# Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, Article 7: Specific principles applicable to the processing of organic food

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The production of processed organic food shall be based, in particular, on the following specific principles:
(a) the production of organic food from organic agricultural ingredients;
(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;
(c) the exclusion of substances and processing methods that might be misleading as regards the true nature of the product;
(d) the processing of organic food with care, preferably through the use of biological, mechanical and physical methods;
(e) the exclusion of food containing, or consisting of, engineered nanomaterials.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/848/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-848/article-7
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