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Outline of Certification System

Certification Mark of Environment-Friendly Agricultural and livestock products

  • 농림축산식품부 유기농(한글표시)
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  • 농림축산식품부 유기농(한글표시)
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  • 농림축산식품부 유기축산(한글표시)
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  • 농림축산식품부 유기농(영문표시)
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Organic

- Organic agricultural products, organic livestock products, organic oo (oo is a general name of agricultural products.)
- Organic cultivation agricultural products, organic cultivation oo or organic livestock ○○


  • 농림축산식품부 유기
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  • 농림축산식품부 무농약(한글표시)
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Non-pesticide

- Non-pesticide agricultural products or Non-pesticide ○○
- Non-pesticide cultivation agricultural products or Non-pesticide cultivation ○○

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Non-antibiotic

- Non-antibiotic livestock products, Non-antibiotic ○○ or Non-antibiotic farming ○○

  • 농림축산식품부 유기가공품(한글표시)
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Oganic processed products

-Oganic processed products, Oganic or Oganic products
-Oganic ○○

- There should be no signs that can cause consumer confusion such as expressions like natural, no-chemical, low-chemical
- In case of agricultural products cultivated by substance dissolved with natural water, without cultivating in soil, facilities, or mediums, they should include additional marks as nutriculture agricultural product or hydroponics agricultural product.

Certification System of Environmentally-Friendly Agricultural and Livestock Products

  • What is the certification system of environmentally-friendly agricultural and livestock products?
    The system in which safety of environmentally-friendly agricultural products are certified by government-accredited certification bodies after the bodies inspect the products based on the strict certification standards.

  • What is an environmentally-friendly agricultural and livestock products?
    The agricultural products produced by using no chemicals such as organic synthetic pesticides, chemical fertilizer and feed additives at all or using a minimum amount, in order to protect the environment and also to provide consumers with safer agricultural products.

  • Management of environment-friendly agricultural and livestock products
    It includes strict product quality audit which monitors the compliance of certification standards in the process of production including soil, water, growth and harvest, and in th process of shipment/distribution of certified products. Furthermore, surveillance audit is carried out in order to prevent nonconformities of standards and false labels in the market.

  • The type of environmentally-friendly agricultural and livestock products:
    - Environmentally-friendly agricultural products (2 types): organic agricultural products, non-pesticide agricultural products
    - Environmentally-friendly livestock products (2 types): organic livestock, non-antibiotic livestock
Types and standards of eco-friendly agricultural products
Type Standards
Organic
agricultural
products
Organic synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers shall not be used at all.
- Conversion period: three years before the first harvest for perennial crops, two years before the sowing or reforestation for other crops.
Organic
livestock
products
Livestock products shall be produced in compliance with the certification standards by feeding organic feeds which produced in compliance with organic agricultural products certification standards.
Non-pesticide
agricultural
products
Organic synthetic pesticides shall not be used at all, but the chemical fertilizer may be used not to be exceeded the amount of ingredients recommended for each.
Non-antibiotic
livestock
products
Livestock products shall be produced in compliance with the standards describing conventional feeds for livestock which do not contain antibiotics, synthetic antimicrobials and hormones.