Certified organic products are those which have been produced, stored, processed, handled and marketed in accordance with precise technical specifications (standards) and certified as “organic” by a certification body.

Once conformity with organic standards has been verified by a certification body, the product is afforded a label. This label will differ depending on the certification body but can be taken as an assurance that the essential elements constituting an “organic” product have been met from the farm to the market. It is important to note that an organic label applies to the production process, ensuring that the product has been produced and processed in an ecologically sound manner. The organic label is therefore a production process claim as opposed to a product quality claim.

Organic products are the result of farming the earth without using chemical fertilizers, and toxic pesticides. The fight against the diseases of the plants and the fertilizing of the ground are taking place with natural methods and organic supplies. The strict control and organic certification system:

The reliability of organic products is based on a strict control system and certification which is described in European Union’s laws 2092/91 and 1804/99 and every bio farmer is obliged to apply them.

According to this system, a producer is being controlled in all production phases and up until the disposal. Agriculturists are performing tests in farms, while special analysis during farming, harvesting and standardization, are certifying that all mandatory rules are abided.

To characterize a product as organic, is must be the output of organic farming at least for three years and to have the appropriate sign on the package, which is the name of the organism and the certification code.