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Argentinian OrganicStandard Handbook

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION INDEX

PART I

Introduction

PART II

How to get into LETIS. Organic Certification Program?

PART III

Procedures Requirements

PART IV

Glossary

Basic Principles of Organic Production

PART V

Crop and Livestock production requirements

PART VI

General Requirement for plant-origin production

PART VII

General Requirement for harvesting wild products

PART VIII

General Requirement for animal-origin production

PART IX

Elaboration, Fractionating and Storing

PART X

Identification and Labeling. Cleanliness and Desinfecting

PART XI

Working Conditions

PART XII

Standard on organic Bee keeping Production

PART XIII

Standard for the processing of wool comb, wash, carding and sub-products according the SENASA Standard

PART XIV

Additional Requirement IFOAM. Records

PART XV

Processing Requirements for organic products for the wine sector

APPENDIX I

Permitted manure, fertilezers, and soil improvers

APPENDIX II

Permitted products for the control of pests and diseases

APPENDIX III

Permitted products for the processing of food

APPENDIX IV

Permitted products in animal medicines

APPENDIX V

Waiting times in animal productions

APPENDIX VI

Additives for Animal Feeding, Certain Products used in Animal Feeding and Processing aids used in Animal Feedstuffs

APPENDIX VII

Raw material for animal feeding

APPENDIX VIII

Minimum Covered and Open- Air Areas and other Housing Characteristics for Different Species and Types of Production

APPENDIX IX

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION INDEX

Products for Cleaning and Disinfecting Buildings, Installations, Machinery and Equipment used for Production,

Elaboration, Storage, Transport, Distribution and Marketing of Organic Products of Animal and Plant Origin

APPENDIX XI

Requirements to be complied for production units with organic and conventional animals

APPENDIX XII

List of allowed inputs for processing of wool comb, wash, carding and sub-products

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART I - INTRODUCTION

The Organic Certification Programme of LETIS is based and developed on this Standards Handbook

and Quality & Operating Manual.

Reference Standards:

Argentine Organic Law Nº 25.127, Degrees and Resolutions SAGyP Nº 423/92, SENASA

(Argentina) Nº 1286/93, SAGPy Nº 270/00 and yours modifications, in equivalent with the

European Union Rule (CEE) Nº 834/2007, Nº 1235/2008 and 889/2008.

IFOAM norms for organic production and processing.

Requirements of LETIS.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART II – HOW TO GET INTO LETIS ORGANIC CERTIFICATION PROGRAM?

1(one)

The company requests from LETIS information for the certification.

2(two)

LETIS sends the documentation of initiation, which includes:

Technical Norm to certify,

Steps of certification,

Right and obligations of the operators against the certification,

Fee Schedule,

General information of LETIS.

3(three)

The company requests the documentation of Application of the certification program.

4(four)

LETIS sends the documentation of Application.

5(five)

The company sends the documentation of application to LETIS.

6(six)

LETIS analyses the application information sent by the operator.

7(seven)

LETIS inspector is contacted with the company in order to determine day and documentation that must be available during

the audit

8(eight)

The company receives the inspector and must makes available the entire documentation request. At the end of the audit, the

inspector do a meeting where explains findings. Act and final interview of inspection were signed and draws up.

9(nine)

The inspector draws up the inspection report.

10(ten)

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART II – HOW TO GET INTO LETIS ORGANIC CERTIFICATION PROGRAM?

The Decision Committee evaluates all the documentation and decides granting the certification. If the operator has to do any

corrective action, the certification will be postponed until a new evaluation

11(eleven)

LETIS sends a communication at the company with the certification decision.

12(twelve)

For the supervision of the certification, LETIS performs inspections of monitoring. In this case, LETIS verifies the corrective

actions of the Non conformities observed.

13(thirteen)

The Inspector draws up the report of supervision.

14(fourteen)

The Decision Committee evaluates the documentation of the inspection and decides maintain, cancel and suspend the

certification.

15(fifthteen)

LETIS issue the certificate.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART III – PROCEDURES REQUIREMENTS

APPLYING, GRANTING, MAINTAINING, EXTENDING OR SUSPENDING THE ORGANIC OR ORGANIC IN

CONVERSION CERTIFICATION

1. INFORMATION ON THE PROCESS

1.1. The applicant requests information to LETIS, specifying his activity and his intention reach the LETIS Quality

Certification.

1.2. LETIS provides Informative Documentation that includes:

1.2.1. The Certification Manual that contains the step by step chart to be followed to have the certification, the procedure

for evaluating and decision making, the requirements for certification, the operator and LETIS obligations and

rights,

1.2.2. The applicable technical normative (standard) document,

1.2.3. Fee Schedule,

1.2.4. General information of LETIS,

1.3. When requested by the applicant, additional information on the LETIS program of certification is sent.

2. APPLICATION

2.1. The Development Department sends the Original Survey of the Productive Unit (Application).

2.2. The applicant must complete, sign and send, in hard and digital copies.

2.3. The Development Department and the Technical Department are a risk assessment according to the information

supplied and define the inspection´s number and timing.

2.4. The Development Department sends the budget together with the agreement and the Production Plan Form.

2.5. The agreement, the Original Survey of the Productive Unit and Production Plan, constitute affidavits.

2.6. The applicant must sign the Agreement and the Production Plan and send them to LETIS in hard and digital copies.

2.7. The Agreement is valid for one year, with automatic renovation, subject to the payment of the fee and to the

continuity of a satisfactory follow-up.

2.8. If the operator decides to add other units to the certification process, the mentioned documentation must be

completed for each unit to be added.

2.9. The Agreement contains the following minimum information:

2.9.1. Agent Certifier (LETIS), legal representative, addresses and legal condition,

2.9.2. Name of the Company (or individual) requesting the certification, legal condition of the company if applicable,

address, telephone, fax, e-mail, legal representative and Tax identification.

In the Agreement:

2.10. LETIS undertakes to:

2.10.1. Send the informative documentation, according to the applicable certification program.

2.10.2. Send the initial documents to the applicant, according to the applicable certification program,

2.10.3. To Review the documentation sent by the applicant with the intention of entering to the Program of Certification

(agreement, original survey of the unit production, and production plan),

2.10.4. Plan and make the necessary inspections with the intention of obtaining a consistent follow-up that allows

confirming that the operation complies reasonably with the requirements of the program of certification,

2.10.5. Decide the granting, denegation, maintenance, extend, reduction, suspend the certification,

2.10.6. Issue and send signed formal documents of certification to the operators, whenever LETIS takes a decision,

2.10.7. Not issue a certificate for any product unless all previously certified products or ingredients have been certified under

this Standard.

2.10.8. Grant to the operator the right of using of the mark of conformity of LETIS and/or the mark of conformities or stamp

of the accreditation body for the scope granted,

2.10.9. Call for the Committee of Appeals if the operator was requesting an appeal of a decision of certification,



2.10.10. Receive and treat any complaints and claims received by operator,

2.10.11. Maintain confidentiality of all the information inherent to the certification process received and sent to the operator,

except a request of information by the Control Authority and/or accredited body or any exception which will be

analyzed and registered,

2.10.12. Communicate mandatorily the changes of the certification requirement,

2.10.13. Keep updating in the web the documents standard and/or protocol, and amended.

2.11. The Operator obligation are:

2.11.1. Know and declare that it is certification only in accordance with the scope for which his certification has been

granted,

2.11.2. Fulfill of the requirements of the Certification Manual,

2.11.3. Fulfill of the technical normative documents (Standards) that corresponding,

2.11.4. Provide in a timely manner any necessary information and documentation for the evaluation of the production to

be certified,

2.11.5. Accept the regime of visits of inspection to assure the consistent follow up of the Unit Production, included

additional inspection or non announced inspection and samples,

2.11.6. Allow the access to all the areas, included the units that are not under certification, to the members of LETIS

during the inspections and to the personnel of the applicable official authorities,

2.11.7. Take records that guarantee the follow-up of the certification and maintain for a minimum of 5 years,

2.11.8. Accept the regime of sanctions that imposed in accordance with the policies of LETIS and the accreditation bodies.

And take note that the sanction will be notified to the accreditation bodies when the standard required,

2.11.9. Do not use the certification of the products so that it becomes into detrimental of LETIS and do not do any

declaration in relation with the certification of the products that is considered deceitful or non authorized,

2.11.10. In case of suspension or revocation of the certification, to interrupt the use of the mark of conformity in any

material that contains any reference to it and to return any document of certification requested by LETIS,

2.11.11. To have the legal responsibilities of Non conformities detected in subcontracted parts when this part is not certified

in their own right, when the standard allow this requirement,

2.11.12. Pay the fixed fees and accept the regime of sanctions being imposed for non compliance to the agreement,

including the interest u others expenses incurred for the late payment, as well as any additional cost detailed in the

schedule of fees,

2.11.13. Be responsible at the point of transport, and keep records, for maintaining the organic integrity in the transport

process, unless transport operations are certified in their own capacity.

2.11.14. To notify immediately to LETIS on:

a) Any application of a prohibited substance, including the drift from other farm to any field, unit of production,

place, installation, livestock or product that is under certification,

b) Any change in the Plan of Organic Production that can affect their compliance with the Standard of reference,

c) Any change that may significantly affect the design of the product, its specifications, changes of standards,

changes in the ownership, administrative or direction of the company, or any other information that may

indicate that the product does not comply with requirements or the certification system.

2.11.15. Not to use the certified products that have changed in accordance with b and c before LETIS has been notified has

granted permission,

2.11.16. To maintain records of Complaints and disputes received and the corrective actions implemented,

2.11.17. To make all analyses requested by LETIS, if necessary,

2.11.18. To maintain records and relevant supporting documents concerning the inputs, production, preparation and

handling of crops, livestock and organic product that are or are intended to be sold, labeled or otherwise

represented as organic.

2.11.19. To allow LETIS to exchange information with other certification body, accreditation bodies and administrative

authorities to verify information:



2.11.19.1. Regarding the certification status of products, as part of its on-going evaluation,

2.11.19.2. Relating to previous certification application made to all other certification bodies, if applicable, and to obtain from

each body any additional information regarding evaluation made previously concerning production or preparation

operations carried out by the applicant’s organizations.

2.11.20. Refer to its product certification in communication media such as documents, brochures or advertising, complies

with the requirements of LETIS or specific certification program,

2.11.21. If, provides copies of certification documents to others, the documents must be reproduced in its entirety or as

specified by the certification requirement.

2.12. The Operator has the following rights:

2.12.1. Receive the formal documents of certification, when LETIS take the decision,

2.12.2. Receive to LETIS mandatory in character, communication with the changes of the certification requirements,

2.12.3. Use the mark of conformity of LETIS and/or the mark of conformity of the accreditation bodies, in accordance to

the scope of certification,

2.12.4. Make the claims or complaints to LETIS by disagreement with administration of proceedings, the proceedings of

LETIS Inspectors or other personnel,

2.12.5. Appeal the decision of the Decision Committee within the 30 days after you have received the act the decision of

the certification,

2.12.6. Appeal the decision of the Decision Committee of LETIS to the pertinent control authority and accreditation body

within the 30 days after the Operator has received the act the decision of the certification.

2.13. The Original Survey of the Production Unit must include as minimum:

2.13.1. The name of the Company (or individual), name of responsible person, legal address (including postal code, city,

department, province, country) and number of telephone, fax and e-mail,

2.13.2. Date of the Production Unit to certify: name of the production unit, official register number if applicable,

geographical location (including city, postal code, department, province, country) and indicate the geo- satellite

information,

2.13.3. Standard or Program to certify: the certification program and the reference standard against which every product

is certified,

2.13.4. Definition of the activities of the production unit to be certified (primary production, Handler or processor and/or

trader),

2.13.5. The name of any certification body to whom any previous application had been presented; the period of the

previous certification, the scope of the certification, technical standard and state of situation of the certification,

attaching a copy of the last decision of the other certification body, the state of situation of the Operation Certified,

and, if applicable, a description of the corrective measures taken, including evidences of them.

2.14. The Production Plan must include as minimum:

2.14.1. Production description; production and/or preparations specifications for products to which the applications

applies;

2.14.2. Maps and plans;

2.14.3. List of inputs (ingredients and agricultural substances);

2.14.4. A copy of organic production and/or preparations plans.

3. REVIEW OF APPLICATION

3.1. The Administrative Department proceeds to invoice the Fee according to the budget.

3.2. The Technical Department reviews the application sent by the applicant and determines if:

3.2.1. The requirements of the program of certification are completely documented and understood.

3.2.2. The Organic Plan seems that complies or would be able to comply with the pertinent requirements of normative

document.



3.2.3. That the applicant, who presented a previous certification request to another certification body and notification

received of non conformity or refusal of the certification, has presented the documentation to support the

correction of any non conformity indicated in the notification of non conformity or refusal of the certification of the

previous certifier.

3.3. When LETIS concludes that the operator’s operational compliance management plan (organic system plan) can

ensure the integrity of the organic product for which the application has been made, arrangements are made to

carry out and on-site inspections.

3.4. If the Technical Department determines any non conformity with the requirements of the Initial Documents, they

will be returned to the applicant for his correction and/or explanation.

ADDITIONAL IFOAM REQUIREMENT

3.4.1. LETIS shall require documented procedures defining the manner of production or processing where the absence of

such procedures could adversely affect the organic quality.

3.5. The analysis of the application and Production Plan is recorded.

3.6. LETIS evaluates if it has the capability to perform the Certification Service with respect to the scope and any other

specific requirement such as the language.

3.7. From this moment onwards the applicant becomes in Operator and the Technical Department opens a file and

grants a number of operators.

3.8. The operator will be able to withdraw the application at any time. An applicant who withdraws the application will

be responsible for the costs for the services incurred up to the date of the withdrawn. LETIS will not issue a

notification of Non conformity to an applicant who withdrew his application before such issuance. In a similar way,

to an applicant who withdraws voluntarily the request before the emission of a notification of refusal of the

certification, a notification of refusal will not be emitted.

4. INSPECTION/EVALUATION

4.1. The inspectors evaluate on site that:

4.1.1. The product/process or service comply or could comply with the normative relevant document, covered by the

scope defined in the agreement,

4.1.2. The information, including the plan for the system of organic production or processing, reflects accurately the used

practices or that they will be used by the applicant of the certification;

4.1.3. That have not been applied a prohibited substances to the operation. To LETIS's discretion these means might

include the compilation or analysis of the soil, water, wastes, seeds, fabric and samples of plants, of animals and

processed products.

4.2. Verification of operation allows for the traceability of each product at all stages of production, preparation and/or

distribution, based on internal records and documentary evidence provided to the operator by suppliers.

4.3. Inspectors’ reports and written documentation shall provide sufficiently competence information for LETIS to make

competent and objective decisions.

4.4. LETIS shall provide within a reasonable time to the operator, a copy of the on-site inspection report.

5. DECISION ON CERTIFICATION

5.1. The Decision Committee takes the technical/administrative/legal decision of granting, denying, maintaining,

extending, reducing or suspending the certifications.

5.1.1. When certification is denied, withdrawn, or suspended, the reasons shall be clearly,

5.1.2. Following initial inspection the certification decision shall be communicated to the operator,

5.1.3. Thereafter, operators shall be kept informed about their certification status.

5.2. All the decisions about the certification, included the concerning about continue certification, are objective and

clear and registered in such a manner to allow a traceability of the decision.



5.2.1. The Certification status of all operators and their production, and where relevant, the scope of existing certification,

is indicated throughout the certification process.

5.3. The decision on certification is made annually, according the inspection made.

5.4. Processing of inspection reports and certification decisions shall be done in a timely manner.

5.5. DEFINITION AND CATEGORIZATION OF NON CONFORMITIES, any deviation from the regulation is a Non

conformities and requires the initiation of an appropriate enforcement action to address the non-compliance.

The Non Compliances may have various degrees of severity and incur different consequences, and they are treated

differently.

5.5.1. Intentional Non Compliance (Willful violation): refers to an intentional violation of the Standard o indifferences to

its requirements.

5.5.2. Minor Non compliance: is defined as a violation that does not affect the integrity of the organic system or the

organic product, and does not exclude the certification or continuation of the certification of any otherwise qualified

organic producer or handler. A minor non compliance that is repeated two year consecutively, it will be evaluated if

affects the integrity of organic product and if its origin is due to the certified operation and then it way be defined

as major non compliance.

