The Act has been enacted for maintaining water and soil resources, ecological environment, biodiversity, animal welfare and consumer interests, and promoting agricultural operation that is eco-friendly and sustainable use of resources. The Act consists of 42 articles divided into 6 Chapters: General Principles; Promotion of Organic Agriculture; Management of Accreditation Body and Certification; Management of Organic Agricultural Products; Penalties; Supplementary Provisions. The competent authority shall promote the agricultural production management system which adopts the approach of agronomical, biological, and machinery operation and uses natural resources, excluding synthetic chemicals and GMOs, in order to fulfill the eco-friendly requirement of organic agriculture. The competent authority shall also devote to organic agriculture technology research and the provision of information and personnel training. In order to engage accreditation activities, an institution or legal entity shall obtain the permission from the Central Competent Authority. In order to engage in the certification activities, an institution, school, or legal entity shall be accredited by an accreditation body and receive the accreditation certificate in the qualified scope. Agricultural products shall be certified to be organic throughout their production, processing, packaging, and distribution before they can be sold, labelled, displayed or advertised as organic.
Province chinoise de Taïwan · 2018-05-30