CHAPTER IIOBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC PRODUCTION
Article 8Specific principles applicable to the processing of organic feed
The production of processed organic feed shall be based, in particular, on the following specific principles:
- (a)
the production of organic feed from organic feed materials;
- (b)
the restriction of the use of feed additives and processing aids, so that they are used to a minimum extent and only in cases of essential technological or zootechnical needs or for particular nutritional purposes;
- (c)
the exclusion of substances and processing methods that might be misleading as regards the true nature of the product;
- (d)
the processing of organic feed with care, preferably through the use of biological, mechanical and physical methods.