What we want to achieve
Organic certification standards – what are the differences?
To comprehensively present the difference or resemblance of organic certification standards at national and international levels the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) designs a webbased information system, which allows users to analyse and compare different certification standards and accompanying documents.
Who we are
The Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) in Germany is subordinate to the Federal Government and empowered to conduct business on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV).
BLE is in charge of various tasks concerning the realisation of the European regulations in organic farming. This includes the accreditation of private organic certification bodies in Germany, the authorisation to import organic products and the approval to use conventional additives in organic products.
BLE is responsible for the registration of producers using the “Bio-Siegel”, which is the German governmental certificate for organic products.