Article 7 Specific principles applicable to the processing of organic food

The production of processed organic food shall be based, in particular, on the following specific principles:

1. (a)

   the production of organic food from organic agricultural ingredients;

2. (b)

   the restriction of the use of food additives, of non-organic ingredients with mainly technological and sensory functions, and of micronutrients and processing aids, so that they are used to a minimum extent and only in cases of essential technological need or for particular nutritional purposes;

3. (c)

   the exclusion of substances and processing methods that might be misleading as regards the true nature of the product;

4. (d)

   the processing of organic food with care, preferably through the use of biological, mechanical and physical methods;

5. (e)

   the exclusion of food containing, or consisting of, engineered nanomaterials.