Nick Adams
Member
- Location
- Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Dear Nick,
It has been brought to our attention by DEFRA that organic wool must not appear on your certification documents as certified to the EC organic regulation (889/2008). This is because wool is not defined as an agricultural product under the scope of the EU regulation.
Following this clarification we will need to remove organic wool from all certification documents that reference the EU regulation 889/2008.
We have contacted the British Wool Marketing Board and made them aware of this change. They have confirmed that they will accept organic wool from sellers that have organic sheep listed on their licence. They will not require you to show organic wool as a separate enterprise.
We will still have our own private standards for the production of organic wool and we can issue you with a separate licence to certify Soil Association organic wool. We would then issue you with certification documents that list organic wool but that does not reference the EU regulation 889/2008. There will be no charge for this licence. Please let me know if you would like us to certify your wool to Soil Association standards.
If you have any questions about this we’d be very happy to discuss this with you. Please call us on 0117 914 2412 or email [email protected].
Kind regards,
Not a big issue but yet another example of the tsunami of nonsense that is generated and we have to deal with using our limited resources instead of concentrating on important matters.
It has been brought to our attention by DEFRA that organic wool must not appear on your certification documents as certified to the EC organic regulation (889/2008). This is because wool is not defined as an agricultural product under the scope of the EU regulation.
Following this clarification we will need to remove organic wool from all certification documents that reference the EU regulation 889/2008.
We have contacted the British Wool Marketing Board and made them aware of this change. They have confirmed that they will accept organic wool from sellers that have organic sheep listed on their licence. They will not require you to show organic wool as a separate enterprise.
We will still have our own private standards for the production of organic wool and we can issue you with a separate licence to certify Soil Association organic wool. We would then issue you with certification documents that list organic wool but that does not reference the EU regulation 889/2008. There will be no charge for this licence. Please let me know if you would like us to certify your wool to Soil Association standards.
If you have any questions about this we’d be very happy to discuss this with you. Please call us on 0117 914 2412 or email [email protected].
Kind regards,
Not a big issue but yet another example of the tsunami of nonsense that is generated and we have to deal with using our limited resources instead of concentrating on important matters.