After a slump in exports to the EU since the start of the year, Britain’s Organic sector faces further turmoil over a European Commission proposal to revoke recognition of the UK’s organic certification bodies. Following months of uncertainty, the UK’s six organic certification bodies were officially recognised by the EC last December for a period of 12 months, in an agreement that was separate to the UK’s trade deal with the bloc. However, there was currently no agreement to extend it, with the EC reportedly reluctant to do so. Producers faced “a great deal of uncertainty as we head into 2022”, said Lee Holdstock, senior business and trade development manager at the Soil Association.
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