5.5.3. Major Non Compliance: is defined as a violation of standards that affects the integrity of the system or the

products and excludes the certification or continuation of the certification of a producer or handler.

Organic Integrity: is the quality of the product and its method of production and processing, complying with the

relevant standard, along all the chain of custody from the production to the disposal of the product to the

consumer.

6. DECISION FOR APPLICANTS TO ORGANIC CERTIFICATION

6.1. GRANTING OF CERTIFICATION

6.1.1. The Decision Committee evaluates the Agreement, the Original Survey, the Production Plan, the report of

inspection, the results of anyone of the analyses if applicable and any additional information requested or given by

the applicant.

6.1.2. If Decision Committee decides that the Operation complies with the procedures and with the standard of reference,

and that the applicant is capable to carry out the operation in relation with its plan, the Decision Committee issues

the decision of:

6.1.2.1. Granting the certification. The certificate date will be the same than the date of the act where the decision was

made.

6.1.2.2. The Granting of the certification may include requirements for the correction of Minor Issue within a specified

period of time as a condition of continuing the certification.

6.1.3. When the certification is granted, the Technical Department must issue the Certificate of Conformity.

6.1.4. Since the decision granting certification (and issuance the Certificate of Conformity), the operator may request and

LETIS must issue the transactional certificate, according to the requirements of the reference standard.

6.1.5. This decision of granting is valid until the results of the next annual evaluation are known and a new decision is

made.

6.2. NON CONFORMITIES FOR APLICANTS TO ORGANIC CERTIFICATION

6.2.1. When Decision Committee, based on an evaluation of the information, decides that an applicant for certification is

not able to comply or is not in compliance with the requirements, LETIS must provide a written notification of

noncompliance to the applicant.

6.2.2. Upon receipt of such notification of nonconformity, the applicant may:



6.2.2.1. Correct non conformities and submit a description of the corrective actions taken with supporting documentation to

LETIS.

6.2.2.2. Correct non conformities and submit a new application to another certifying agent.

6.2.2.3. Submit written information to rebut to LETIS for the non compliance described in the notification of non-

conformity.

6.2.3. After issuance of a notification of non conformity, LETIS must evaluate the applicant's corrective actions taken and

supporting documentation submitted or the written rebuttal, conduct an on-site inspection if necessary, and

6.2.3.1. When the corrective action or rebuttal is sufficient for the applicant to qualify for certification, LETIS decides to

grant certification of compliance for the applicant, or

6.2.3.2. When the corrective action or rebuttal is not sufficient for the applicant to qualify for certification, issue the

applicant a written notice of denial of certification.

7. DENIAL OF CERTIFICATION

7.1. LETIS issue a written notice of denial of certification to an applicant who fails to respond to the notification of non-

conformity.

8. THE LIST OF LETIS OPERATORS

8.1. LETIS maintain an updated List of LETIS Operators, which contain as minimum the following information:

8.1.1. Identification of the products,

8.1.2. Standards and other normative documents, in which the operation is certified,

8.1.3. Identification of the operator.

9. MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION

9.1. To continue certification, a certified operation must annually pay LETIS´s fees and submit the following

information, as applicable, to LETIS.

9.2. The operator shall submit to LETIS an updated organic plan of the production handling system. This plan shall

include:

9.2.1. A summary statement, supported by documentation, detailing any deviation from, changes to, modifications to, or

other amendments made to previous year’s organic system plan during the previous year; and,

9.2.2. Any additions or deletions to the previous year's organic system plan, intended to be undertaken in the coming

year,

9.2.3. An update on the correction of minor non compliances previously identified by LETIS as requirement for

continuation of the certification; and

9.2.4. Other information as deemed necessary by LETIS to determine compliance with the reference standard.

9.3. If the operator sends the Production Plan Updated, LETIS carries out an onsite inspection to verify compliance with

the applicable requirements.

9.4. If the operator does not send the Updated Plan in time, LETIS carries out an onsite inspection, and the Updated

Plan will be completed by the operator, before the audit, at extra cost.

9.5. During the inspection the inspector verify if the changes has been communicated to LETIS in the Updated Plan, and

other changes made for the certified operations (for example use of inputs) and not communicated to LETIS in the

Updated Plan. If LETIS evaluate the changes not communicated and them not comply with the Standard, LETIS

issue a Notification of Non Compliance.

9.6. During the revision of the inspection, the reviewer verifies the changes and the verification did by the inspector.

9.7. Both the inspector and the reviewer can determinate that the change performed by the operator, and not duly

notified, could be not determinate as a noncompliance or minor issues if this changes do not affect the organic

integrity.

9.8. If LETIS has reason to believe, based on a review of the Updated Plan production, on the on-site inspection, results

of analysis if required and any other information given by the operator, that a certified operation is complying with



the requirements of the reference standard, LETIS shall provide a written notification of maintaining to the

operation.

9.8.1. The Maintaining of the certification may include requirements for the correction of Minor Issue within a specified

period of time as a condition of continuing the certification.

9.9. Since the decision of continuation the certification, LETIS issue the Conformity of Certificate, and the operator may

request and LETIS must issue Transactional Certificate, according to the requirements of the reference standard.

9.10. If LETIS determines that the certified operation is complying with the requirement of the reference standard and

that any of the information specified on the certificate of organic operation has changed, LETIS must issue an

updated certificate of organic operation.

10. NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

10.1. LETIS shall require the operator to give notification of significant changes such as modification to the products, the

manufacturing process, extension of acreage or changes to management, or ownership.

10.2. LETIS shall evaluate the notified changes and decide for inspections or alternative actions.

10.3. The operator shall not allowed to release certified products resulting from such changes until LETIS has granted

permission.

10.4. LETIS shall assess the announced scope changes.

10.5. EXTENSION AND REDUCTION OF THE CERTICICATION SCOPE

10.5.1. When a certified operation wants to extend the certification scope, the operator must submit documents to ensure

the measures taken and to monitor them to be implemented for the extension.

10.5.1.1. The documentation for the extension is sent to the Technical Department for revision.

10.5.1.2. The Technical Department decides to if an on-site inspection is needed.

10.5.1.3. The Decision Committee decides to extend or not the scope of certification.

10.5.1.4. If LETIS determines that the new scope of the certified operation is complying with the requirements of the

reference standard, LETIS must issue and updated certificate for the organic operation.

10.5.1.5. If the Decision Committee decides the continued use of the mark of conformity in the product with the evaluated

modification, LETIS continue to assess for any other product.

10.5.1.6. The Operator shall receive the certificates for the product with its new scope as the results of the extension, when

the Decision Committee makes the decision and communicates it.

10.5.2. When a certified operation wants to reduce the certification scope, the operator must submit documents to ensure

the measures taken and to monitor them to be implemented for the reduction.

10.5.2.1. The documentation for the reduction is sent to the Technical Department for revision.

10.5.2.2. The Technical Department decides to if an on-site inspection is needed.

10.5.2.3. The Decision Committee decides to reduce or not the scope of certification.

10.5.2.4. If LETIS determines that the new scope of the certified operation is complying with the requirements of the

reference standard, LETIS must issue and updated certificate for the organic operation.

10.5.2.5. The Operator may not receive certificates of the new scope of the certified operation until the Decision Committee

take and communicated to operator the same.

11. CERTIFICATION TRANSFER

11.1. From another certification body:

11.1.1. An operator that certifies with another certification body, and wants to enter to the system of LETIS certification,

must fill in the Initial Documents, Agreement, Original Survey of the Production Unit and Production Plan.

11.1.2. In the Original Survey, the point of previous certification must be filled in.

11.1.3. In this case, the last certification decision taken by the previous certification body must be attached to the Original

Survey of the Production Unit.

11.1.4. If the last decision includes non conformities, the Operator must send:



a. Documentation from the other certification body that guarantees that the non-conformities have been

addressed.

b. Documentation that shows that the corrective actions have been taken.

11.1.5. The Technical Department will carry out a review of the documentation and according to the point 3 of the

procedure will decide whether if the documentation is enough or not, and if an inspection is or not needed.

11.1.6. At the moment of the decision of granting the certification, the evaluated information will be recorded and the date

in which the certification is considered valid will be stated.

11.2. From LETIS to other Certification Body:

11.2.1. If an operator of LETIS decides to change the certification, LETIS will deliver him the following information:

a. Final decision taken about its certification, with non-conformities list, at the moment of the request of

operator transfer.

b. LETIS is committed to send all information related to certification of the operator to the other certification

body.

c. In The case of operators certified under the SUE program, LETIS shall notify to SENASA such changes within

24 hours

12. INVESTIGATION OF CERTIFIED OPERATIONS

12.1. LETIS may investigate complaints and suspicions of non compliance concerning production and handling operations

certified as organic by LETIS.

13. MAYOR NON CONFORMITIES TOWARDS CERTIFIED OPERATIONS

13.1. When an inspection, review, or investigation of certified operation by LETIS reveals any non compliance Mayor or

Intentional with the standard or the procedures of LETIS, LETIS shall send a written Notification of Non Compliance

to the certified operation.

13.2. The operator shall answer the Notification of non Compliance, through corrective actions that will be communicated

to LETIS, within the dead line.

13.2.1. Proposed corrective actions by the operator are evaluated by LETIS to determine if they correct the non

compliance.

13.2.2. LETIS may request additional documentation and/or inspections may be required to verify that the corrective

actions have been implemented.

13.3. The operator may refuse the non compliances decided by LETIS.

13.3.1. Rebuttals are evaluated by LETIS to determine if adequate information is provided to reconsider the issuance of the

Notification of Non compliance.

13.3.2. In the case of rebuttals LETIS may request additional information and/or inspections to verify that no violation has

occurred.

13.4. When a certified operation demonstrates that each non-compliance has been resolved, LETIS shall send the

certification operation a written notification of non-compliance resolution.

13.5. SUSPENSION OF CERTIFICATION

13.5.1. LETIS shall be able to suspend immediately a certified operation or a part of a certified operation if applicable,

when a major Non conformity or willful violations are detected in accordance with the applicable standard.

13.5.2. If the certified operation fails to correct the non-compliance, to resolve the issue through rebuttal, LETIS shall send

the certified operation a written notification of suspension.

13.6. If the decision that a mayor infraction has been made, and the certification is suspended, LETIS will forbid to the

Operators the use the mark of conformity or any other certification mark immediately, until the non compliance

corrective action will be done.

13.7. The documents that are made during the sanction treatments will be recorded in the operator file and in the

Sanction Register.



ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR LETIS-IFOAM

14. EXCEPTION

14.1. If the Technical Department decides to grant exceptions, the exceptions will be made for specific requirements of

the Standard of reference and should be applied only under clear and defined conditions.

14.2. The exceptions must be granted for a defined justification and for a limited period of time, and not be granted

permanently.

14.2.1. The documentation of any exception shall include the basis on which the exception is granted.

14.3. The reason of any exception must be registered.

15. PUBLICATION OF THE DECISION

15.1. Each notification of Non Compliance, Denial of the certification, Non Compliance Resolution, Proposed Suspending,

and Suspending, and each response to such notification must be sent to the recipient’s place of business via a

delivery service which provides dated return receipts.

16. COMUNICATION OF OPERATORS RETIREMENTS FROM THE LETIS CERTIFICATION

16.1. In the cases of a LETIS´s operator certified under the certification program SUE, removes from the control system,

LETIS must notify to SENASA such changes within 24 hours that remove it.

16.1.1. In these cases, the operator records shall be preserved by LETIS for a period of at least 5 years.

17. SAFEGUARD THE IMPARTIALITY

17.1. Periodically the LETIS Advisory Committee meets in order to review the LETIS Technical and Quality Management.

17.2. Its members have access to all LETIS files. They may require all elements in order to oversee the LETIS work

adherence to its policies and procedures

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART IV – GLOSARY/BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC PRODUCTION

GLOSSARY

Plant origin organic product: It is understood as “organic”, “ecological” or “biological” hereinafter ORGANIC, any agriculture

product coming from a sustainable production system which by means of a rational soil management and without applying

chemical products yields healthy nutritious food, keeps and increases soil fertility, biotic activity and biological diversity.

Besides, such a production system should let the consumers identify the product organic condition clearly by means of a

Certification System that guarantees so.

Animal origin organic product: It is understood as “organic”, “ecological” or “biological”, hereinafter ECOLOGICAL, any

product obtained by means of a sustainable farming production system which through a rational use of natural resources and

without using synthetic substances or others constituting a real or potential toxic hazard for human health, keeps or increases

biological diversity and soil fertility, thus ensuring optimum biotic activity so as to grant nutrients to animal and plant life.

Genetically Modified Organism (GMO): For this rule, genetically modified organism shall mean an organism in which the

genetic material has been altered in a way that does not occur by mating and/ or natural recombination. Techniques giving

origin to the said genetic modification are, but not limited to: Recombinant ADN techniques using vector system, techniques

involving direct incorporation into an organism of genetic material prepared outside the organism (including micro-injection,

macro-injection and micro-encapsulation) as well as cell fusion (including protoplast fusion) or hybridization techniques where

live cells are formed with new combinations of hereditary genetic material through the fusion of two or more cells by means

of methods that do not occur naturally. In vitro fertilization, conjugation, transduction, transformation or any other natural

process and polyploidy induction technique are not considered to result in genetically modified organisms.

BEEKEEPING

Certifiable honey super: it means the super identified with the beekeeper’s code for honey harvesting.

Certifiable apiary: it means the physical place where a certain group of hives and/ or nucleus is settled, within a radius not

less than 1.5 km (to 3 km.) It represents the management unit of the beekeeping farm.

Hive: is the inert material individually identified (brood chamber) plus the live material (bees), and the honey super.

Colony: it means the live material (worker bees, drone, broods, and fecundated queen) that compose a hive or nucleus.

Nucleus: it is also considered as a production unit, containing live and inert material. Its origin can be by multiplication of an

own hive (endogenous) or purchased to third parties (exogenous).

Package: It is the live material composed only of workers and one queen.

Lazaretto: It is the quarantine or isolation apiary. It is the place where the hives, which must receive medical treatments that

are not envisaged within these rules, are located.

Parallel production: It is the coexistence of two production systems, in one or several establishments belonging to only one

beekeeper or under the same trade name. One of them is managed in compliance with organic production rules and the other

is under a system not envisaged in them, referred to hereinafter as conventional system.

PROCESSING OF COMBED, WASHED, CARDED WOOL AND SUB-PRODUCTS

Organic Raw Production: Organic product that comes from an organic certified farm that will be transformed in a posterior

time.

Animal textile fibers: Mixed materials formed by filaments obtained from wools, hairs and other keratin fibers, including

natural silks.

Artificial fibers: Filaments of cellulosic and no cellulosic composition (acetate, polyester, acrylic, nylon, etc).

Raw wool: Natural fibers coming from the shearing of sheep containing lots of impurities, which can represent up to 50% of

the weight of it.

Conditioning of raw produce: It is the stage of the process that includes the procedures of opening, classification, overflow

and mechanic mixing of raw produce.

Wash: Wet treatment that includes the use of chemicals to clarify and remove dirt and impurities of raw wool.

Dry: Physical treatment that tends to reduce up to 15% of water in washed wool.



Ensimaje: Process where vegetable or animal oils are added to fibers to reduce the static load, so fibers fit for the process of

cardado.

Carding: Process where the fibers will be accommodate in a parallel form.

Comb: It is the process that increases the parallelism of fibers, forming wool slivers and the punchas

Punchas: Short fibers extracted in the comb.

Top of wool: Kind of continuous belt formed with combed and washed fibers of wool that is raw produce for spinning.

Sub-products: Products obtained from wash and comb process, such as suitina and lanolina.

Discharge effluents: All liquids coming from industrial textile process, after some treatments which are evacuated.

Treated discharges: Discharge effluents that received a depuration treatment according the requirements of this rules.

Receptor body: Soil, curse of surface water, groundwater or atmosphere, where all kind of elements or substances are

evacuated.

Solid wastes coming from the process of wool: Elements that have no more use in the process, so they are released to the

environment, which composition is dust, vegetable remains, scales, short fibers and other elements contained in wool.



BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC PRODUCTION

1. MAIN AIMS OF ORGANIC PRODUCING AND PROCESSING

1.1. Produce sufficient quantities of high quality food, fiber and other products.

1.2. Work compatibly with natural cycles and living systems through the soil, plants and animals in the entire production

system.

