Rules on organic food to be updated

EUROPEAN Union updated rules on organic food are expected to be agreed by ministers in June, according to Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel.

After that, it’s up to a combination of the producers’ ingenuity and the market to decide how far this sector develops, she said.

Writing in her blog, she said the organic sector in Europe offers huge potential for growth in the years ahead — “if we get things right“.