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Welcome to the September edition of Organic News
Kia ora koutou,
Regulations
The Organic Standards Regulations 2025 and Organic Products and Production Regulations 2025 are now publicly available:
The Organic Standards Regulations set out the minimum requirements that must be met for primary products to be labelled as ‘organic’. The standard is technical in nature and will require supplementary notices to give it full effect. It is divided into seven sections: general, livestock, plants, aquaculture, apiary, processing and handling, and inputs.
The Products and Production Regulations set out the checks and balances necessary to ensure the standard is followed. Tools for ensuring organic integrity include diligent record keeping and regular communication and checks, including regular onsite visits from an independent verification body.
Development of these regulations has been a significant undertaking and promulgation is a considerable milestone. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this process. Focus now turns to readying the supplementary notices for public consultation.
Supplementary Notices
The following supplementary notices are in development:
- Standards Notice
- Products and Production Notice
- Inputs Notice
Public consultation on the supplementary notices is planned to begin in late September and will start with the Inputs Notice for generic substances.
Cost Recovery
Public consultation on the cost recovery proposals under the Organic Products and Production Act 2023 has closed. 53 submissions were received. The team are working on reviewing the submissions and will produce a summary of submissions and recommendations.
Implementation
With the promulgation of the regulations, we are turning our attention to operationalising the new regime. Further information, timelines and guidance will be shared in the next Organic News.
Key Dates
Below is a reminder of the key dates to stand up the new organics regime:
Ngā mihi,
The Organic Project Team