1.3. Recognize the wider social and ecological impact of and within the organic production and processing system.

1.4. Maintain and increase long-term fertility and biological activity of soils using locally adapted Cultural, biological and

mechanical methods as opposed to reliance on inputs.

1.5. Maintain and encourage agricultural and natural biodiversity on the farm and surrounds through the use of

sustainable production systems and the protection of plant and wildlife habitats.

1.6. Maintain and conserve genetic diversity through attention to on-farm management of genetic resources.

1.7. Promote the responsible use and conservation of water and all life therein.

1.8. Use, as far as possible, renewable resources in production and processing systems and avoid pollution and waste.

1.9. Foster local and regional production and distribution.

1.10. Create a harmonious balance between crop production and animal husbandry.

1.11. Provide living conditions that allows animals to express the basic aspects of their innate behavior.

1.12. Utilize biodegradable, recyclable and recycled packaging materials.

1.13. Provide everyone involved in organic farming and processing with a quality of life that satisfies their basic needs,

within a safe, secure and healthy working environment.

1.14. Support the establishment of an entire production, processing and distribution chain which is both socially just and

ecologically responsible.

1.15. Recognize the importance of, and protect and learn from indigenous knowledge and traditional farming systems.

2. SCOPE/APPLICATION

2.1. The production, selection, processing, packaging, storing, transport and distribution, labeling and certification of

organic agricultural products and by products and wild products recollection.

3. The production, processing, packaging, storing, transport and distribution, of livestock.

4. GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS

4.1. The use of genetically modified organisms and/or any product derived from such organisms is banned in organic

production. Those are: products and food ingredients (including additives and flavorings), technological auxiliaries

(including extraction solvents), feed, compound feeding stuffs, raw material for feed, additives for feed,

technological auxiliaries in animal food, certain products used in feed (such as amino acids, proteins obtained as

from micro-organisms, algae, antibiotic elaboration by- products obtained by fermentation, ammonium salts and

amino acids elaboration by- products obtained by fermentation), animals, phytosanitary products, fertilizers, soil

conditioners, seeds and vegetative propagating material.

4.2. Inputs, processing aids and ingredients shall be traced back one step in the biological chain to the direct source

organism from which they are produced to verify that they are not derived from GMOs.

5. INPUTS

5.1. In order to be admitted for the organic production, the phytosanitary products, fertilizers, soil conditioners, animal

food, compound feeding stuffs, raw material for feed, additives for feed, products for cleaning and disinfecting

premises and equipment, products for plague and diseases control in premises and equipment, their use must be

previously authorized for agricultural or livestock production in general by the corresponding authority control.

6. IMPORTATION OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS



7. To import Organic Products, these must come from countries whose Organic Standards are considered equivalent to

this Standard or else these products must be certified by bodies authorized by the National Health Service and Food

Quality.

8. MODIFICATIONS ON ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENT: DEFORESTATION

8.1. If the producer plans to introduce important changes on original environments, deforestation, grazing in fragile

systems, he must previously conduct an ecological study impact.

8.2. This study must assure the sustainability of his Production Plan.

8.3. The deforestation is not admitted, except it is part of an official law or authorization.

IFOAM DIFERENTIAL REQUIREMENT

8.3.1. The deforestation is not allowed.

IFOAM ADDITTIONAL REQUIREMENT

9. MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIC ECOSYSTEMS

9.1. Operators shall take measures to maintain and improve landscape and enhance biodiversity quality.

9.2. Clearing of primary ecosystems is prohibited.

9.3. The units production located in lands obtained through primary ecosystem destruction in the five previous years,

could not be consider for certification.

10. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

10.1. Should be taken defined and appropriate measures to prevent erosion.

10.2. Land preparation by burning vegetation or crop residues, is prohibited.

10.3. Exception: could be authorized in those cases that the burning is destined for: avoid diseases propagation,

encourage seed germination, eliminate insoluble residues or other exceptional cases.

10.4. The systems of crop production, processing and handling must returned to the soil, nutrients, organic matter and

other resources removed from the soil by the harvesting, through recycling, regeneration and increasing organic

matter and nutrients.

10.5. The planting density and grazing shall not degrade the soil or pollute water sources.

10.6. Shall take relevant measures to prevent or remedy soil and water salinization.

10.7. Water sources must not be out of stock or overexploited and their quality should be preserved. Where possible,

rainwater must be recycled.

11. INNAPROPIATE TECHNOLOGIES

11.1. On farms with split (including parallel) production, the use of genetically engineered organisms is not permitted

in any production activity on the farm.

11.2. The use of nanomaterials is prohibited in organic productions and processing, including packaging and product

contacts surfaces. No substances allowed under this standard shall be allowed in nano form.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART V – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CROP PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

1. CONVERSION REQUIREMENTS

1.1. The start of the conversion period shall be calculated from the date of agreement with LETIS, and during the same

meeting all the requirements of these standards.

1.2. For the length of conversion periods: PLANT PRODUCTION:

1.2.1. A product shall be considered organic when it comes from a system that applies this norm, for at least two

consecutive years, considering organic the products of the third and subsequent harvests.

1.3. During this stage products are to be labeled as “in organic transition”.

1.4. The operator may request as an exception, by recommendation of the Direction Committee, a written approval from

the National Service of Sanitary Conditions and Quality of Agricultural Foodstuff (SENASA), in accordance with the

requirements of Appendix X.

IFOAM ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT

1.5. The conversion period, who start from the date of the agreement whit LETIS, could be calculated retroactive to the

application only on the basis of sound and incontrovertible evidence of full application of the standard for a period at

least as long as:

12 month before sowing or planting in the case of annual production

12 month before grazing or harvest for pastures and meadows

18 months before harvest for other perennials.

1.6. Crops harvested less than 36 month after the application of a prohibited input to crop or soil shall not be used or

sold as organic.

1.7. Plant products may be used or sold as “in-conversion” provided that they have undergone a 12 month conversion

period.

1.8. Conversion period for animal productions:

1.8.1. A product shall be considered ecological when it comes from a system where the agriculture and livestock have

fulfilled all the requirements for conversion for not less than two consecutive years.


1.8.2. Where existing animal on a farm are converted to organic they shall undergo a one-time minimum conversion period

at least according to the following schedule:

12 month for meat.

90 days for dairy, fibers and other non-slaughter animals.

42 days for eggs.

1.8.3. The conversion period, who start from the date of the agreement whit LETIS, could be calculated retroactive to the

application only on the basis of sound and incontrovertible evidence of full application of the standard for a period at

least as long as 1.5

1.9. During this period of two years they can be certified as in conversion:

1.9.1. Farms and animals can be simultaneously converted according to the requirements of the agriculture and livestock

part.

2. SPLIT PRODUCTION AND PARALLEL PRODUCTION

2.1. If the whole farm is not converted (split production) the organic and conventional parts of the farm shall be clearly

and continuously separated.

2.2. When an operator grows several production units in the same zone, units which are not under organic following also

will be under control and cannot produce the same vegetal variety from the organic unit.

2.3. Prohibited materials shall be stored in separate locations from those where organic products are handled.

2.4 Nevertheless, producers may be exempted of the latter requirement when: In the case of units with pluri-annual

crops at the beginning of the certification process providing compliance with the following conditions:

2.4.1. Total land to be devoted to ecological production will be included in a Conversion Plan that will commit producer to

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART V – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CROP PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

incorporate lots or lands gradually and to complete full land incorporation in a maximum term of five years.

2.4.2. Measures to guarantee, at all times, separation of products coming from each unit will be adopted to avoid product

substitution or mixing them up.

2.4.3. Crop harvest of each product will be communicated in writing to LETIS a minimum of 48 hours in advance.

2.4.4. At harvest season LETIS will check compliance with the separation and identification of products.

2.4.5. Immediately after harvest is completed, producer will inform LETIS the exact quantities harvested in the units

2.4.6. Both, Conversion Plan and measures to be adopted are subjected to final approval by LETIS.

IFOAM ADDITTIONAL REQUIREMENT

3. MAINTENANCE OF ORGANIC MANAGEMENT

3.1. The operator shall demonstrate that a production system does not rely upon continuous switching between organic

and conventional management.

3.2. The use of GMO is not allowed in any of the sectors of the units with organic and conventional crops (including

parallels productions.

IFOAM DIFFERENTIAL REQUIREMENT

4. Production of visually indistinguishable organic and nonorganic crops or animal products (parallel production) is only

permitted where such production is undertaken in a way that allows clear and continuous and verifiable separation of

all operations and products claimed as organic. Organic and non-organic units in parallel production must be

physically, financially and operationally separated.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART VI – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANT ORIGEN PRODUCITON

1. ISOLATION CONDITIONS

1.1 Lands or plots where follow-up is carried out to get Organic Certification are to be isolated from potential

contamination sources from neighbors following conventional production system or any other source. The following

measures may be applied:

1.1.1 Notify neighbors about the organic system, so the take measures to ensure that their treatments do not affect the

organic production.

1.1.2 Implanting forestry curtains on the boundaries of the land.

1.1.3 Implanting protective curtains.

1.1.4 Buffer Area” whose length will be considered case by case, and in which product harvested is to be considered

conventional and is not to be mixed with product harvested as organic.

1.2. In case of doubts, Inspectors will take water and soil samples to analyze correspondent residues cost of such

analysis will be bore by the applicant. If contamination source is confirmed, corrective measures will be adopted to

remove or reduce it to acceptable levels.

1.3. All machinery and tools used in conventional production must be properly cleaned before starting organic labors.


1.4. For synthetic structure coverings, mulches, fleeces, insect netting and silage wrapping, only products based on

polyethylene and polypropylene or other polycarbonates, and biodegradable materials (e.g. starch based), are

permitted. These shall be removed from the soil after use and shall not be burned on the farmland.

1.5. The operator shall monitor crop, soil, water, inputs for risks of contamination by prohibited substances and

environmental contaminants.

2. KEEPING SOIL FERTILITY

2.1. Soil fertility and its biological activity are to be kept or increased through:

2.1.1. Appropriate minimum soil tillage.

2.1.2. Use of leguminous crops, green manure and deep root plants.

2.1.3. Applying and following up a suitable programme of pluri-annual rotations.

2.1.4. Incorporating organic manure obtained from own holding residues or from others whose production is ruled by the

Standards laid on this Handbook.

2.2. Nutrients and products for fertility should be applicate in a way that soil, water and biodiversity are protected.

2.3. When it is necessary, organic or mineral fertilizer (previously checking its origin and composition) enumerated in

Appendix I of this Handbook.

IFOAM ADDTIONAL REQUIREMENT

2.4. Human excrements shall be handled in a way that reduces risk of patogens and parasites and shall not be applied

within six months of the harvest of annual crops for human consumption with edible portions in contact with the soil

2.5. Mineral fertilizers shall only be used in a program addressing long-term fertility needs together with others

managements techniques. Their use shall be justified by appropriate soil and leaf analysis or diagnosed by an

independent expert.

Mineral fertilizers shall be applied in the form in which they are naturally composed and extracted and shall not be rendered

more soluble by chemical treatment.

2.6. Nitrogen source to be used ought to be of organic origin. No synthetic nitrogened fertilizer is admitted, such as Urea

or Nitrate of Chile.

2.7. The production of terrestrial plants shall be soil-based. The production of such crops in hydroponic systems is

prohibited.



2.8. For mushrooms production, substrates shall be made of products of organic agriculture, or other non-chemically

treated natural products such a peat, wood, mineral products or soil.

2.9. Soil organic matter, microbial activity and general soil health and fertility shall be improved if low and maintained or

improved if satisfactory. The operator shall prevent over-accumulation of heavy metals and other pollutants in the

soils.

2.10. Material of microbial, plant or animal origin shall form the basis of the fertility program. Maintenance of fertility may

not rely solely on off-farm inputs.

3. PESTS, DISEASES AND WEED CONTROL

3.1. Pests, diseases and weed control are to be carried out through joint adoption of the following measures:

3.1.1. Encourage keeping environment biological diversity.

3.1.2. Selection of suitable species and varieties.

3.1.3. Apply a careful rotation programme.

3.1.4. Apply mechanic means of control.

3.1.5. Protection against natural enemies like pests and diseases by keeping living fences, nests, spreading predators and

using parasites as biological control method.

3.1.6. Physical methods to control pests, diseases and weeds are admitted, including heat application.

3.2. When it is necessary it is admitted on site plant/ animal and micro-organisms preparations.

3.3. When the measures details in the previous points are not sufficient Products based on active principles enumerated

in Appendix II may be used, after verification of their origin and composition.


3.4. Thermal sterilization of soils is prohibited. Exceptions may be granted to protect cropping structures in instances of

severe disease or pesting infestation that cannot be otherwise remediated though measures in 3.1 to 3.3.

3.5. Any formulated input shall have only active ingredients listed in Appendix II. All other ingredients shall not be

carcinogens, teratogens, mutagens, or neurotoxins.

4. SEEDS AND PROPAGATION MATERIAL

4.1. In the choice of species and variety should be preferred to the most adaptated to the area and productive

environment.

4.2. Operators shall use organic seeds and propagation materials of appropriate varieties and quality.


4.2.1. When organic seed and planting materials are not available in sufficient quantity or quality for the required variety or

equivalent varieties, in-conversion materials may be used.

4.3. Seeds and plants materials shall be propagated under organic management one generation in the case of annual and

for perennials, two growing periods, before being certified as organic seeds and plants materials.


4.3.1. Two growing periods or 18 months, (whichever is longer) for perennial cases.

4.4. When propagation materials and seeds are not commercially available, producer can use non treated conventional

propagation material and seeds.

4.5. When propagation materials and seeds are not commercially available, seeds to be used should be treated only

products on Appendix II.

4.6. When propagation seeds and/or materials untreated and/or treated with products listed on Appendix II, not

commercially available. Treated seeds will only be admitted when its use is justified because it is impossible to get

non-treated seeds in the market. The producer must inform of this situation and ask authorization to LETIS.




4.7. The certification body shall establish time limits and conditions for exemptions that permit use of any chemically

treated seeds and plant materials.

4.8. All multiplication practices on the farm, except meristem culture, shall be under organic management.

4.9. Where post-harvest chemical treatment is prescribed by law for phytosanitary purposes, treated seed and plant

material may be used.

4.10. Vegetal propagation materials, bedding materials and substrates shall only consist of substances listed annex I and

or evaluate according LETIS procedures.

5. DIVERSITY IN CROP PRODUCTION

5.1. Diversity in plant production and activity shall be assured by minimum crop rotation requirements and/or variety of

plantings.

5.2. Minimum rotation practices for annual crops shall be established unless the operator demonstrates diversity in plant

production by other means.

5.3. Operators are required to manage pressure from insects, weeds, diseases and other pests, while maintaining or

increasing soil organic matter, fertility, microbial activity and general soil health.

IFOAM ADITIONAL REQUIREMENT

5.4. For orchards and plantations, there shall be managed floor cover and diversity or refuge plantings.


6 BREEDING OF ORGANIC VARIETIES

6.1 To produce organic varieties, plant breeders shall select their varieties under organic conditions that

comply with the requirements of this standard. All multiplication practices except meristem culture shall

be under certified organic management.

6.2 Organic plant breeders shall develop organic varieties only on the basis of genetic material that has not

been contaminated by products of genetic engineering.

6.3 Organic plant breeders shall disclose the applied breeding techniques. Organic plant breeders shall make

the information about the methods, which were used to develop an organic variety, available for the

public latest from the beginning of marketing of the seeds.

6.4 The cell is respected as an impartible entity. Technical interventions into an isolated cell on an artificial

medium are not allowed (e.g. genetic engineering techniques; destruction of cell walls and

disintegration of cell nuclei through cytoplast fusion).

6.5 The natural reproductive ability of a plant variety is respected and maintained. This excludes techniques

that reduce or inhibit the germination capacities (e.g. terminator technologies).

6.6 Organic plant breeders may obtain plant variety protection, but organic varieties shall not be patented.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART VII – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR HARVESTING WILD PRODUCTION

1. COLLECTING AREA

1.1. Collecting areas should be well defined through hedgerows, natural barriers and/or by other means, which must be

previously authorized by LETIS.

1.2. The species in the collecting area (flora and fauna) should be clearly identified, not only the species to be collected,

also the rest of the species including the rare or in extinction.

