Key challenges for the future of organic regulation

As the fastest growing segment in the foods sector globally, organic agriculture holds great 

In September 1999, the first organic certified Robusta coffee in Uganda was ready for export. But when import clearance in the EU was held up, the customer lost interest. Five months later the two containers were still at the factory in Kampala. 

According to Felicia Echeverria, Manager of the National Organic Agriculture Program from the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry in Costa Rica (Echeverria 2004)  

Furthermore, the principle of equivalence is encouraged in the TBT with members being 

Movement towards any harmonised organic regulatory system will require several small but 

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