Local and organic Where to buy fresh, local organic food and drink in the North East County Durham, Northumberland, Tees Valley and Tyne & Wear EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND Soil Association UK Organic Name Code Website Symbol Certification Organic Farmers UK2 www.organicfarmers.org.uk & Growers ‘Organic’ is a term defined by EU law. This means that anyone who is using the term Scottish Organic UK3 www.sopa.org.uk on a food product needs Producers Association to hold a licence with an approved certification body. The EU has set basic standards for organic production and it Organic Food Federation UK4 www.orgfoodfed.com is up to the individual member states to translate this into their own law. Soil Association UK5 www.soilassociation.org Any organic product sold in Certification Ltd the UK must by law display a certification symbol or number. When you see an Bio-Dynamic Agriculture organic symbol, you can be UK6 www.biodynamic.org.uk Association/Demeter sure that the product complies with minimum government standards. These standards Irish Organic Farmers & are set by the UK government UK7 www.irishorganic.ie and meet European and Growers Association international standards. Each certification body has its own symbol and EU code number. UK9 www.organic-trust.org Where possible, we have Organic Trust Ltd listed the certification number at the end of each of the entries in this directory. Quality Welsh Food UK13 email:
[email protected] To the right is a table Certification Ltd that explains which certification body each of these numbers applies to. Ascisco Ltd UK15 www.soilassociation.org More information may be found on their websites.