http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eur/2008/889/adopted

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/889/article/26/adopted

Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control

Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008

2020-12-10

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

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Art. 29(1)(a)

The Organic Production and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 3(17)(b)(i)(bb)

reg. 1(2)

Annex 2

para. 3

The Organic Production and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

reg. 3(56)

reg. 1(2)

TITLE IIRULES ON PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, PACKAGING, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS

CHAPTER 3Processed products

Article 26Rules for the production of processed feed and food

1

Additives, processing aids and other substances and ingredients used for processing food or feed and any processing practice applied, such as smoking, shall respect the principles of good manufacturing practice.

2

Operators producing processed feed or food shall establish and update appropriate procedures based on a systematic identification of critical processing steps.

3

The application of the procedures referred to in paragraph 2 shall guarantee at all times that the produced processed products comply with the organic production rules.

4

Operators shall comply with and implement the procedures referred to in paragraph 2. In particular, operators shall:

a

take precautionary measures to avoid the risk of contamination by unauthorised substances or products;

b

implement suitable cleaning measures, monitor their effectiveness and record these operations;

c

guarantee that non-organic products are not placed on the market with an indication referring to the organic production method.

5

Further to the provisions laid down in paragraphs 2 and 4, when non-organic products are also prepared or stored in the preparation unit concerned, the operator shall:

a

carry out the operations continuously until the complete run has been dealt with, separated by place or time from similar operations performed on non-organic products;

b

store organic products, before and after the operations, separate by place or time from non-organic products;

c

inform the control authority or control body thereof and keep available an updated register of all operations and quantities processed;

d

take the necessary measures to ensure identification of lots and to avoid mixtures or exchanges with non-organic products;

e

carry out operations on organic products only after suitable cleaning of the production equipment.