Organic Food Testing
Turkey and Japan, organic food production is kept under control by legislation in many countries such as the US, to restore the natural balance deteriorated in a way which is not harmful to the environment and human life can be expressed as in the production. It is also used in different ways such as biological, ecological, which are synonymous with the name organic.
Organic product; It is defined as "certified product in raw, semi-finished or finished form produced in accordance with the principles of organic agriculture activities". Organic food; It includes fruits - vegetables, agricultural products, and food of animal origin. Organic production is carried out without the use of chemical and synthetic products, that is, without interfering with all kinds of chemical pesticides, mineral fertilizers and hormones.
Organic food has become a very popular market in line with the healthy eating demands of people today. The general purpose of organic agriculture is to produce in a way that meets the demands of people while preserving the natural balance of the environment.
In the Regulation on the Principles and Application of Organic Agriculture prepared on the basis of the Organic Agriculture Law dated 1/12/2004 and numbered 5262, the general rules are expressed as follows:
- Necessary measures are taken against the possibility of contamination, taking into account the environmental pollution risk in the area where organic agriculture will be carried out.
- All tools and equipment used in production should be used after cleaning and disinfecting.
- Traceability is ensured by recording all stages of organic farming activities.
- Food, feed, food additives, plant protection products, fertilizers, soil regulators, seeds, microorganisms, products used for animal health and animals that contain GMOs or contain GMOs cannot be used in organic agriculture. - The use of non-renewable resources and non-farm inputs in organic agriculture is kept to a minimum.
- Local and regional ecological balance should be taken into account in decisions regarding organic agricultural production.
Some of the rules on organic animal production within the scope of the communiqué are as follows:
- Breeds with high adaptability to environmental conditions and resistant to diseases are selected. For this, priority is given to indigenous breeds and crossbreeds adapted to that region.
- Animals that are brought from organic farms and fed completely with organic feed, whose genetic structure has not been changed, resistant to the environment, climatic conditions and diseases are used as breeding animals. Natural insemination is essential in organic animal breeding. Artificial insemination can be done with semen obtained, stored and used by completely natural methods from breeding animals. Embryo transfer is not possible.
- Animals must have access to pastures or open-air recreation areas or open spaces. The number of livestock per unit area in pastures and open areas should be limited in a way that they can provide sufficient animal manure for the crop production in the production unit. - Areas must not have been treated with products not permitted in this Regulation for at least three years.
- Conventionally bred same kind of animals should not be on pasture at the same time as organically grown animals.
Organic food production is a system that is kept under control in the communiqués and laws, and is subject to inspections to prevent all kinds of imitation and adulteration. In order for the product to be certified as organic food, it must pass some necessary tests and analysis processes. The analysis to be done is determined on the basis of foodstuffs.
Organic food testing in general; These are analyzes such as GMO screening, type determination analysis, type determination in meat products, pesticide analysis, antibiotic and hormone determination, determination of additives.
Our laboratories serving in many provinces in turkey, "Organic Food Testing" in accordance with legal regulations and standards relating to Türkak accreditation is carried out.
