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# Organic Farming Ordinance

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## Organic Farming Ordinance

SR 910.18 — Ordinance of 22 September 1997 on Organic Farming and the Labelling of Organically Produced Products and Foodstuffs (Organic Farming Ordinance).

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English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force. English consolidation of 1 January 2025, which is also the date of the current binding text.

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## Preamble

The Swiss Federal Council, on the basis of Articles 14 paragraph 1 letter a, 15 and 177 of the Agriculture Act of 29 April 1998 (AgricA), of Article 13 paragraph 1 letter d of the Foodstuffs Act of 20 June 2014and pursuant to the Federal Act of 6 October 1995 on Technical Barriers to Trade, (TBA), ordains:

SR 910.1 SR 817.0 SR 946.51 Amended by No I of the O of 18 Oct. 2017, in force since 1 Jan. 2018 (AS 2017 6083).

## Contents

1\. General Provisions — 5 articles 2. Requirements for Organic Production — 25 articles 3. Requirements for the Processing of Foodstuffs and Animal Feedingstuffs — 7 articles 4. Labelling — 10 articles 5. Imported Products — 5 articles 6. Inspection Procedure — 15 articles 7. Chapters 6 and 7 ... — 0 articles 8. Final Provisions — 27 articles

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