1.3. In wild collecting area should be defined which type of natural environment, corresponds to forest, steppe or other.

1.4. The operator should declare the species to be collected, their specific characteristics (reproductive, etc.) and type of

coverage of them.

2. CONTAMINATIÓN

2.1. Collecting or harvesting areas should be at an appropriate distance from conventional units or other pollution sources

in order to avoid contamination.

2.2. In the collecting area should not be used chemical synthesis products.

3. CHAIN OF CUSTODY

3.1. All handlers of the product along the chain of custody must meet the requirements of organic standard and have

signed a contract with the operator.

4. TRAINING AND INSTRUCTIONS TO COLLECTORS

4.1. The operator who manages the harvesting of products from common resources should be familiar with the defined

collecting area.

4.2. Collectors who perform the harvest of wild products should be familiar with the defined collecting area.

4.3. Collectors should be trained and be able to develop the practices of management and harvesting predefined.

4.4. The operator of the certification unit should generate instructional for collectors and distribute them in advance, so

they know the practices of management and harvesting.

4.4.1. Collectors should sign statements that they have received the instructive, in which are clearly defined the

management and harvesting practices.

4.5. The operator should take measures to guarantee that collection of aquatic wildlife, are collected only from areas

where the water is not contaminated by substances prohibited by the standard.

5. HARVESTING, SLAUGHTERING OR COLLECTING

5.1. Product quantity to be collected should be determined in accordance with ecological criteria, in such a way that:

5.1.1. It does not exceed auto generation capacity, being sufficient numbers of animals, plants and mushrooms that ensure

the perpetuation of the species collected.

5.1.2. Species in danger of extinction are not collected.

5.1.3. Species collecting does not have a negative impact over biological cycles of other plant and animal species.

5.1.4. Operators shall harvest products only from a clearly defined area where prohibited substances have not been

applied.

IFOAM ADITIONAL REQUERIMENTS

5.1.5. The operator who manages the harvesting or gathering of common resource products shall be familiar with the

defined collecting or harvesting area, including the impacts of collectors not involved in the organic scheme

5.2. Management and harvesting practices should be previously defined, in order to ensure the sustainability of the

collecting area and its environment. Must be defined as a minimum:

5.2.1. collecting frequency,

5.2.2. collecting method,

5.2.3. collecting pressure,

5.2.4. Collecting moment.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART VII – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR HARVESTING WILD PRODUCTION

6. RECORDS

6.1. The Operator must maintain records:

6.1.1. Harvesters,

6.1.2. Dates, quantities and places of collection by each one of the harvesters.

7. TRANSPORT

7.1. The means of transport, should take precautory measures to avoid contamination.

7.2. Wild products must be properly identified when being transported.

7.3. The transport cleaning measures must be defined, and should be define the responsible.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART VIII – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ANIMAL ORIGEN PRODUCTION

1. FEEDING

1.1. Livestock holdings under Certification must form part of agricultural ecological units that are in full compliance with

Argentine Standards for plant-origin organic production. Animals shall be offered a balanced diet that provides all of

the nutritional needs of the animals in a form allowing them to exhibit their natural feeding and digestive behavior.

1.1.1. Animals shall be fed organic feed from own production.


1.1.1.1. The prevailing part (at least more than 50%) of the feed shall come from the farm unit itself, surrounding natural

grazing areas, or be produced in cooperation with other organic farms in the region.

Exceptions may be permitted in regions where organic feed production is in an early stage of development or temporarily

deficient, or in cases of unpredictably low crop production on the farm or in the region.

1.1.1.2. For the calculations of feeding allowances only, feed produce don the farm unit during the first year of Organic

management may be classed as Organic. This refers only to feed for animals that are being produced within the farm

unit. Such feed may not be old or otherwise marketed as organic.

1.1.2. May be incorporated only from outside the unit a maximum of 20% of the total feed supplied and should be

unfailingly organic origin.

1.1.3. Feeding will be mainly based on dry or fresh fodder. All ruminants shall have daily access to roughage. Ruminants

must be grazed throughout the entire grazing season.

Exceptions: Ruminants may be fed with organic carried fresh fodder during the grazing season where weather and

soil conditions do not permit grazing. The organic carried fresh fodder shall not exceed 20% of the amount of forage

grazed during the grazing season. Animal welfare shall not be compromised.

1.1.4. Concentrates will aim to cover deficits in pasture production with a 30% maximum of total feed ration over dry

matter.

1.1.5. Ensilage must constitute less than 50% of basic ration (over dry matter) or 33% over dry matter ration (more

concentrated ration basis) and its usage throughout the whole year is not allowed.

1.2. Fodder purchases to conventional premises should be formally justified to LETIS through an affidavit issued before

actual purchase. Operators may feed non-organic feed for a limited percentage under specific conditions, following

extreme weather conditions or manmade or natural disasters beyond the control of the operator.

1.2.1. Will be accepted, only to force majeure and inability to access to food from organics farms. In these cases, will be

authorized from 10 to 15% over dry matter (25 to 30% in case of ongoing disaster).

1.3. In the case of farming and pig productions, at a first stage, it will only be required that feeds purchased outside

holding be of ecological origin.


1.4. In any case, the percentage of non-organic feed may exceed 10% of dry matter per ruminant and 15% of dry matter

per non-ruminants, calculated on an annual basis.

1.5. Young stock from mammals shall be provided maternal milk or organic milk from their own species.

1.5.1. Operators may provide non-organic milk when organic milk is not available.

1.5.2. Operators may provide milk replacers or other substitutes only in emergencies provided that they do not contain

antibiotics, synthetic additives or slaughter products.

RAW MATERIALS FOR ANIMAL FEEDING, ADDITIVES AND TECHNOLOGICAL AIDS

1.6. Feed materials of conventional agricultural origin can be used for animal feeding only if listed in item 1 of Appendix

VII, provided that they are subject to the quantitative restrictions specified in point 1.2, part VIII and only if they are

produced or prepared without the use of chemical solvents.

1.7. Feed materials of conventional agricultural origin can be used for animal feeding only if listed in item 2 of Appendix

VII, provided that they are subject to the quantitative restrictions specified in point 1.2, part VIII and only if they are

produced or prepared without the use of chemical solvents



1.8. In order to satisfy nutritional requirements of animals, only products listed in item 3 of Appendix VII, and sub items

1.1 (trace elements) and 1.2 (vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having a similar effect),

stated in Appendix VI can be used for animal feeding.


1.9. Synthetic vitamins, minerals and supplements may be used when natural sources are not available in sufficient

quantity and quality.

1.10. Only products listed in sub item 1.3 (enzymes), 1.4 (micro organisms), 1.6 (binders) and item 2 of Appendix VI can

be used in animal feeding as additives and technological auxiliaries.

1.10.1. Antibiotics, coccidiostatics, medicinal substances, growth promoters or any other substance intended to stimulate

growth or production shall not be used in animal feeding.

1.11. Feed is intended to ensure quality production rather than maximizing production, while meeting the nutritional

requirements of the livestock at various stages of their development. Force-feeding is forbidden.

1.11.1. Forced feed (feed- lot system) is forbidden.


1.12. Prohibited products in the feeding:

1.12.1. Artificial coloring agents

1.12.2. Farm animals byproducts (e.g. abattoir waste) to ruminants

1.12.3. All types of excrements including droppings, dung and other manure

1.12.4. Slaughter products of the same species

1.12.5. Synthetic amino-acids and amino-acids isolates

1.12.6. Urea or other synthetic nitrogen compounds

1.12.7. Preservatives, except those used as processing aids

1.12.8. Synthetic appetizers.

1.12.9. Feed subjected to solvent extraction (e.g. hexane) or the addition of other Chemical agents

2. ANIMAL WELFARE

2.1. The operator shall ensure that the environment, facilities, stock density and herd/flock size anticipate the needs of

animal behavior.

2.1.1. Sufficient free movement and opportunity to express normal patterns of behavior.

2.1.2. Sufficient fresh air, water, feed and natural daylight to satisfy the needs of the animals. Artificial light is allowed

when its usage period does not exceed 16 hours daily.

2.1.3. Access to resting areas, shelter and protection from sunlight, temperature, rain, mud and wind adequate to reduce

animal stress.

2.1.4. The maintenance of social structures by ensuring that herd animals are not kept in isolation from other animals of

the same species.

2.1.5. Construction materials and production equipment that do not significantly harm human or animal health.

IFOAM ADDITIONAL REQUIREMEN

2.1.6. Herd animals shall not be kept isolation from others animals of the same species. This provision does not apply to

small herds form mostly self-sufficient production. Operators may isolate male animals, sick animals, and those

about to give birth.

2.2. Housing conditions shall ensure:

2.2.1. Full access to running water and feeds in accordance with natural needs of each species

2.2.2. The optimum density of locals will seek to ensure the animals' welfare by providing them with sufficient space to

stand naturally, lie down easily, turn round, groom themselves, assume all natural postures and make all natural

movements such as stretching and wing flapping.

2.2.3. When animals require bedding, provide adequate materials. Bedding materials that are normally consumed by

animals shall be organic.



2.2.4. That construction provides for insulation, heating, cooling and ventilation of the building, that permits air circulation,

dust levels, temperature, relative air humidity, and gas concentrations to within levels that are not harmful to the

livestock.

2.2.5. No animals shall be kept in closed cages.

2.2.6. The animals must be protected from predation by wild and feral animals.

2.2.7. All animals shall have access to pasture or an open-air exercise area or run, whenever the physiological condition of

the animal, the weather and the state of the ground permit. Such areas may be partially covered. Animals amay

temporarily be kept indoors because of inclement weather, health condition, reproduction, specific handling

requirements or at night. Lactation shall not be considered a valid condition for keeping animals indoors.

2.2.8. In the elimination of insects and other pests in buildings and other facilities for animal production, only use the

products listed in Annex II.

REQUISITO ADICIONAL IFOAM

2.2.9. Operators shall manage pests and diseases in livestock housing and shall use the following methods according to

these priorities:

Prevenative methods such as disruption, elimination of habitat and access to facilities.

Mechanical, physical and biological methods.

Substances (other than pesticides) used in traps.

Mammals:

2.2.10. Livestock housing must have smooth, but not slippery floors. At least half of the total floor area must be solid, that

is, not of slatted or of grid construction.

2.2.11. Sows must be kept in groups, except in the last stages of pregnancy and during the suckling period. Piglets may not

be kept on flat decks or in piglet cages.

Poultry:

2.2.12. Water fowl must have access to a stream, pond or lake in order to respect animal welfare requirements or hygienic

conditions.

2.2.13. Buildings for all poultry must meet the following minimum conditions:

2.2.13.1. At least one third shall be solid, that is, not of slatted or of grid construction, and covered with a litter material,

2.2.13.2. In poultry houses for laying hens, a sufficiently large part of the floor area must be available for the collection of

bird droppings,

2.2.13.3. They must have perches of a number and size according to what it is laid down in Appendix VIII, point 2 of this

Rule.

2.2.14. They must have exit/entry pop-holes of a size adequate for the birds, and these pop-holes must have a combined

length of at least 4m per 100m2 area of the house available to the birds.

2.2.15. Each poultry house will not have more than 4800 chickens or 3000 laying hens or 5200 other hens, or 4000 female

ducks and 3200 male ducks, or 2500 geese or turkeys.

2.2.16. The total usable area of poultry houses for meat production on any single production unit must not exceed 1600m2.

2.2.17. Natural light may be supplemented by artificial means to provide a maximum of 16 hours light per day (total photo

period), with a continuous nocturnal rest period without light of at least 8 eight hours.

2.2.18. Poultry shall have access to outdoor spaces, mostly covered by vegetation and provided with protection facilities,

allowing animals an easy access to drinking and feeding troughs.

2.3. The grazing load must be low enough to prevent the soil poaching or be destroyed vegetal species by overgrazing.

2.4. Houses, equipments, utensils and other materials must be cleaned with products of Appendix IX.

2.5. Manure, urine and food must be removed with the necessary frequency to minimize odors.

2.6. In those productions that require it, the capacity of storage facilities of manure should be such as to preclude the

pollution of water by direct discharge, runoff or leaching from soil.



2.7. The capacity of facilities for manure must exceed the storage capacity required for the longest period of the year in

which there wasn´t any input in the soil.

2.8. In insects and other pests elimination in building and other facilities intended for animal production, only could be

used products listed in Appendix IX.

2.9. In case of housing animals, in Appendix VIII the minimum surface is established for stabling and exercise zone and

other conditions of housing for different species and types of animals.

3. ANIMALS SOURCES/ORIGIN

3.1. In the choice of breeds or strains, account must be taken of the capacity of animals to adapt to local conditions;

their vitality, and their resistance to disease. In addition, breeds or strains of animals shall be selected to avoid

specific diseases or health problems associated with some breeds or strains used in intensive production (e.g.

porcine stress syndrome, PSE Syndrome, sudden death, spontaneous abortion, difficult births requiring caesarean

operations, etc.). Preference is to be given to indigenous breeds and strains.

3.2. Organic animals are born and raised on organic holdings.

3.3. Breeding stock may be brought in from conventional farms at any moment, but cannot be slaughtered until being

twelve (12) months in the organic farm.

3.4. Bovine females for rearing or dairy shall be incorporated as nulliparous and before receiving their first service.

3.5. For the rest of the species, the females shall always be incorporated as nulliparous and before receiving their first

service.

3.6. Animals to be slaughtered and sold as ecological meat, have been conceived, born and raised in an organic farm.

3.7. In the case of poultry, animals will enter with no more than 3 days old.


3.8. When organic livestock is not available conventional animals may be brought in according to the following age limits:

2 day old chickens for meat production;

18 week old hens for egg production;

2 weeks for any other poultry;

Piglets up to 6 weeks and after weaning;

Dairy calves up to 4 weeks old that have received calostrum and are fed a diet consisting mainly of full milk.

3.9. Breeding stock may be brought in from conventional farms to a yearly maximum of 10% of the adult animals of the

same species on the farm. Female adult breeding replacements must be nulliparous and be converted to organic

management prior to the start of their gestation

Exceptions of more than 10 % may be granted, limited to the following circumstances:

Unforeseen severe natural or man-made events.

Considerable enlargement of the farm.

Establishment of a new type of animals production on the farm.

Holdings with less than 10 animals.

4. BREEDS AND BREEDING

4.1. Reproduction system shall be based on natural conditions without human involvement.

4.2. Artificial insemination is permitted, but it must be properly recorded.


4.3. Embryo transfer techniques and cloning are prohibited.

4.4. Hormones are prohibited to induce ovulation and birth unless applied to individual animals for medical reasons and

under veterinary supervision.

5. MUTILATIONS

5.1. Mutilations are prohibited.



5.1.1. The following exceptions may be used only if animal suffering is minimized and anesthetics are used where

appropriate:

a. castrations;

b. Tail docking of lambs;

c. Dehorning;

d. Ringing;

e. Mulesing only for breeds that require mulesing.(until December 31st, 2015)

6. SANITY

6.1. Natural therapies will be applied avoiding routinely conventional preventive treatments. Good handling practices

point to this goal.

6.2. The operator shall take all practical measures to ensure the health and well being of the animals through

preventative animal husbandry practices. Prophylactic use of any synthetic allopathic veterinary drug is prohibited.


6.3. If an animal becomes sick or injured despite preventative measures, that animal shall be treated promptly and

adequately, if necessary in isolation and in suitable housing. Operators shall give preference to natural medicines

and treatments, including homeopathy, Ayurvedic medicine and acupuncture. Vaccines to deal with endemic diseases

are allowed.

6.4. Internal or external antiparasitary are allowed under conditions described in Appendix IV and V.

6.5. Use of synthetic allopathic veterinary drugs or antibiotics will cause the animal to lose its organic status. Producers

shall not withhold such medication where doing so will result in unnecessary suffering of the livestock. Animals may

retain its organic status if:

6.5.1. The operator can demonstrate compliance with 6.1 and

6.5.2. natural and alternative medicines and treatments are unlikely to be effective to cure sickness or injury, or are not

available to the operator, and

6.5.3. the chemical allopathic veterinary drugs or antibiotics are used under the supervision of a veterinarian, and

6.5.4. withdrawal periods shall be not less than double of that required by legislation, or if no such period is specified is 48

hours

REQUISITO ADICIONAL IFOAM

6.5.4.1. Withdrawal periods shall be not less than double of that required by legislation or a minimum of 14 days, whichever

is longer.

