Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008Show full title

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

Article 32U.K.Special rules for transporting feed to other production/preparation units or storage premises

In addition to the provisions of Article 31, when transporting feed to other production or preparation units or storage premises, operators shall ensure that the following conditions are met:

(a)

during transport, organically-produced feed, in-conversion feed, and non-organic feed shall be effectively physically separated;

(b)

the vehicles and/or containers which have transported non-organic products are used to transport organic products provided that:

(i)

suitable cleaning measures, the effectiveness of which has been checked, have been carried out before commencing the transport of organic products; operators shall record these operations,

(ii)

all appropriate measures are implemented, depending on the risks evaluated in accordance with Article 88(3) and, where necessary, operators shall guarantee that non-organic products cannot be placed on the market with an indication referring to organic production,

(iii)

the operator shall keep documentary records of such transport operations available for the control body or control authority;

(c)

the transport of finished organic feed shall be separated physically or in time from the transport of other finished products;

(d)

during transport, the quantity of products at the start and each individual quantity delivered in the course of a delivery round shall be recorded.