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United voice for organic industry, as 11 bodies come together

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AUSTRALIA’S organic food and fibre industry has a new, united voice, with eleven organisations coming together to form the Organic Industry Discussion Group

The new body’s purpose is to advance the interests of the sector, including the pursuit of domestic regulation.

Australia remains the only nation in the OECD without domestic regulation of its organic industry, meaning there is no legislated definition of the term ‘organic’.

While Australia has an export standard, it is not recognised by some trading partners meaning…

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