Last month Biological Farmers of Australia Ltd (BFA) launched their new standards known as the Australian Certified Organic Standard (ACOS) 2010. This is an updated version of the Australian Organic Standard 2006, which clarifies and updates the requirements for new and emerging organic sectors such as cosmetics, forestry, ethical trade-organic, pet food, fibres and aquaculture production.

The BFA will soon launch a consumer version of its new Standard that will define production points of interest for individual organic products and product categories.

‘The booklet will enable shoppers to make quick purchase decisions by allowing them to understand, at a glance, the production differences between organic and non-organic, for example, the advantages of buying organic versus non-organic honey, meat or eggs’, said Dr Monk. ‘This new summary standard will be available free of charge from April 2011 from the BFA website alongside the full version of the Standard’.

Source: BFA press release

For more information see www.bfa.com.au