Organic Framing

IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement) Basic Standards

• IFOAM started during 1970, which now has more than 750 member organisations in over 100 countries.
• Took the lead in setting standards for organic agriculture.
• Several countries and organisations have their own standards but largely follow IFOAM standards.
• Meanwhile, the FAO and WHO jointly brought out guidelines during 1999, known as Codex Alimentarius Commission’ guidelines for production, processing, labelling and marketing of organically produced food (ACIGL-32-1999).
• India – NPOP (National programme for organic production) during 2000.
• IFOAM basic standards are most important organic standards which also describes the principle of organic farming.
• These are the mother or organic standards.
• They are standards for standard setting on the national of international level.
• They are not for certification.
• It provides framework for certification bodies and standard setting organisations to develop their own certification standards.
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  They are regularly reviewed and updated by the IFOAM members from all over the world.