Kontrollstellen im ökologischen Landbau Zulassung Beschränkung auf einzelne Länder

If you want to operate a private inspection body for organic farming, you will need a license.

Before a product can be marketed as organic food, it must be checked whether its production meets the requirements. In Germany, a system of privately approved inspection bodies has been established for this purpose.

You must apply to the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) for approval of an inspection body. The approval is valid for the whole of Germany, but can be restricted to individual federal states. The application for approval must also be submitted to the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food if the activity is only to relate to the federal state of Lower Saxony. The Federal Office for Agriculture and Food may impose time limits, conditions and requirements or a reservation of revocation on the license. It can also subsequently amend or add new conditions.

The Federal Office for Agriculture and Food is responsible for the approval of your inspection body. You will receive the application documents from the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food on verbal or written request.

The Federal Office for Agriculture and Food is responsible for the approval of your inspection body. You will receive the application documents from the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food on verbal or written request.

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• Accreditation
• Demonstrable quality management
• A sufficient number of qualified inspection body personnel (the specific requirements are set out in the accreditation regulations)
• Standard inspection program for each requested inspection area
• Written procedures for carrying out the inspections, among other things
• Financial, technical and personnel independence
• Sufficient insurance cover for all possible damage issues arising from the inspection

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Complaint

• The Federal Office for Agriculture and Food is responsible for the approval of your inspection body. You will receive the application documents on verbal or written request from the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food.
• Submit the completed application together with the required annexes by post to the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food.
• The Federal Office for Agriculture and Food will examine the application on the basis of the legal requirements.
• Prior to approval, the competent authority will carry out an on-site inspection of the business premises.
• Once the inspection has been successfully completed, approval is granted.
• Once the fees have been paid, your inspection body can commence operations.

Testing and approval may, depending on the inspection body's application, cover some or all of the following inspection areas:

• Control area A:
  • Agricultural production
  • Agricultural production - beekeeping
  • Agricultural production - seaweed and aquaculture
• Control area B: Production of processed food
• Control area C: Trade with third countries (import)
• Control area D: Contracting out to third parties
• Control area E: Production of animal feed

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