Article 26 Rules for preserving products and for the production of processed feed and foodF1
United Kingdom
Operators preserving products or producing processed feed or food shall establish and update appropriate procedures based on a systematic identification of critical processing steps.
The application of those procedures shall guarantee at all times that preserved or processed products comply with the organic production rules.
Operators shall comply with and implement the procedures referred to in paragraph 1. In particular, operators shall:
take precautionary measures to avoid the risk of contamination by unauthorised substances or products;
implement suitable cleaning measures, monitor their effectiveness and record those measures;
guarantee that non-organic products are not placed on the market with an indication referring to the organic production method.
Where non-organic products are also prepared or stored in the preparation unit concerned, the operator shall:
carry out the operations continuously until the complete run has been dealt with, separated by place or time from similar operations carried out on non-organic products;
store organic products, before and after the operations, separate by place or time from non-organic products;
inform the control authority or control body of the operations referred to in points (a) and (b) and keep available an updated register of all operations and quantities processed;
take the necessary measures to ensure identification of lots and to avoid mixtures or exchanges with non-organic products;
carry out operations on organic products only after suitable cleaning of the production equipment.
Additives, processing aids and other substances and ingredients used for processing feed or food and any processing practice applied, such as smoking, shall respect the principles of good manufacturing practice.