The new law sets requirements for organic production by sector, its circulation, labeling and sale, and a mechanism for certification of organic production.
Also introduced keeping registers operators, certification bodies, organic seeds and planting material. Openness and accessibility of these registers will enable citizens, the subjects of the market of organic products, market participants, other stakeholders get up, reliable information on the organic market operators, certification bodies, eligible for certification of organic production and / or treatment of organic products, and the presence in Ukraine of organic seeds and planting material.
The text of the law can be found here – https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2496-19
This year on January 4
the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, signed the Law "On Information for Consumers on Food Products", which was approved by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 6 December 2018 year (registration number of the bill 8450) effective the day after its publication, and entered into force after 6 months after publication.
