Standards

Naturland Standards

The development of standards and their practical implementation are the key work of any organic agricultural association.
The core of all Naturland’s standards is their holistic approach, sustainable management, nature conservation and climate protection in actual practice, preserving and maintaining the soil, air and water, as well as consumer protection.
Naturland’s standards existed long before the first EU regulations on organic agriculture became law.
Today, too, the consistent development of our standards generates considerable impetus. Besides this, Naturland’s standards also cover areas not yet governed by the EC organic regulation, such as organic aquaculture, the manufacture of textiles and cosmetics, and, with its social standards, social issues.

Presently Naturland issues the following standards (click on the headings below to go to the download files):

Production

Beekeeping

Aquaculture

Forest management

Sustainable Capture Fishery

Processing

Textiles

Cosmetic products

Naturland standards on social responsibility

Naturland Fair Trade Standards

Naturland Organic worldwide

Or perhaps you are interested in a

comparison with other standards

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Naturland standards on production

Production (pdf-file, 515 KB)
Version: 05/2010

Including branches of production:

Plant production
Livestock production
Market gardening
Mushroom cultivation
Cultivation of ornamental plants, herbaceous perennials, shrubs, Christmas trees
Fruit Cultivation
Viniculture and wine production
Permanent tropical plantations
Wild grown products

Beekeeping (pdf-file, 223 KB)
Version: 11/2008

Aquaculture (pdf-file, 402 KB)
Version: 05/2010

Standards on production: organic forest management

Organic forest management (pdf-file, 82 KB)
Version: 11/1998

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Naturland Standards: sustainable capture fishery

Sustainable Capture Fishery (pdf-file, 251 KB)
Version: 05/2010

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Naturland standards for processors

Processing (pdf-file, 775 kB)
Version: 05/2010

Including processing standards for specific groups of products:

meat and meat products
milk and milk products
bread and bakery products
cereals, cereal products and noodles
feed
aquaculture products
breweries
vegetables and fruit
edible fats and oils
yeast, yeast products as well as leaven and natural fermantation starter
production of micro-algae and micro-algae products
textiles
cosmetic products
pet food
gastronomy

Processing standards: Textiles

Textiles
Version: 05/2010

The textile standards are integrated under part D, chapter XII of the
Naturland processing standards (pdf-file, 775 KB).

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Processing standards: Cosmetics

Cosmetic products
Version: 05/2010

The standards for cosmetic products are integrated under part D, chapter XIII of the
Naturland processing standards (pdf-file, 775 KB).

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Naturland Standards on social responsibility

Social responsibility
Version: 05/2010

The standards on social responsibility are integrated in:

Part A, chapter III of the
Naturland standards on production (pdf-file, 515 KB) and in
Part C, chapter IV of the
Naturland processing standards (pdf-file, 775 KB).

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Naturland Fair Trade Standards

Naturland fair trade certification is a voluntary supplementary option for Naturland certified producers, processors and traders. In each and every case, the basis for fair trade certification is a valid certification by Naturland as organic.

Naturland Fair Trade Standards (pdf-file, 216 KB)
Version: 05/2010

Comparison of standards

Here you can find quick and clear information on the most important differences between Naturland’s standards and the requirements of the EC organic regulation (Bio-Siegel, the German national eco label).

Comparison EC organic regulation (pdf-file, 180 KB)

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