Author(s): Ding Wei
Pages: 39-42
Year: 2000 Issue:  S1
Journal: Journal of Nanjing Forestry University(Natural Sciences Edition)
Keyword:  Organic Food; Stardard; Certification;
Abstract: Organic foods are those that have not been treated with any chemically synthesized substances in the course of production and processing. All the raw materials must derive from the organic farming system, which aims at maintaining and promoting the sustainability of the soil and the harmonious development of the ecology through the recovery of the internal system and the adoption of appropriate measures. The United States and the European Union have set up their organic food standards and grant organic certificates to those enterprises whose production and processing activities comply with relevant standards. Therefore, in order to keep pace in pace with the international developments of organic food industry, food manufacturers and export departments in China have to learn and understand the organic concepts and legal regulations of western countries.