Production form - organic production
Level: Core
Organic production provides opportunities for the hens to move freely, which is beneficial for bone and leg strength, and it also provides good opportunities for the hens to scratch and express other natural behaviour. They receive organic feed and the animal occupation rate is lower in organic production.
Details
- Type:
- Technical specification
- ID:
- 10894
- Group:
- Organic production
Criterion text
[Define the products being referred to] must fulfil the criteria laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliment and of the Council on organic production and labelling of organic products.
Verification
- Certification system that fulfils the requirement, e.g., EU-organic, KRAV
- Labelling of shell eggs (label code 0)
Subject matter of contract
Eggs from organic production
Information about the criterion
Regulation (EU) 2018/848 entered into force on 1 January 2022 and replaced Regulation (EC) 834/2007.
Environmental goals
Motive
Organic production involves, for example, requirements for animal care and feed grown without pesticides and GMO admixture. The regulations also include requirements for organically produced feed. The latter means that synthetic amino acids may not be used. As the hens need certain essential amino acids, this means either that a certain amount of fishmeal is used or that a certain overfeeding of proteins is required when synthetic amino acids are not permitted.
Versions history
The version date indicates when the sustainability criterion was created or last updated. Last reviewed dated tells when we last checked that the sustainability criterion still is relevant.
- Current ID
- 10894
- Version date
- 2014-06-23