Welcome to the Bio-Initiative
The requirements of the EU regulations on organic production and labelling of organic products form the basis for the newly founded non-profit Bio-Initiative GmbH. The standards of the initiative also apply to areas which are not or only partially described in the provisions of the EU specifications. The aim is a standard that covers the interests of producers of organically produced products for differentiation from competitors as well as the wishes of consumers with regard to environmental protection and animal health.
The development of specifications and a clear positioning for the implementation in practice plays a decisive role. They are the main component and heart of an ecologically oriented system in the interest of market participants and consumers.
In designing these requirements, the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and the labelling and control of organic products and its implementing rules are laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 and its amendments. The provisions in the current version and supplements shall apply. This includes clear specifications and defined test systems, which are checked and evaluated by independent external controls. Exceptions to the standards are not granted, this applies in particular to stocking densities that are based on the requirements of a purely area-related size.
Purpose of the Company:
- Promotion of organic farming
- Promotion of consumer advice, consumer information and consumer protection
- Promotion of animal welfare.
The Bio-Initiative stands for:
Sustainability and fairness
Transparency along the supply chain
animal welfare
consumer information
Principles
Some of our main principles and guidelines:
- Conversion of the entire farm to organic farming
- animal-fair attitude after extended defaults of the animal protection law
- Farm animals live under species-appropriate conditions
- Pasture and on-farm feed
- max. animal stocking 2 livestock units per hectare of agricultural area
- Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and their derivatives are prohibited
- Capacity enhancers are forbidden
Clearly defined guidelines
The Bio-Initiative sets new standards in the field of organic production. They apply to the use or cultivation of agricultural land, animal refinement in the area of laying hens, the rearing of male chicks (chicken project), broilers, pigs and cows.
We want transparency along the entire supply chain.
