Media Releases

Organic Locust Control Information
NASAA has completed a full review of products for use on certified operations to control plague locust infestations, which are described in the attached letter. All operators including “Deferred operators” will be required to keep records of any treatments.

A useful information sheet “Australian Plague Locusts – Organic Industry August 2010” is available here.

If you require any further information please contact your state department, the Australian Plague Locust Commission website or NASAA Certified Organic office.

New Organic Insights! May 2010 Issue (1.9MB)
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Use of AQIS regulatory mark to cease.
Official correspondence here.

NASAA response to "Poisoned"
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NASAA Short listed for Choice Awards!
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Organic is More Nutritious

Experts State that UK Organic Report Flawed

Misleading Organic Study

Further critique on misleading organic study.

Rod May's article here.
OFA response here.
Huffington Post article here.

Thailand Agreement

NASAA and the Thai Government have agreed to work together to maintain and progress good organic trading relations between Australia and Thailand.

Read the full article here.

Organic Exports to Canada

NASAA Certified Organic is now accredited under the IOAS Voluntary Canada Accreditation program. We are now accepting certification applications for organic exports of crops, livestock, bee products, wild harvested products, livestock feed & processed foods to Canada. Certification under the Canadian Organic Regime is mandatory for all imports to Canada labelled as organic from 30 June 2009.

Organic Sales Beat World Recession

Market information from Australia, USA and Europe is showing a considerable increase in the sales of the types of organic products used to prepare meals, such as fruits, vegetables, dairy products, grains, bread and meat.

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Ministerial Statement of Support for the Australian Organic Industry

You can view the specific statement details here.

Organic Agriculture Can Feed the World.

"Best practice organic agriculture can get better yields than conventional agriculture. Four recent credible studies show organic systems producing higher yields, particularly in the drier years.

For the full PDF article including details of the studies, please follow <this link>. (82kb)

NASAA Label Most Recognised.

A recent market survey in October 2008 has shown that from all logos that are used by Australian Organic Certifiers, the NASAA logo is by far the most recognized one. The survey was carried out by Newspoll Market Research and was commissioned by the Organic Federation of Australia (OFA).

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