Australia's Organic Certifiers

Consumers are protected by common law in Australia if they purchase a certified organic product that displays an organic certification symbol such as the ACO Bud logo. When consumers see one of these symbols they can be sure that the product complies with the Standard AS 6000-2009 Organic and biodynamic products.

There are eight certifying bodies in Australia, all of which have their own standards. However, all these standards must act as minimum meet the baseline domestically focused AS 6000-2009, while most have additional requirement for their producers to meet. 

Why are organic products certified?

• Protects consumers against deception and fraud in the marketplace
• Protects producers of genuine organic produce against misrepresentation of conventional produce as being organic
• Ensures that all stages of production, processing and marketing are subject to inspection and meeting the predetermined requirements of the organic standard

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Source: Article "Protecting consumers and genuine producers from fraud" in Organic Victoria magazine (http://www.organicvictoria.com.au/). 

Thanks to Malcolm McGuire, editor of Organic Victoria for allowing me to  use the materials from the magazine.