6.5.5. This exception is not granted more than 3 times on a given animal or more than one treatment if their productive

lifecycle is less than one year.

6.6. All medical treatments must have the intervention of a veterinary doctor.

6.7. Substances of synthetic origin used to stimulate production or suppress natural growth are prohibited.

7. TRANSPORT, UNLOADING AND SLAUGHTERING

7.1. Animals should be handled in accordance with welfare and protection rules during loading, unloading, transport,

closing-in and slaughtering operations.

7.2. Slaughtering operations must be carried out in slaughterhouses approved by SENASA.

7.3. Animals should be carried on transports duly authorized by SENASA.

7.4. Animals are to be clearly identified at slaughtering operations to avoid mixing them up with others coming from

conventional premises. Ecological meat is slaughtered and stored on separate lots set aside from conventional meat.


7.5. The use of electric prods and other such instruments is prohibited.

7.6. Organic animals be provided with conditions during transportation and slaughter that reduce and minimize the

adverse effects of:



- Stress,

- Loading and unloading,

- Mixing different groups of animals or animals of different sex,

- Quality and suitability of mode of transport and handling equipment,

- Temperatures and relative humidity,

- Hunger and thirst; and specific needs of each animal.

- Those responsible for transportation and slaughtering shall avoid contact (sight, sound or smell) of each live

animal with dead animals or animals in the killing process.

- Each animal shall be effectively stunned before being bled to death. The equipment used for stunning shall be in

good working order.

- Exceptions can be made according to religious practice. Where animals are bled without prior stunning this should

take place in a calm environment

7.7. Animals shall not be treated with synthetic tranquilizers or stimulants prior to or during transport.

7.8. Slaughterhouse journey times shall not exceed eight hours.

7.9. When there is no certified organic slaughterhouse within eight hours travel time, an animal may be transported for a

period in excess.

8. WEANING AGE

8.1. Minimum weaning age:

8.1.1. Porcine 35 days.

8.1.2. Caprine 60 days.

8.1.3. Ovine 35 days.

8.1.4. Bovine 90 days.

8.1.5. Motherless Calf 4 days.

9. The requirements to be met in organic animal production in relation to the use of facilities, machinery and grazing land,

by animals that are under certification and animals raised in conventional form are established in Appendix XI.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART IX – ELABORATION, STORING, FRACTIONING

1. GENERAL

1.1. The processors and handlers, who prepares or storage conventional products shall inform to LETIS, and must not

mix organic and conventional products.

1.2. This includes processing, fractioning and storing plants.

1.3. All organic products shall be clearly identified as such, and stored and transported in a way that prevents contact

with conventional product through the entire process.

1.4. The handler and processor shall take all necessary measures to prevent organic products from being contaminated

by pollutants and contaminants, including the cleaning, decontamination, or if necessary disinfection of facilities and

equipment.

1.5. Where conventional products are also prepared, packaged or stored in the organic preparation unit concerned:

1.5.1. The unit must have areas separated by place or time within the premises for the storage of conventional products,

before and after the operations,

1.5.2. Operations must be carried out continuously until the complete run has been dealt with, separated by place or time

from similar operations performed on conventional products,

1.5.3. If such operations are not carried out at regular times or on a fixed day, they must be announced in advance, with a

deadline agreed on with LETIS,

1.5.4. Every measure must be taken to ensure identification of lots and to avoid mixtures or exchanges with conventional

products,

1.5.5. Operations on products in accordance with the rules must be carried out only after cleaning of the production

equipment. The effectiveness of the cleaning measures must be checked and recorded.

1.6. Handlers and processers shall ensure traceability in the Organic processing and handling chain.


1.7. The handler or processor shall identify and minimize risk of environmental pollution resulting from their activity

1.8. Processors shall respect the principles of good manufacturing practices. This shall include maintaining appropriate

procedures based on an identification of critical processing steps.

2. ELABORATION METHODS

2.1. It will only be accepted as elaboration methods the mechanical, physical and/or fermenting process or a combination

of them.


2.2. The extraction may be carried out with water, ethanol, animal or vegetal oils, vinegar, carbon dioxide and nitrogen.

These shall have the appropriate quality for its purpose.

2.3. Not allowed methods using ionizing or radiation.

2.4. Filtration techniques that chemically react with or modify organic food on a molecular basis shall be restricted.

Filtration equipment shall not contain asbestos, or utilize techniques or substances that may negatively affect the

product.


2.4.1. Filtration agents and adjuvant are considered processing aids and therefore must appear in Annex 3.

2.5. The following conditions of storage are permitted:

Controlled atmosphere,

Temperature control,

Drying,

Humidity regulation.

2.6. Ethylene gas is permitted for ripening.


2.7. Intentional manufacture or use of nanomaterials in organic products is prohibited.



2.8. Equipment surfaces and utensils that might come into contact with organic products shall be free of nanomaterials,

unless there is verified absence of contamination risk.

2.9. Substances or techniques shall not be used that:

a. reconstitute properties lost by the processing and storage of organic products,

b conceal negligent processing,

c. or may otherwise be misleading to the true nature of these products.

Water may be used by re-hydration or constitution

3. ORIGIN OF INGREDIENTS

3.1. All ingredients used in an organic processed product shall be organically produced except for those additives and

processing aids that appear in Appendix III and non-organically produced ingredients that are in compliance with the

labeling provisions.

3.1.1. Nevertheless to the above mentioned, the producer may use product of agrarian origin that do not fulfill the

standards of organic production in a limit fraction of 5% (five percent), in condition that it is of indispensable use,

and there are no organic elements produced in the market.

3.1.2. Can not use the same conventional organic ingredient in the product elaboration.


3.2. Water and salt may be used as ingredients in the production of organic products and are not included in the

percentage calculations of organic ingredients.

3.3. Minerals (including trace elements), vitamins and similar isolated ingredients shall not be used unless their use is

legally required or where severe dietary or nutritional deficiency can be demonstrated.

3.4. Preparations of microorganisms and enzymes commonly used in food processing may be used, with the exception of

genetically engineered microorganisms and their products. Processors shall use microorganisms grown on substrates

that consist entirely of organic ingredients and substances on Appendix IV, if available, this includes cultures that are

prepared or multiplied in-house.

3.5. Yeast shall be included in the percentage calculations of organic ingredients by 2013.

3.6. Water used in product process must be drinkable water.

4. PESTS AND DISEASE CONTROL

4.1. Pests and diseases at storing places should be controlled by thee following methods according to these priorities:

Preventative methods such as disruption, elimination of habitat and access to facilities,

Mechanical, physical and biological methods,

Appendix II details authorized treatment and products,

Substances (other than pesticides) used in traps.

4.2. Period during which plant should be out of use will be determined according to each particular case.

4.3. Organic foods or raw material to be stored in such a plant must not remain there while treatment is performed.

4.3.1. The direct use or application of a prohibited method or material renders that product no longer organic. The operator

shall take necessary precautions to prevent contamination, including the removal of organic product and related

packaging materials from the storage or processing facility, and measures to decontaminate the equipment or

facilities. Application of prohibited substances to equipment or facilities shall not contaminate organic product

handled or processed therein. Application of prohibited substances to equipment or facilities shall not compromise

the organic integrity of product handled or processed therein and shall be documented to attest this.

5. CLEANING, DESINFECTION AND SANITIZATION OF PROCESSING FLOORS AND FACILITIES

5.1. Operators shall take all necessary precautions to protect organic food from contamination with prohibited

substances, pests, diseases caused by organisms and external substances. For cleaning and disinfecting buildings,

installations, machinery and equipment used for production, elaboration, storage, transport, distribution and

marketing of organic products of animal or plant origin only products detailed in Appendix IX can be used.



5.2. Operations that use cleaners, sanitizers, and disinfectants on food contact surfaces shall them in a way that

maintains the food’s organic integrity. The operator shall perform an intervening event between the use of any

cleaner, sanitizer, or disinfectant and the contact of organic product with that surface sufficient to prevent residual

contamination of that organic product.


6. PACKING

6.1. Materials should be in compliance with food usage standards avoiding product contamination

6.2. In no case will be re used, be reused packaging, storage containers or bins, which have contained synthetic

fungicides, preservatives, fumigants or nanomaterials.

6.3. Organic production shall not be packaged in reused bags or containers that have been in contact with any substance

likely to compromise the organic integrity of product or ingredient placed in those containers.

6.4. Operators shall demonstrate efforts to minimize packaging and/or choose packaging materials with minimum

environmental impact. The total environmental impact of production, use and disposal of packaging must be

considered.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART X – IDENTIFICATION AND LABELLING

1. LABELLING

1.1. Agriculture products (vegetables and animals, processed and not) that wants to make reference to organic

production methods in the label and the product advertising, must have completed the LETIS-SUE (SENASA –

EUROPEAN UNION) and LETIS–IFOAM (LETIS SUE + IFOAM additional requirements) Certification Program

requirements.

1.2. The label for conversion products shall be clearly distinguishable from the label for organic products.

1.3. Labeling shall comply every national regulations regarding to current conventional products labeling in the country.

2. REQUIREMENTS TO BE COMPLETED IN LABELLING

2.1. The labeling shall bear the following legend:

2.1.1. Product of organic agriculture or equivalent.

2.1.2. Certified by LETIS. Inspection registers number in SENASA. Including in LETIS logo.

2.1.3. Lot/Origin Lot/Processing Number.


2.1.4. The person name or company legally responsible for the primary production or processing of the product.

3. REQUERIMENTS FOR THE USE OF THE ORGANIC WORD ACCORDING TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE FINAL

PRODUCT

3.1. Agricultures products (vegetables and animals, processed and not) made with ingredients (including organic and

conventional additives), must be labeled in the following way (percentages in this section refer to raw material

weight).

When a minimum of 95% of the ingredients are of certified organic origin, products may be labeled “product of

organic agriculture” or equivalent and should carry the certification mark of the certification body on the same

panel which includes the organic status.

Where less tan 95% but not less tan 70% of the ingredients are of certified organic origin, products may not be

called “organic”. The world organic may be used in the main part of the package in statements like “made with

organic ingredients” provided there is a clear statement of the proportion of the organic ingredients. It must

state that the product is certified by LETIS, close to the organic ingredients proportion indication.

Where less tan 70% of the ingredients are of certified organic origin, the indication that an ingredient is organic

may appear in the ingredient list. Such product can not be labeled as “organic”, or has the logo of the

certification body or any logo referring to organic condition, neither name as “elaborated with organic

ingredients”.


3.2. All the ingredients of a product that bears multiple ingredients must be listed on the label of the product label by

weight percentage order. It should be shown which ingredients are of organic origin and witch ones are not. All

additives should be listed with their full names.

Exception: If the herbs or spices constitute less tan 2% of the total weight of the product, they may be listed as “spices” or

“herbs”, without stating the percentage.

3.3. Added water and salt shall not be included in the percentage calculations of organic ingredients.

3.4. Organic products shall not be labeled as GMO-free in the context of these standards. Any reference to genetic

engineering on products labels shall be limited to the production and processing methods themselves having not

used OGMs.

3.5. Multi-components products, live or unprocessed (such as vegetables boxes) may be sold or marketed as organic only

if all the components are organic

3.6. In-conversion” ingredients may be used in multi-ingredient feed. However the ingredient list must identify their

status and the total percentages of “in-conversion”, organic and non-organic ingredients on a dry matter basis.

3.7. Only single ingredient plant products may be labeled as “in conversion”.



4. LOGO FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTS

4.1. All organic product produced and/or processed in Argentina should carry on mandatorily, on the front of the

package, good size and visibility enhancement, the logotype

4.2. It is forbidden the use of the logotype for products that not meeting the last statement, including those considered in

the conversion to organic production.

5. LETIS LOGO

5.1. Once every LETIS-SUE Certification Program requirements have been completed, it will be used the following LETIS

logo.

5.2. Once LETIS-SUE and LETIS-IFOAM certification program requirements have been completed, it may be used the

following logo:



6. USE OF THE NEW EUROPEAN UNION LOGOTYPE (REGL. UE 271/10)

6.1. Since 07.01.2012 the use of the new community logotype for organic products, is optional for every organic product

imported into European Union.

6.2. When that logotype is used, it will be mandatory to indicate in the same visual field:

6.2.1. The origin of agricultural raw material in the product. It will be indicated by non – EU agricultural legend.

6.2.2. The “no UE” statement may be replaced by the name of the country (Argentina), or completed by that same name in

the case of all the agricultural raw materials witch are composed the product, have been obtained in the country.

6.2.3. In the “no UE” indication may not be taken into account little quantities in weight of the ingredients, as long as the

whole amount of them does not exceed 2% of the total amount of raw materials.

6.2.4. LETIS control code: AR-BIO-003.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART XI – WORKING CONDITIONS


1. OPERATORS SHALL HAVE A POLICY ON SOCIAL JUSTICE

1.1. Operators who hire fewer than ten (10) persons for labor and those who operate under a state system that enforces

social laws may not be required to have such a policy.

2. In cases where production is based on violation of basic human rights and clear cases of social injustice, that product

cannot be declared as organic.

3. Operators not use forced or involuntary labor.

4. Employees and contractors of organic operations have the freedom to associate, the right to organize and the right to

bargain collectively.

5. Operators shall provide their employees and contractors equal opportunity and treatment, and shall not act in a

discriminatory way.

6. Operators shall not hire child labor

Children are allowed to experience work on their family’s farm or a neighboring farm provided that:

a) Such work is not dangerous or hazardous to their health and safety.

b) Is does not jeopardize the children’s educational, moral, social, and physical development.

c) Children are supervised by adults or have authorization from a legal guardian.

7. Operators shall provide written terms and conditions of employment to both permanent and temporary employees.

The terms and conditions must specify at least: wages, frequency and method of payment, location and type of work,

hours of work and overtime, holiday pay, sick pay or sickness benefit and other benefits such as maternity and

paternity leave.

Exceptions in cases where:

- The operator is unable to write, or

- Workers are hired for periods of less than 3 days, or

- Emergency labor is needed to address unpredictable problems

oral mutual agreements on the terms and conditions of employment are sufficient.

8. Workers shall be provided with adequate protection from noise, dust, sunlight and exposure to chemicals in all

production and processing operations

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART XII – STANDARD OF ORGANIC BEEKEPING PRODUCTION

1. SCOPE

1.1. The production, industrialization, transport, labeled trading of honey and other products and sub-products of the hive

with organic, ecological or biological origin.

2. ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK

2.1. Their real existence must be justified, declaring if they have fixed or transhumance location, accurate place of

location. Each hive must have legible, indelible, permanent identification.

2.2. In case of non- foreseen movements, they must be requested in written to LETIS. The new setting place will be

required to comply with the same requirements as for the original place.

2.3. Health and production records of the apiary must be kept, registering prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatments

carried out, entering and withdrawing of hives, movements to other libation areas, kilos of honey produced, etc.

3. ORIGIN OF THE PRODUCTION UNIT

3.1. In the choice of breeds, account must be taken of the capacity of animals to adapt to local conditions and their

resistance to diseases.

3.2. Those hives, nucleus or packages coming from certified organic farms shall be protected by Organic Certification.

3.3. Save as provided in the above mentioned paragraph concerning replacing or increasing the production unit, hives

from conventional farms (conventional exogenous) can be incorporated or by multiplication of own conventional

hives (conventional endogenous) and/ or trapping of wild swarms as long as they comply with a transition period,

after which they shall be considered as organic.

4. APIARY CONSTITUTION

4.1. The Apiary is constituted only by the number of declared hives and/or nucleus

4.2. For this purpose, the following details shall be given:

a) Total number of hives and/ or nucleus composing the apiary.

b) Their individual identification and method used.

c) Place where the apiary is located, attaching a graphic of the premises indicating the exact place where hives

are located, and an official land map or other type of map on an appropriate scale stating the total libation area

and possible sources of contamination, if applicable.

d) Date of entry of the hives and/or nucleus into the apiary. In transhumance cases, movement season and their

records.

e) Origin of hives and/or nucleus:

1. Place where they come from.

2. Obtaining methods:

Own by means of multiplication (method description),

By purchase to third parties,

Trapping swarms,

Others.

