In the European Union—so in our country as well—agricultural products, food, and feed produced may be marketed with organic labelling (biológiai, bio, öko, organikus) only if they are produced in compliance with the relevant community and national regulations under an inspection system controlled by the public authority and this is verified (in Hungary with a certificate).
The main players of the organic certification system are the economic operators, who perform their production and trade according to the relevant regulations, this way taking a risk and giving up some of the yield they have to change their technology, the procedures, and the materials used compared to the conventional production that is less protective of the environment and the health of the consumers.
By performing the inspection and certification of the activity of the organic producers, processors, and traders, Biokontroll Hungária Nonprofit Ltd. plays an important role in the organic certification system. On one hand, our task is to guarantee for the consumers that the more valuable and so more expensive food really comes from the producer complying with the requirements, and on the other hand, we have to protect organic producers from the unfair competition—without us, they would not be able to compete with those who consider their products to be „organic”, despite they are fully conventionally grown with pesticides, antibiotics, and additives, substances which are not listed in the EU Bio regulations.
The task of a Biokontroll inspector is to complete a report on the production process according to the system developed for that certain activity. The Biokontroll certifier’s task is to consider the compliance of this process with the requirements, and in case this is found correct, the certificate is issued with a hologram and an individual identifier. The product may not be organic without a valid certificate (verification)!
Besides our main activity, which is inspection and certification of production of organic food and agricultural products, we publish the Biokultúra Magazine, and we take part in several research programs related to organic farming funded by tenders.
We trust that if you are committed to organic farming, you will find on our homepage all information to confirm your confidence in that, and if you are unconvinced, your doubts will be cleared. Please browse our homepage, ask questions, and make suggestions in order to improve it and to make it more informative.
