies to evaluate the implementation of such standards by producers and assessors.'.

Signatures by party: Labour 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.