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You must be certified by an approved UK organic control body if you produce, prepare, store, import, export or sell organic food in the UK.

You can only label food as 鈥榦rganic鈥�, or use terms relating to organic production methods, if:

• it meets organic production rules
• at least 95% of the agricultural ingredients are organic
• all other , are listed as permitted within the organic regulations
• the product, its labels and any suppliers are certified by an approved UK organic control body

Contact your control body for guidance on organic production rules.

Other terms relating to organic methods include:

• 鈥榦rganically grown鈥�
• 鈥榦rganically produced鈥�
• 鈥榞rown or produced using organic principles鈥�
• 鈥榞rown or produced using organic methods鈥�

The rules also apply to company names or brand names. For example, you could not use the name 鈥楽mith鈥檚 Organic鈥� for a non-organic product or business.

If your organic food has less than 95% organic ingredients

You must be certified by an approved UK organic control body if both of the following apply:

• your organic food contains less than 95% organic agricultural ingredients
• you wish to make organic claims on the labelling or in the marketing

You can only use 鈥榦rganic鈥� in the ingredients list on the label or accompanying documentation. You cannot include 鈥榦rganic鈥� in the product name or description. For example, the ingredients panel of your label may include 鈥榦rganic sugar鈥� in a list of other ingredients.

Get your label approved by a UK organic control body

If you use organic terms anywhere on your product labels, you must get them approved by your approved UK organic control body. You can decide which control body to register with based on your location and business needs.

If you use a third party to carry out your labelling, they will also need to be registered and approved by an organic control body.

If you do not comply with the label requirements, your control body could stop you labelling your food as organic.

What you need to include on your labelling

You must include:

• your control body code number
• a statement of agricultural origin

Control body code number

Your food label must include your control body鈥檚 code number. For food originating in the UK, the code number format is 鈥楪B-ORG-XX鈥�.

If you are exporting your food, you must also include the 鈥楪B-ORG-XX鈥� code. The code shows the food is certified to the Great Britain organic domestic regulations.

Non-UK organic food usually has a different 3-letter code. The code normally has the format 鈥榅X-BIO-XXX鈥�.

Find the codes you need for food:

• from outside the UK in the non-UK organic registers
• from within the UK in the list of approved UK organic control bodies

Statement of agricultural origin

You must include one of the following statements on new labels on all organic pre-packed food produced in Great Britain:

• 鈥楿K Agriculture鈥� 鈥� if the agricultural ingredients are produced in the UK
• 鈥楿K or non-UK Agriculture鈥� 鈥� if the food is produced using a mixture of agricultural ingredients grown in the UK and outside the UK
• 鈥楴on-UK Agriculture鈥� 鈥� if the agricultural ingredients are produced outside the UK

You must not remove or deliberately omit this information.

An operator can use more specific references if 98% of a food鈥檚 agricultural ingredients are grown in a specific area. For example, Welsh lamb can be labelled as 鈥榃elsh Agriculture鈥�.

You can continue to use existing labels on food for the UK market until 31 December 2023.

Using the EU logo

You may include the EU organic logo on organic food produced in Great Britain. If you do, the food must meet the and include an EU statement of agricultural origin (鈥楨U鈥� or 鈥楴on-EU Agriculture鈥�).

You must also include a UK statement of agricultural origin.