Industry News & Updates

The Australian organic industry is calling on state and federal Food Ministers to reject Food Standards Australia and New Zealand’s (FSANZ) Proposal P1055, warning that the plan would strip consumers of their right to know whether the food they eat has been genetically modified(GM) or gene-edited.....

Australian Organic Limited in partnership with Southern Cross University and all five Australian organic certification bodies have successfully secured a competitive grant to develop the nation’s first Research Development and Innovation (RD&I) Strategy for the Organic Horticulture Sector.....

The Coalition and the Australian Greens have each backed the introduction of a legislated definition of the word “organic”. The move would close a loophole that currently allows products to carry an organic label in Australia with as little as two per cent certified organic content, leaving the industry open to greenwashing from non-certified producers....