The Organic Products Regulations 1992
These Regulations apply to the United Kingdom and give effect to the United Kingdom’s obligation to provide for the administration, execution and enforcement of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2092/91 (OJ No. L198, 22.7.91, p.1) on organic production of agricultural products and foodstuffs. Regulation 3 designates Food from Britain as the inspection authority responsible for the inspection system under the Council Regulation and the approval of private inspection bodies. Producers, importers and processors concerned in the distribution of organic products covered by the Council Regulation are subject to this inspection system. For the purposes of enforcing Articles 9.9 and 10.3 of the Council Regulation (irregularities and infringements of the rules on labelling and production of organic products) Food from Britain or the private inspection body as appropriate must give the relevant local authority the information the local authority needs to enforce the organic labelling provisions in Article 5 of the Council Regulation. Regulation 2 contains a definition of local authority.