4.3. Parallel productions:

4.3.1. When an operator runs conventional hives in the same area, LETIS shall control both management units in order

that the libation areas not be overlapped. Even though hives individual identification is a requirement only for hives

under certification process, appropriate records must be kept so as not to mix both live and inert material between

conventional and organic production.

5. TRANSITION PERIOD

5.1. To be an organic, ecological or biological production, a two- year- period must elapse in compliance with the

Standard.



5.2. The said production involves only hives and/or nucleus declared in due time, those that have entered the Lazaretto

are excepted and a new transition period of at least one year must elapse, provided that the wax be replaced by

other according to the requirements laid down in this rule.

5.3. This transition period can be extended or reduced according to the supporting evidence for each particular situation

studied by LETIS and with SENASA’s consent.

a) Extension: in case that production standards are not complied with,

b) Reduction: given with consent of SENASA and showing always the fulfillment of organic production rules.

SENASA establishes, in order to give consent to reduction, a minimum transition fulfillment period of TWELVE

months.

6. LOCATION OF THE APIARIES- LIBATION AREAS

6.1. Apiaries should be preferably in wild areas, provided that their own ecosystem not is threatened.

6.2. Apiaries should be in areas with quantity and quality of nectar, pollen and water sources are enough ensured

according to organic production principles; and nutritional needs of the bees

6.3. The operator shall not place hives near feeding areas with high risk of contamination

6.4. These areas must be duly identified and beekeeper must provide LETIS with appropriate documentation and

evidence, including suitable analyses if necessary.

6.5. Melliferous vegetation shall not be treated with non-permitted products according to the provisions of the above

mentioned rules. Should a risk exist; analyses to both vegetation and product shall be carried out.

6.6. The minimum distance of apiaries under a certification process to areas with conventional productions must be

compulsorily of 1, 5 kilometers of radius.


6.7. The areas within a 3 km radius of the hives shall consist of organically managed field, uncultivated land and /or wild

natural.

6.8. From that distance to 1, 5 more kilometers, the nectar or pollen sources will be mostly ecologically produced crops

and/or wild vegetation and crops that, although they do not enter into the appliance of the official ecological

products normative, are treated with methods of low environmental impact and also free from crops originated from

genetically modified organisms, in such a way that they can not significantly alter the ecological condition of the

apical production.

6.9. If LETIS does not consider that the area has enough food sources, the radius of distance can be extended up to 3

km.

6.10. The distance to other sources of contamination such as urban centers, industrial areas or others shall be at least 3

km.


6.11. The distance must be 5 Km.

6.12. Hives and/or nucleus permanence in their place can be fixed or transitory (transhumance), both types shall be under

follow-up and comply with the same requirements.

6.13. Water supply shall be accessible and enough and shall come from sources free of contamination. If necessary

6.14. It must have a sector far enough away from the hives in organic production, a minimum of 3 km, to put in, if

needed, hives under conventional medical treatment.

6.15. This sector (Lazaretto) must be duly identified and its production cannot be marketed as organic.

7. CONSTITUENT INERT MATERIALS

7.1. Inert materials used for build and keep the hives shall be natural and no pollution will cause to the environment as

well as the products thereof. Internal and external protection should be made with products that produce no

contamination to the environment and/or products thereof.

7.2. The use of plant origin coats such as flax oil is authorized.

7.3. The use of covers with products coming from chemical synthesis or including heavy metals is banned.



7.4. Wax stamped: The wax for stamping moulds will be organic produced at the same farm or be from other farm

certified as organic wax.

7.5. Save as provided in the above item, LETIS can be requested to authorize the use of conventional waxes whose origin

is reliable and provable only during the transition period. Once the organic full certification is granted, the waxes

used must become exclusively from capped foundation or frames of organic hives. For that reason, organic

beekeepers must ensure enough wax production and reserves to be recycled.

7.6. For this purpose, the moulds elaborators must guarantee specific handling of “organic” waxes and must have

documented records for the said purpose.

7.7. Only those moulds containing 100% beeswax in their constitution and that can be sterilized shall be accepted.

7.8. Paraffin addition or natural wax substitutes are forbidden.

7.9. If necessary, quality and residues analyses can be required.

8. FEED

8.1. Honey and pollen produced in their own combs are the feed basis for bees. For that purpose, sufficient reserves

must be left to survive the winter.

8.2. Honey harvest for speculation purposes and its replacement by syrup, molasses or honey substitutes are banned.

8.3. Save as provided in the above mentioned item, LETIS can authorize artificial feeding based on organically produced

honey or sugar syrup only when the hives´ subsistence is threatened in case of an eventual loss of colonies because

a lack of food. This practice is an exception and it can only be applied during the hives´ lethargy period, that is to

say, far from the period between the beginning of the next honeydew and the last harvest.

8.4. Records on number of hives feed and type of product used must be kept.

8.5. Other food different from those above mentioned cannot be used in organic bee keeping.

9. SANITARY MANAGEMENT.

9.1. Hygiene and hive management will be achieved to maintain health and welfare of the hive.

9.2. The use of allopathic chemically synthesized medicinal products for preventive treatments is prohibited.

9.3. The management shall be carried out to prevent diseases.

9.4. Periodical revision, hives’ individual identification and health records will ensure a better prophylactic management.

9.5. The selection of appropriate hardy breeds and adapted to the areas, continue renewal of waxes and queens, isolation

of hives attacked by diseases and disinfection by approved products.

9.6. Outbreaks of infectious, contagious and/ or parasite diseases must be compulsory reported.

9.7. Should a hive become sick or infested, they must be treated immediately treated with permitted products but if

those products are not effective and the hive’s life is in danger, allopathic chemically synthesized medicinal products

may be used under the responsibility of a veterinarian. If so is the situation, it can be placed in isolation apiaries

(Lazaretto). These hives must re-pass the corresponding transition.

9.8. Health records detailing diagnosis, active substance used, doses, date of application and the method of

administration must be kept.

9.9. Hives’ disinfection:

9.9.1. Authorized:

Lime.

Sodium hypochlorite.

Alcohol

Formaldehyde.

Acetic, formic, lactic and oxalic acid.

Caustic soda.

Steam, direct flame


Only allowed steam, direct flame and caustic soda



9.9.2. Varroasis:

Control measures: when there is a low level of parasitic mite, curative treatments are not recommended to be

used. Renewals of queens or drone combs are recommended.

The practice of destroying the male brood is permitted only to contain infestation with Varroa (mites)

Specific treatment: the use of formic acid, lactic acid, oxalic acid and essential oils as: thymol, eucalyptol,

menthol are authorized.

Autumn is the season recommended for treatments because there is less number of brood capped and it is far

from the honeydew season. In spite this; specific controlled treatments for each particular area shall be carried

out given the great variability of environmental conditions.

Any systematic or routine preventive treatment, the use of handmade wooden sticks impregnated with

synthesis anti-parasite, carry out treatments without evaluation of their effectiveness, leave medicine drugs

within the hives permanently are prohibited.


9.9.3. Mutilations, such as clipping of the wings of queen bees, are prohibited.

9.9.4. Artificial insemination of queen is permitted.

10. HARVEST AND WITHDRAWAL OF SUPERS

10.1. Only honey supers corresponding to hives duly identified and protected as organic or organic in- transition by a

certification body can be harvested.

10.2. Records of harvest: For this purpose, at the moment of harvest, the number of hives and number of supers and/ or

half supers shall be registered. This information will be submitted to the extraction plant as a Submitting document.

10.3. The frames shall be duly capped.

10.4. It is forbidden the use of chemical repulsive. It is allowed the use of smoke or non organic contaminant fuel,

although there practices shall be reduced in the minimum, air blowing or supers shaking are authorized.

10.5. The harvest of brood combs is banned.

10.6. The destructions of bees in the combs as a method of harvesting of bee products is prohibited.

11. ELABORATION

11.1. All farms extracting, fractioning, stationing, storing or packing organic honey, must comply with SENASA provisions

on conventional honey, in addition to the provisions stated in this Rule.

11.2. They must have optimum conditions of air, ventilation and humidity avoiding re-humidification of raw material.

11.3. The honey temperature should not be above 40° C at any of these processes.

11.4. Reception and unloading: There must be an area fit for that purpose in which only the material to be certified can be

unloaded. Conventional material cannot be unloaded at the same time.

11.5. The material must be accompanied with the pertinent Submission document, and it must be registered and the

plant’s records. A number of batch extractions shall be given.

11.6. Extraction and Storage: The establishments processing organic and conventional honey must have a provable

separation in time and ways for each one of them. In those cases, LETIS must control both productions. Likewise,

cleaning and disinfecting of tools used between one or other processes as well as identification and physical

separation of both products in their storage place must be ensured.

11.7. Tanks, barrels and chutes shall be made of stainless steel or otherwise, be recovered with epoxy paintings that not

contaminate food. Galvanized materials or open metal sheet are not permitted.

11.8. Containers for in- bulk honey shall fall under the standards of SAGPyA Rule #121/98 and they shall be individually

identified for their records.

11.9. Fractionating: The companies purchasing certified in- bulk raw material to third parties for being fractionated

afterwards shall sign an agreement with a certification body for the follow-up of their production and for obtaining

the pertinent certificate. Likewise, they shall comply with the same hygienic- sanitary requirements as the extracting

plants.



11.10. Honey containers should preferably be made of glass with hermetic seal or those food quality materials preferably

reusable or recyclable.

11.11. Washing and disinfecting of materials can only be done with substances authorized in Appendix IX.

12. RECORDS

12.1. The establishments extracting, elaborating or fractionating organic honey shall have records of both origin of raw

material and elaboration process, in such way that a follow-up (traceability) from the production place (apiary) to its

final destination can be done,

12.2. Records of apiaries and their hives,

12.3. Submission documents of material,

12.4. Records of reception,

12.5. Records of elaboration (batches),

12.6. Records and identification of drums,

12.7. These records shall always be available for the authorities’ control.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART XIII – STANDARD FOR PROCESSING OF WOOL COMB, WASH, CARDING AND SUB-PRODUCCTS ACCORDING THE SENASA

STANDARD

1. SCOPE

1.1. It will be suitable for the processing of textile fibers of animal origin coming from organic system productions.

2. RANGE OF APPLICATION

2.1. Includes the moving from the production site of the raw produce (wool shearing), reception and conditioning in the

processing plant, the washing, drying, carding, combing, packaging and labeling of the wool wash, wool carding,

wool comb (top) and sub-products of value (punchas and wool fat).

3. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

3.1. Operators that process fibers in a craft way must describe the procedure used to demonstrate the application of this

norm, and they will receive a technical treatment for each case.

3.2. In case of doubt or as a systematic procedure of monitoring, LETIS can require analysis to verify the absence of

contaminants.

3.3. Should be established and maintain updating manual of procedures and records that describe the different practices

of process, which will be audited by LETIS.

4. PROCESS

4.1. Origin of raw product:

4.1.1. Raw product must come from certified organic farms, and synthetic conventional fibers or natural conventional fibers

are not allowed to be used.

4.1.2. If raw product is imported it must comply with general requirements of import of organic products.

4.1.3. Fibers from genetically engineered organisms shall not be used (OGM´s).

4.2. Transport of raw product from the production site:

4.2.1. Transport conditions must guarantee the no contamination during the transfer from the production farm to the

process industry. So the transport must be clean, free from impurities and from products that can contaminate wool.

Also, goods must be covered and conditioned to avoid receiving impurities during the transport.

4.2.2. Organic wool or in conversion wool can not be transported with conventional wool, only if it is insured the separation

and identification between them.

4.2.3. Documents that demonstrate the origin, identification, weight, quality and condition (organic, in conversion or

conventional) of goods must be present in transport.

4.3. Raw product reception and storage:

4.3.1. Raw product reception must register the documentation from origin (producer identify, weight, quality, condition).

4.3.2. Storage sites must be roofing, fit out and separated from conventional raw produce.

4.4. Opening and Classification:

4.4.1. The opening and classification of organic wool and conventional wool can not be handled in the same line production

at the same time.

4.4.2. It must be registered the selection of raw product coming from different lots to form a new homogenous lot, so that

the traceability of the product is insured (incomings, weights, mass balance, wastes, yield, transfers, outgoings,

etc.).

4.5. Wash and Dry:

4.5.1. Only can be used products of Appendix XII.

4.6. Carding and Comb:

4.6.1. Only can be used Ensimaje and/or auxiliary of process allowed in Appendix XII.



STANDARD

4.7. Final preparation and Packing:

4.7.1. All elements used in preparation and in packaging should be recyclable and must guarantee the no contamination of

the product.

4.8. Labeling:

4.8.1. Label must comply with the same national regulations as those for conventional products labeling.

4.8.2. For wool tops (top), intermediate products and sub-products can be labeled with the name of

organic/ecological/biological, one hundred percent (100%) of the raw materials used must come from a certified

organic system.

4.8.3. However, when participation in a textile product of one or several organic raw product are less than one hundred per

cent (100%) it can be named the organic origin of them as long as.

4.8.3.1. Denomination of organic/ ecological/ biological is incorporated below certified organic raw production in the list of

components.

4.8.3.2. Shows the percentage of participation in the mixture.

4.8.3.3. Percentage of artificial fibers is no more than 50% in the final product.

4.8.4. Units must be identified individually with a label, which must be in a visible place.

4.8.5. The Label may contains the following information: “Organic (and/or ecological/biological) Wool, and consign the

following information:

4.8.5.1. Denomination of product: (ex. Washed wool, carded wool, top wool, fat of wool, punchas), Category: Organic/

organic in transition, Origin and production identification number lot, number of production lot, production farm,

logotype of LETIS and number of habilitation in SENASA registers.

5. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

5.1. Operators must have an environmental management system, based on clean production and that express clearly

proposed objectives.

5.2. Depending on the steps of the process this politics must include at least:

5.2.1. A responsible person, with technical accreditation on environmental area,

5.2.2. Procedures to minimize solid, liquid and gaseous wastes, whether assimilable, domiciliary or dangerous,

5.2.3. Procedures for monitoring solid or gaseous wastes, whether assimilable, domiciliary or dangerous,

5.2.4. Procedures to follow on cases of incidents with the management of wastes and dangerous substances,

5.2.5. Records of staff training of water and energy conservation, the appropriate and minimal use of chemicals,

5.2.6. Continuous improvement program.

5.3. In moist units must keep records of the use of chemicals, energy, water use, waste generation, effluents and treated

discharges, including the disposal of sludge.

5.4. Liquid wastes, discharge effluents, treated effluents:

5.4.1. Farms that process organic wool must fulfilled official national or provincial norms, and in case that is no normative,

they have the responsibility of liquid wastes treatment, applying this normative requirements.

5.4.2. For this, the company shall require the audit/ certification of its treatments of third part agencies under the following

conditions:

5.4.2.1. The third part agency has the habilitation/ accreditation for environmental sanitation.

5.4.2.2. Sign an agreement with the operator showing the extent and the analysis that has to be done.

5.4.3. It is prohibited the dump of them in watercourses or soil without been treated previously. Effluents must be treated

according national and or provincial legislation.

5.4.4. It is allowed the use of receptor lagoons for effluent treatments, sedimentation, anaerobic treatments and

evaporation, recommending the re use of water.

5.4.5. It is prohibited the dump of liquid effluents in public way.

5.4.6. It is authorized physical treatments and those that use coagulants and flocculants allowed in Appendix XII, as well as

biological oxidation treatments.



STANDARD

5.4.7. For liquid wastes that are taken to external treatment plants (private/municipal), it must be certified reliably the

compliance on the conditions of this norm.

5.4.8. All units of wet processing must, whether if they are directly or indirectly connected to discharge systems, have at

least an internal or external plant for effluent treatments. These units must measure and monitory at least

sediments, temperature and PH.

5.4.9. Effluents coming from units of wet processing, when they discharge in watercourses (treated inside or outside the

unit) after treatment must have a DQO lower than 25g/Kg of textile production, expressed in an annual percentage.

If effluents are treated in the site and discharged in superficial water units, they must have a PH between 6 and 9,

and temperature must be lower than 40.

5.4.10. Periodical analysis of effluents must be done, and results have to be kept.

5.5. Assailable, domiciliary and/or dangerous solid wastes:

5.5.1. Procedures for collection, deposit and take out of solid wastes have to be present.

5.5.2. Final destiny of solid wastes has to be executed applying the present legislation, and in each case it must not

contaminate the environment.

