Forgive my US centric perspective but here the organic label doesn’t require much scrutiny, allegedly it is trivial to become 100% USDA certified organic while still using pesticides and fertilizers. I honestly haven’t dug into it much but based on how everything else works here I assume the organic label is just a way to charge 2x as much for the same product.
It is not trivial to be get certified in Australia. At least it wasn’t when I studied organic farming over 25 years ago. I don’t know if the same requirements are enforced for imported organic products. I doubt it.
Forgive my US centric perspective but here the organic label doesn’t require much scrutiny, allegedly it is trivial to become 100% USDA certified organic while still using pesticides and fertilizers. I honestly haven’t dug into it much but based on how everything else works here I assume the organic label is just a way to charge 2x as much for the same product.
It is not trivial to be get certified in Australia. At least it wasn’t when I studied organic farming over 25 years ago. I don’t know if the same requirements are enforced for imported organic products. I doubt it.
There are different certification bodies with widely different standards.
USDA certification is a rubber stamp. The best of the best in the US is probably the Oregon Tilth badge.