Australian Organic Ltd has announced a restructure that will see it become a stand-alone, member owned, not-for-profit industry service group. The purpose of the new structure is to enable the organics...

Australian Organic, a promotion group for organic foods, is warning consumers to watch out for fake organic foods this Organic Awareness Month. Lunching 2016’s Organic Awareness Month theme, ‘What...

UPDATE 22/07/2016: Since publishing this article Jalna has announced it will be continuing for now Kosher certification of its products. Jalna said it was listening to its customers  and that Jalna...

US organic standards going global with international trade agreements “Tremendous strides” have been made in the development of organic trade agreements between the US and other countries,...

One of Australia’s major organic certifiers, Australian Organic, has launched a new campaign fronted by celebrity chef and Australian Organic Ambassador Pete Evans. Australian Organic said the campaign...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has directed seven suppliers of bottled water to remove ‘organic’ claims from labelling and marketing material. An eighth supplier has withdrawn...

More than half of US consumers agree that labelling food or other products organic is just an excuse for companies to charge more, according to research from US market research organisation Harris Interactive. A...

The United States Department of Agriculture has announced that periodic testing of organic food will be implemented from the start of 2013. Current USDA regulations require organic-food producers to undergo...

An organic farmer is seeking to recover loss and damage allegedly caused by a genetically modified (GM) canola farmer neighbour. Steve Marsh, an organic farmer from Kojonup, Western Australia, says his...