5.5.3. For organic wastes treatments is recommended the use of compost and bio digestion with energy recovery.

5.6. Gaseous or atmospheric emission wastes:

5.6.1. This norm has to be applied, and in any case, measures have to be taken to avoid emission of contaminate

substances to atmosphere.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART XIV – RECORDS


1. The operator must have the following documentation available at the time of the inspection or when LETIS requires it.

2. These records must be documented so as to allow a fast and quick interpretation, and to allow the review of them, be

carry out smoothly and allows perform the inspection/auditory at specified times.

2.1. GENERAL RECORDS: stock and financial, so as to allow to verify suppliers and sellers or exporters; nature of all the

organic products delivered to the unit; the nature and the quantities of organic products held in storage at the

premises; origin, quantity and consignee of all the products handled. All these information must be appropriately

documented and must demonstrate the balance between the input and the output. If the operator has conventional

productions, must keep minimum records that allow the control of conventional products.

2.2. CROP PRODUCTION: supplies and proof of purchase/ control of pests, diseases and weeds/ fertilizers/ fallow/ cultural

work mechanical and/or manual/ date of sowing-harvesting/ harvesting and stock/ cleaning and disinfection of

machinery, means of transport, containers/ personal record (if he applies) / training records (if he applies).

2.3. LIVESTOCK: origin and date of arrival, category, individualization/ of sales/ feeding and composition of rations (if he

applies)/ disease prevention and treatment/ veterinary prescription.

2.4. AQUACULTURE: origin and date of arrival, conversion period/ the number of lots, the age, weight and destination of

animals leaving the holding/ records of escapes of fish/ feeding/ veterinary treatments/ disease prevention measure/

cleaning and water treatment.

2.5. PROCESSING - HANDLING: nature of all organic and non organic products (or own)/ of processing/ of stock/ nature

and quantity of storage products/ origin, quantity and destination of all handled products. All this information must be

appropriately documented through their supporting and demonstrate the balance between the inputs and the outputs.

If the operator also manages in a conventional way, he must keep minimum records that allow the control of

conventional products.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION PART XV – PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTS FOR THE WINE SECTOR

1. SCOPE

1.1. Includes products obtained by alcoholic fermentation of organic grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) and organic grape juice.

2. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

2.1. Every wine labeled as organic must be in compliance with wine elaboration general requirements, to the current

normative in organic production and the requirements of part XV and Annex I (of part XV).

2.2. To produce organic wine grape juice:

2.2.1. Ensure the product traceability from grape growing to final product obtaining.

2.2.2. Avoid those practices and process in order to modify must or wines, and to correct or cover their defects.

2.3. Good practices must be respected in all parts, from grapes production, harvest, transport, vinification, including

necessary care in means of transport and facilities where elaboration process is performed, in order to avoid

contamination and get a product with minimum incorporation of foreign inputs to the natural process of production.

2.4. Wine elaboration must be performed in a natural way, reducing to the minimum the incorporation of substances

during the process, giving preference to biological, mechanical and physics treatments. For this must be take in

count:

2.4.1. Begin with healthy grapes,

2.4.2. Protect the wine of oxidation through an inert atmosphere,

2.4.3. Introduce low temperatures at the beginning of the process,

2.4.4. Avoid microbial contamination,

2.4.5. Work with a low Ph.

2.5. In wine elaboration must be take in count the respect for the environment, using properly water and energetic

resources, performing procedures to recycle wastes and sub products.

3. RAW MATERIAL

3.1. To obtain organic wines and grape juice must begin with organic grapes.

4. HARVEST

4.1. Cleaning of elements used in harvest, transport and pressing must be performed using allowed products which are

detailed in the general standard of organic production, (previously authorized by the national wine-growing

institute).

4.2. Recommended practices:

4.2.1. Harvest grapes in an appropriate manner according to the wine to be produce, with trained personnel and the

correct tools, taking into account the level of maturity and health of the grapes.

4.2.2. Do not damage raw material and select grapes for their quality, avoiding those which are injured by fungi or other

pathogen agents.

4.2.3. Plan the harvest in order to be done at the coldest hours preventing the exposure to the sun of clusters and boxes,

in line to avoid earlier oxidation and fermentative process.

5. TRANSPORT

5.1. The transport to the winery of harvested grapes must be performed in appropriate containers, preferably stackable

and shallowness, to avoid grapes crushed and injured in order to maintain the quality and integrity of the product,

of easy cleaning and made with adequate materials to be in contact with food.

5.2. Containers must be identified in a manner that ensure the traceability of its content during the whole procedure

and have the documentation of transport and entry to the reception area of the winery.

5.3. As a preventive measure to prevent confusion or fraud, the transport of containers that have grapes of different

condition and origin will be avoid.

5.4. During the transport to the winery containers should be cover to prevent that bugs, dust and undesirable

substances fall into grapes and clusters.



6. ELABORATION

6.1. Elaboration process will be done in allowed facilities, in line or turns separate of conventional production (not

organic), previously ensuring the efficient cleaning of the facilities.

6.2. In the case of wine elaboration organic and conventional (non-organic) on the same floor, should ensure that the

reception areas of raw materials are properly segregated and identified to avoid confusion.

6.3. If it is necessary, dry ice or other allowed product could be used to reduce grapes and juice temperature at the

beginning of the prefermentative maceration process, according to Annex I in this part and to generate and

maintain an inert atmosphere, to prevent aerobic bacteria growth, which produce acetous fermentation.

6.4. Juice extraction should be done by mechanical systems of pressing and/or milling to prevent clusters solid

components damage.

6.5. The incorporation of sulfur dioxide as an antimicrobial agent should be done immediately after the milling, adapting

its use to indispensable minimum dose, taking into account limits permitted in the final product.

6.6. Once milling is finished, the other necessary analysis should be done in order to know quality parameters, to make

possible corrections in the elaboration process with the products detailed in Annex I in this part.

6.7. Fermentation will be done preferably with yeasts that are in a natural form in the grape or the grape juice as a pre-

ferment agent or through selected natives yeasts inoculated.

6.8. In case of using natives yeasts, high initial concentrations should be used, in order to reach an appropriately

fermentation and make the vinification easier in a natural way. For this a quick beginning of the fermentation will

be tried in order to control the process from the beginning by yeast strains that can develop the desirable

fermentation and is intended to ensure a good nutrition and yeasts growth, to prevent slow or incomplete

fermentations.

6.9. The use of pure yeasts strains, lactic bacteria and enzymes is accepted, as long as do not stem from GMO.

6.10. All waste and sub products from the elaboration process should be treating in a way that they do not contaminate

the environment.

7. OENOLOGICAL PRACTICES AND RESTRICTIONS

7.1. In organic wine elaboration must be exclude oenological practices or process which can mislead the truth nature of

the organic products.

7.2. The use of the following oenological practices, processes and treatments is prohibited:

7.2.1. Partial concentration through cooling, in order to increase the alcoholic strength,

7.2.2. Elimination of sulphur dioxide by physical processes, through the elaboration,

7.2.3. Electrodyalisis treatment to ensure the tartaric stabilisation of the wine,

7.2.4. Partial dealcohlisation of wine,

7.2.5. Treatment with cation exchangers to ensure the tartaric stabilisation of the wine,

7.2.6. Use of ionizing radiation, microwave.

7.3. The use of the following oenological practices, processes and treatments is permitted under the following

conditions:

7.3.1. For centrifuging and filtration with or without an inert filtering agent, the size of pores wont be lower than 0,2

microns,

7.3.2. For heat treatments, temperature won’t be more than 70ºC. Use of cooling techniques is allowed for the thermal

conditioning of the harvest, for fermentation regulation, conservation, cold stabilisation of the wines and stop of

the fermentation in wine elaboration with residual sugar.

8. OENOLOGICAL PROCESSES

8.1. Acidity control:

8.1.1. For the acidification is preferred the addition of grape juice and wine from earlier harvest with high level of acidity.

When this is not possible substances from Annex I should be used (from part XV).

8.1.2. For deacidification should be used substances from Annex I (from part XV).



8.2. Clarification and stabilisation:

8.2.1. Spontaneous clarification is preferred. When this is not possible, clarification by physical methods or bonding will

be accepted (temperature, filtration, centrifuging).

8.2.2. In stabilisation process is preferred the use of cold and heat.

8.2.3. Only when previous methods may not be effective, clarifying and stabilizers substances from Annex I (from part

XV) could be used.

8.3. Blend:

8.3.1. Mixing will be allowed exclusively between wines from organic production.

8.4. Sulfiting:

8.4.1. The incorporation of sulphur as an antiseptic of vats, pottery and piper will be allowed when these are empty; as

an inhibitor of undesirable yeast growth, immediately after the milling, in the different formulations from Annex I

(from part XV).

8.4.2. Sulphur dioxide content, expressed in mg/l, in the finished product should be as low as possible, and it must not

exceed limits established in Annex I (from part XV).

8.5. Microbiological stabilisation:

8.5.1. The use of thermal flash and filtration amicrobially through inert filters of membrane is allowed.

8.6. Ageing:

8.6.1. Foster and ageing of wine is allowed by natural systems in barrels of wood, as well as the use of chips and staves,

as long as they do not come from treated or charred wood and do not have a size of more than 2 mm.

8.7. Storage:

8.7.1. Allowed containers for storage could be:

8.7.1.1. Barrels, vats and casks made with wood appropriate for oenological use, using silicones stoppers of food grade,

8.7.1.2. Pottery of stainless steel suitable for oenological use,

8.7.1.3. Cement tank with inner lining of epoxi painting without solvents, suitable for oenological use.

8.7.1.4. For generate and maintain an inert atmosphere in wine storage, the use of products from Annex I (of part XV) will

be allowed.

8.8. Other oenological process:

8.8.1. The incorporation and/or dilution of carbonic anhydride will be allowed only when the final products requires it

(sparkling wines).

8.8.2. In case of technical necessity, for deodorising, the treatment of wines with purified coal or with cleaned activated

coal, exempted from toxic substances, will be allowed.

9. PACKAGING FOR PRODUCT COMMERCIALISATION

9.1. Packages and stoppers must be approved for its oenological use.

9.2. The use of capsules which have lead, pewter or polystyrene, is prohibited.

9.3. The use of biodegradable plastic capsules is allowed.

9.4. The use of adhesive materials which have (PVC) is prohibited.

10. LABELLING

10.1. Only wines made with organic grapes, elaborated and packaged according to this part could be labeled as “Organic,

Ecological or Biological Wine”.

10.2. The enabled certification body which has certified the organic condition of the elaboration must be indicated.

10.3. In the labels the use of papers and inks which contain heavy metals is prohibited.

11. RECORDS

11.1. Every processes and inputs that permit the product following must be recorded.

12. STORAGE



12.1. Lots of packaged organic wine must be identificated in a way that ensures its traceability from the beginning. The

storage will be done in lots separated from non organic wine lots.

13. PRODUCTS AND SUBSTANCES AUTHORIZED FOR ITS USE OR ADDITION IN ORGANIC PRODUCTS OF

WINE AREA.

13.1. Products and substances authorizes are detailed in Annex I (of part XV).



ANNEX I

Products and substances authorised for use or addition in organic products of the wine sector

Type of treatment Name of products or substances Specific conditions

Aeration or oxygenation Air

Gaseous oxygen

Centrifuging and filtration

Perlite

Cellulose

Diatomeceous earth

Use only as an inert filtering agent

Use in order to create an inert

atmosphere and to handle the

product shielded from the air

Nitrogen

Carbon dioxide

Argon

Fermentation Yeasts(1) Preferably native strains derived from

organic raw material, if they are available.

Yeasts alimentation Di-ammonium phosphate

Thiamine hydrochloride To make easier the yeast growth

Preservative, antiseptic,

disinfectant and fermentation

inhibitor

Sulphur dioxide

Potassium bisulphite or potassium

metabisulphite

a) The maximum sulphur dioxide content

shall not exceed 100 milligrams per litre for

red wines with a residual sugar level lower

than 2 grams per litre.

b) The maximum sulphur dioxide content

shall not exceed 150 milligrams per litre for

White and rosé wines with a residual sugar

level lower than 2 grams per litre.

c) For all other wines, the maximum sulphur

dioxide content shall be reduced by 30

milligrams per litre, in regards to

conventional wines.

deodorizing Charcoal for oenological use

Clarification

Edible gelatine(2)

Isinglass(2)

Egg albumin(2)

Tannins(2)

Casein

Potassium caseinate

Silicon dioxide

Bentonite

Pectolytic enzymes

Acidification L(+)Tartaric acid

Correction with organic grape juice

deacidification

Neutral potassium tartrate

L(+)Tartaric acid, Calcium carbonate

and Potassium bicarbonate

Correction with organic grape juice

Malolactic fermentation Lactic bacteria To induce the Malolactic fermentation.

Addition as an antioxidant L-Ascorbic acid

Injection and preservative Nitrogen

Injection and preservative Carbon dioxide

Stabilisation Citric acid

Acidity correction Tannins(2)

Addition Meta-tartaric acid

Clarifying Gum Arabic(2)

Use Potassium bitartrate

Foster and ageing Oak chips Of untreated and not carbonized Wood with a

size of more than 2 mm.

Clarifying Potassium alginate (1)Fort he individual yeast strains: if available, derived from organic raw material. (2)Derived from organic raw material if available.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION APENDIX I – PERMITED MANURE, FERTILIZERS AND SOIL IMPROVERS

(Previous check of its origin and composition)

1. Seaweeds and derived products.

2. Sawdust.

3. Composted barks and wood chips.

4. Compost of: wastes coming from mushroom and earthworms (Vermicompost) production units as well as from organic

household wastes.


4.1. Organic household wastes must be monitor for contamination.

5. Composted farmyard and poultry manure, slurry or urine.

6. Manure and composted bed from extensive livestock.

7. Bone meal and blood meal.

8. Straw.

9. Transformed animal products coming from slaughter houses and fish industry.

10. Organic by products from food and textile products.

11. Peat.


Prohibited for soil conditioning. Excluding synthetic additives, permitted only in horticulture (floriculture, nursery plants,

potting mixes)

12. Natural foliar fertilizers.

13. Natural inoculants.

14. Shells.

15. Sulphur.

16. Oligoelements (boron, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, zinc), need recognised by the Certification Body.

17. Magnesium Sulphate (Epson Salt).

18. Potassium sulfate of mineral origin.

19. Clay (bentonite, pearlite, vermiculite, etc.).

20. Limestone.

21. Chalky lime.

22. Thomas scoria, controlling its heavy metals content.

23. Ground Potassium Mineral (Shall be obtained by physical procedures but not enriched by chemical processes), Mineral-

Origin Potassium Sulphate, muriate of potash, kainite, sylvanite, patentkali.

24. Rock Dust.

25. Calcined Aluminum Phosphate Rock and Natural Phosphate Rock (Hyper phosphate).

26. Calcareous Magnesium Rock (Dolomite).

27. Calcium Chloride (Apple trees foliage treatment, due to a calcium lack).

28. Sodium chloride (mineral salt only).


29. Biodegradable processing by-products of microbial origin, (E.g: by-products of brewery or distillery processing)

30. Microbiological preparations based on naturally occurring organisms

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION APENDIX II – PERMITED PRODUCTS FOR THE CONTROL OF PESTS AND DISEASES

(Previous check of its origin and composition)

1. Plant origin preparations on pyrethrum-basis extracted from Chrysanthemun cinerariefolium containing possibly

natural synergists, on basis of Derris elliptica, Quassia amara, Ryania speciosa, Melia azedarach, Azadirachta indica,

Schoenocaulon officinale.

2. Preparations on basis of Baculovirus.

3. Propolis.

4. Plant and animal oils.

5. Mineral oils containing no synthetic pesticides.

6. Potassium Soap.

7. Sulphur.

8. Preparations based on metaldehyde that contains a repulsive against higher animal species used in sodium

bicarbonate traps.


8. Not allowed by IFOAM.

9. Sodium bicarbonate.

10. Bordeux Broth.

11. Copper Oxychloride.


11.1. Copper Salt (Copper Oxychloride, Sulfate Oxychloride): Max 6 kg.Cu/ha per year.

12. Potassium Permanganate.

13. Calcium Polysulfide.

14. Sodium Silicate.

15. Rock Dust.

16. Diatom Earth.

17. Atmosphere is controlled with carbon dioxide, nitrogen, vacuum, inert gases and treatments with cold, water vapor,

etc.

