Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Mike Weir (Scottish National Party), on Tuesday, 26 March 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 20 members in total.
UK REGISTER OF ORGANIC FOOD STANDARDS
That this House is opposed to proposals by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to scrap the UK Register of Organic Food Standards; and believes that an independent body is essential to ensure standards in organic food production.
Amendments
The Early day motion has received 2 amendments.
- 1083A1
- leave out from 'House' to end and add 'welcomes the proposals by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs now under consideration, both to establish an independent body to set, and act as custodian of, the standards for organic food production and to use the services of the sole national accreditation body, the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, to assess the competence of organic food certification bodies to evaluate the implementation of such standards by producers and assessors.'.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 1083
- 1083A1
- Session
- 2001-02
- Subjects
- Organic farming Organic food Standards United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards
- Link
- View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk
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- 2014-09-04 13:04:38 +0100
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