Australia organic production

ALDI Australia 2006. Frequently Asked Questions about ALDI. Do You Sell Organic Products ALDI Australia, Minchinbury. . Accessed 16/1/06. 

There are currently only five countries which have been approved by the EU Commission as having equivalent inspection and production arrangements Argentina, Australia, Hungary, Israel, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. Organic products from these countries can enter the EU if the following conditions are met ... 

The earlier-mentioned Heinz-Wattie Australasia Ltd developed its first organic products for export in 1991 and has moved on to command a considerable presence in Japan worth tens of millions of dollars. Heinz-Wattie Australasia, as the name suggests, operates in New Zealand and Australia, though to date the processed frozen organic export products are sourced from New Zealand. The company now has 50 growers producing certified... 

Whitten, G. Herbal Harvest - commercial organic production of quality and dried herbs, Bloomingham Books, Australia, 1997. 

Despite the organic movement s professed interest in local consumption of organic products (see below), there are a number of countries where exports are and will be of great relevance. In developing countries, export markets are essential for income generation, especially where premium prices can be secured in developed coimtries and less so domestically. In other cases, such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand, which have a high production potential and relatively low population density, domestic consinnption could not take up total production. For those countries export is essential, and the question, then, is how this can be acconunodated "... 

In 1979, the joint center for three international organizations (UNEP, FAO, and WHO) monitoring food product contamination started collecting relevant data. Generalized information covered the period from 1971 onward it was collected widely, from Australia, New Zealand and Japan to Great Britain, Canada, and the USA [79]. The Soviet Union did not feature on this list ... 

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