18. Thermal Treatments.

19. Weed clearance with fire, only with liquid gas.

20. Pheromone-basis preparations.


20.1. Only traps and dispensers.

21. Microorganisms (bacteria, viruses and fungi).

22. Spinosad.

23. Gelatin.

24. Lecithin.

25. Beeswax.

26. Tribassic copper sulfate.

27. Cuprous oxide.

28. Cu. Hydroxide.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION APENDIX III – PERMITED PRODUCTS FOR THE PROCESSING FOOD

Substances listed in this Appendix are preferable as they can be found in their natural or certified organic sources.

1. Seaweed and sub-products.

2. Plant extracts none extracted with solvents.

3. Acetic acid of bacterial origin.

4. Yeasts.

5. Beer yeast with or without lecithin, obtained without bleach or solvents.

6. Sodium chloride, without aids or with added calcium carbonate.

7. Unmodified starch.

8. Pectolytic enzymes.

9. Sulphur dioxide (except post-harvest)

10. Ecological origin or free of residue sugar.

11. Acid sodium phosphate.

12. Plant pectin’s.

13. Vegetable flavorings and species approved by the Argentine Food Code (Cumin, oregano).

Int’l

Numbering

System

Product

Additiv

e

Pro

c. Aid

.

Limitation/Note

INS 220 Sulfur dioxide x IFOAM DIFFERENTIAL REQUIREMENT: Only for

wine(*).

INS 270 Lactic Acid x x Of bacterial origin.

INS 290 Carbon Dioxide x x

INS 300 Ascorbic Acid Only as anti-oxidant for apple pulp.

INS 322 Lecithin x x

INS 330 Citric Acid x x

INS 334 Tartaric Acid x x IFOAM DIFFERENTIAL REQUIREMENT: Only for wine.

INS 335 Sodium Tartrate x x

INS 336

Potassium Tartrate

EINS-336 (i) Tartrate cremor,

potassium biotartrate or potassium

tartaric acid

EINS-336 (ii) potassium Tartrate

x x

INS 339 Sodium Acid Phosphate x IFOAM DIFFERENTIAL REQUIREMENT: Not allowed.

INS 400 Ácido Algínico x

Development of animal products, with restricted use as

set out in the Codex.

INS 406 Agar x

INS 414

Arabic gum, locust bean gum or

other naturals gums approved by

the Argentine Food Code.

x Only for milk product, fat products, confectionery, sweets,

eggs, wine and sub-products.

Sodium carbonates x x

INS 501 Potassium Carbonates x x

INS 508 Potassium Chloride x

INS 516 Calcium Sulfate x IFOAM DIFFERENTIAL REQUIREMENT: For soybean

products confectionary and in the baker’s yeast.

INS 524 Sodium Hydroxide x x Only for olives treatment.

IFOAM DIFFERENTIAL REQUIREMENT: not allowed

INS 941 Nitrogen x x

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION APENDIX III – PERMITED PRODUCTS FOR THE PROCESSING FOOD

Int’l

Numbering

System

Product

Additiv

e

Pro

c. Aid

.

Limitation/Note

INS 948 Oxygen x x

Diatomaceous earth x Only for sweeteners and wine (Auxiliary Filter).

INS 428 Natural gelatins x

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION APENDIX IV – PERMITED PRODUCTS IN ANIMAL MEDICINES

1) FIGHT AGAINST PARASITES

GENERAL RULES:

1. Actions over external environment: pasture land rotation, disinfecting of troughs.

2. Actions over animals: reinforces immunity mechanisms through a balanced diet, correcting mineral and vitamin

deficiencies.

When it results absolutely necessary because of an absence of ecological alternatives, antihelmintics may be used only after a

clinical veterinary examination (vet must have official certificate) or after a positive coproparasitological test performed in

labs bearing official certification.

The use of any anthelmintic medicine should be recorded on the files of the holding.

AUTHORISED INTERNAL ANTHELMINTIC THERAPIES:

1. Homeopathy, isopathy (autonosodes), nosodes, phitotherapy.

2. Introduction of sterile softened parasites, only if chemotherapy is thus avoided.

3. Sodium sulphate, copper sulphate to 1%.

4. Synthesis chemical anthelmintic approved by SENASA for such use as long as waiting times are respected as

regards to slaughtering and milk sales, intervals detailed in Appendix V (Waiting Time in Animal Productions).

AUTHORISED EXTERNAL ANTHELMINTICS:

1. Pyrethrum.

2. Natural pyretines, rotenena, sodium and potassium sulphur.

3. Copper sulphur.

4. Synthetic chemical antihelmintics approved by SENASA for such use as long as waiting times are respected as

regards to slaughtering and milk sales, intervals detailed in Appendix V (Waiting Time in Animal Productions)

treatment needs Certification Body approval.

PROHIBITED ANTHELMINTICS:

1. Organochlorine and Organophosphorus.

AUTHORISED PRODUCT ADMINISTRATION PRACTICES

1. Oral use as a general rule, for internal antihelmintics as an alternative, percutaneous method may be used if

product requires so and respecting as always times regarding slaughtering and milk sales detailed in Appendix V

(Waiting Time in Animal Productions).

2. Externally as a general rule, for external anthelmintic

PROHIBITED PRODUCT ADMINISTRATION PRACTICES

1. Incorporating medicines in feedstuff.

2. External use chemical diffusers of long term activity.

AUTHORISED ADMINISTRATION SEASONS

1. Far from suckling period.

2. One of the treatments must be far from suckling period obligatorily.

PROHIBITED ADMINISTRATION SEASONS

1. Treatment at the beginning of gestation.

OTHER VETERINARY PRODUCTS

1. The use of biotherapy, phitotherapy, aromatherapy, homeopathy, isopathy, nosodes is authorized.

2. The exceptional use of antibiotherapic product is authorized to save animal life if it is an acute problem. The

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION APENDIX IV – PERMITED PRODUCTS IN ANIMAL MEDICINES

treatment should be recorded on the files of the holding. Before marketing meat, milk or other animal-origin

product waiting times should be respected as specified in Appendix V (Waiting Time in Animal Productions).

3. It is prohibited to use any antibiotherapic product to treat chronic cases or repeated re-infections.

4. Cloranphenicol is absolutely prohibited in all cases.

5. The use of growth hormone, anabolic and promoter treatments is prohibited.

6. Obligatory vaccine programme against endemic diseases and obligatory vaccines should be respected.

7. Using of attenuated micro-organisms in healing, with the sole object is replacing the chemotherapy or antibiotics.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION APENDIX V – WAITTING TIME IN ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS

It indicates the time elapsing between the last day treatments was administered and the slaughtering date as well as

destination of milk —to industry or human consumption.

1. Milk sale or its application to dairy products manufacturing: The double time of official waiting interval, or a minimum of

48 hours, whichever is longer.

2. Meat sale or its application to manufacturing by-products: The double time of official waiting interval, or a minimum of

48 hours, whichever is longer.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION APENDIX VI – ADDITIVES FOR ANIMAL FEEDING, CERTAIN PRODUCTS USED IN ANIMAL FEEDING AND PROCCESING AIDS USED IN

ANIMAL FEEDINGTUFFS

1. ADDITIVES FOR ANIMAL FEEDING

1.1. Trace elements. The following substances are included in this category:

Iron: Ferrous carbonate, Monohydrated ferrous sulphate, Iron oxide.

Iodine: Anhydrous calcium iodate, Hexahydrated calcium iodate, Potassium iodide.

Cobalt: Monohydrate cobalt sulfate and/or heptahydrate cobalt sulphate, Monohydrate cobalt basic carbonate.

Copper: Copper oxide, Monohydrated basic copper carbonate, Pentahydrated copper sulphate.

Manganese: Manganous carbonate, Manganic and Manganous oxide, Monohydrated and/or tetrahydrated

Manganous sulfate.

Zinc: Zinc carbonate, Zinc oxide, Sulfato de zinc mono y/o heptahidratado.

Molybdenum: Ammonium molybdate, Sodium molybdate.

Selenium: Sodium selenate, Sodium selenite.

1.2. Vitamins, provitamins and chemically well defined substances having analogous effect. The following substances are

included in this category:

Vitamins authorized by SENASA.

Preferably derived from raw materials occurring naturally in animal feeding stuffs.

Synthetic vitamins identical to natural vitamins only for monogastric animals.

1.3. Enzymes. The following substances are included in this category:

Enzymes authorized by the competent authority.

1.4. Micro-organisms:

Micro-organisms authorized by the competent authority.

1.5. Preservatives. The following substances are included in this category:

Formic acid for silage.

Acetic acid for silage.

Lactic acid for silage.

Propionic acid for silage.

1.6. Binders, anti-caking agents and coagulants. The following substances are included in this category:

Colloidal silica.

Diatom Earth.

Sepiolite.

Bentonite.

Kaolinitic clays.

Vermiculite.

Perlite.

2. TECHNOLOGICAL AIDS USED IN ANIMAL FEEDING

2.1. Technological aids for silage. The following substances are included in this category:

Sea salt.

Coarse rock salt.

Enzyme.

Yeasts.

Whey.

Sugar.

Sugar beet pulp.

Cereal flour.

Molasses and lactic.

Acetic.

Formic.

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ANIMAL FEEDINGTUFFS

Propionic bacteria.

In case appropriate fermentation is not achieved due to weather conditions, the use of lactic, formic, propionic

and acetic acids for silage production may be authorized by the authority or control agency.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION APENDIX VII – RAW MATERIAL FOR ANIMAL FEEDING

1. FEED MATERIALS FROM PLANT ORIGIN

1.1. Grains, their products and by-products,

1.2. Oil seeds, oil fruits, their products and by-products,

1.3. Legume seeds, their products and by-products,

1.4. Tubercles, roots, their products and by-products,

1.5. Other fruits, their products and by-products,

1.6. Forages and roughage,

1.7. Other plants, their products and by-products.

2. RAW MATERIAL FROM DIFFERENT ORIGINS

2.1. Milk and milk products,

2.2. Fish, other aquatic animals, their products and by- products.

3. FEED MATERIALS FROM MINERAL ORIGIN

3.1. Sodium: Unrefined sea salt, coarse rock salt, Soda sulphate, Sodium carbonate, Sodium bicarbonate, Sodium

chloride.

3.2. Calcium: Shells of aquatic animals (including cuttlefish bones), Calcium lactate, Calcium carbonate, Calcium

gluconate.

3.3. Phosphorus: Bone dicalcium phosphate precipitate, Defluorinated dicalcium phosphate, Defluorinated monocalcium

phosphate.

3.4. Magnesium: Anhydrous magnesium, Magnesium sulphate, Magnesium chloride, Magnesium carbonate.

3.5. Sulphur: Soda sulphate.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION APENDIX VIII – MINIMUM COVERED AND OPEN-AIR AREAS AND OTHER HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS FOR DIFFERENT SPECIES AND

TYPES OF PRODUCTION

1. Pigs

Covered area (available area per animal)

Open- air area (area for exercising

without including pastures)

Minimum live weight (kg.) m²/head m²/head

Nursing sows with piglets

up to 40 days

7,5 m²/ sow 2,5

Pigs for fattening Up to 50

Up to 85

More than 85

0,8

1,1

1,3

0,6

0,8

1

Piglets More than 40 days and up to

30 kg.

0,6 0,4

Breeding pigs 2,5 m²/ female

6,0 m²/male

1,9

8,0

The rest of the mammal species are not considered because of the Argentine extensive production characteristics.

2. Poultry

Covered area (available area per animal) Open air area (square meters

available in rotation/ head) Nº of animals/m² Cm of perches/

animal Nest

Laying hens 6 18

8 laying hens per

nest or, if it is a

common nest, 120

cm² per bird.

4 provided that the limit is not

above 170 kg/N/ha/year.

Poultry for fattening (in

not mobile housing)

10, with a

maximum of

21kg live

weight/m².

20

4 broilers and guinea fowl

4,5 ducks

10 turkeys

15 geese

The limit of 170 kg/N/ha/year shall

not be above for any of the above

mentioned species.

Broilers for fattening (in

mobile housing)

16* mobile

housing with a

maximum of 30

kg live

weight/m².

2, 5 provided that they the limit of

170 kg/N/ha/year shall not be

above.

* Only for mobile housing that the available area is not above 150 m² and are not covered during the night.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION APENDIX IX – PRODUCTS FOR CLEANING AND DISINFECTING BUILDING, INSTALLATIONS, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT USED FOR

PRODUCTION, ELABORATION, STORAGE, TRANSPORT, DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL AND

PLANT ORIGIN

1. Potash and soda soap.

2. Water and steam.

3. Milk of lime / Hydrated Lime / Slacked Lime (Calcium oxide ore water).

4. Lime/ Quicklime (Calcium oxide).

5. Sodium hypochlorite (e.g. as aqueous solution).

6. Caustic soda (Sodium hydroxide).

7. Caustic potash (Potash hydroxide).

8. Hydrogen peroxide.

9. Natural essences of plants.

10. Citric acid, peracetic acid, formic, lactic, oxalic and acetic acid.

11. Alcohol: ethanol, isopropanol.

12. Nitric acid (dairy equipment).

13. Formaldehyde.


14. Formaldehyde is not allowed.

15. Cleaning and disinfecting products for teats and milking facilities.

16. Sodium carbonate.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION APENDIX XI – REQUIREMENTS TO BE COMPLETED FOR PRODUCTION UNITS WITH ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL ANIMALS

1. At an organic production farm, conventionally raised animals (same or different species) can be at the farm provided

that, for their production, machinery, facilities and grazing lands be clearly separated from those used in organic

animal production. Thus, they are considered different production units.

2. Save as provided in the above mentioned item, animals of any specie coming from conventional production can use

the facilities and machinery as well as grazing lands each year, in plots (areas) for organic animal production

(organic areas) during a limited period, provided that:

2.1. Animals that are not under organic certification come from an extensive production system.

2.2. The areas are not used by animals under organic and conventional production, simultaneously, as well as facilities

and machinery.

2.3. Animals under organic production enter the said areas (a) or use machinery and facilities (b) only after 30 days of

the withdrawal of the total batch of conventional animals (in the case of a) or used by them (in the case of b).

2.4. During the period in which the animals are in the organic area, their management shall meet the organic production

regulation.

2.5. With a justified reason and duly documented, LETIS can reduce or increase this period.

2.6. This exception shall be subject to prior authorization of the LETIS.

3. When there are situations of parallel production, the following conditions are established:

3.1. Whatever specie is involved: The total area and animals involved will be included in a conversion plan that the

farmer will formally make the commitment to incorporate areas and animals gradually and to finish it within a

maximum period of 5 years.

3.2. In addition, if the animals are from the same specie, the farmer must:

3.2.1. Have records on production, reproduction, sanitary aspects, births and deaths as well as inputs of both productions

in an efficient manner.

3.2.2. A clear separation and traceability of the products obtained must be allowed.

3.2.3. Identify all the animals (including conventional ones).

4. LETIS shall carry out a follow- up of both production units, addressing the compliance with the above mentioned

items.

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STANDARD HANDBOOK ORGANIC PRODUCTION APENDIX XII – LIST OF ALLOWED INPUTS FOR PROCESSING OF WOOL COMB, WASH, CARDING AND SUB-PRODUCTS

1. PROCESSING INPUTS

1.1. WASHING DETERGENTS:

Condition: biodegradable 90%

(Measured in DO in more than 28 days)

Banned: APEO (alquifenoles etoxidados)

EDTA- DTPA

1.2. PH STABILIZERS:

Sodium bicarbonates

Sodium hydroxide

Citric acid

Lactic acid

Tartaric acid

1.3. EMULSIFIER AGENTS AND PROCESSOR AUXILIARIES: (Antistatic/ surfactants/ etc.) Biodegradable lubricant

vegetable oils >90% (OECD 301)

Citric acid

Fatty alcohols

Soaps

Palmitate

Estearate

Oleate

1.4. WHITENINGS:

Hydrogen peroxide < 20% free of boron

Sodium bicarbonate

Sodium hydroxide

Sodium and potassium carbonates

2. INPUTS FOR LIQUID WASTES TREATMENTS

2.1. COAGULANTS AND FLOCCULANTS:

Aluminum sulfate- Al (SO4)

Ferric chloride- (FeCl3)