“organic product” with ACT seal

• A product with at least 95% of its agricultural ingredients as organic.
• Unprocessed products in which all the ingredients in containers, packages, sacks, etc. is certified by ACT

“GM free product”

• Not allowed even with ACT seal.

ACT seal can be used:

• Processed products containing at least 95% (by weight and excluding water and salt) of their agricultural ingredients as organic.
• Processed products containing at least 70% (by weight and excluding water and salt) of their agricultural ingredients as organic.

Claims of product from organic raw materials which includes the percentage of organic ingredients, e.g. “82% organic materials”

• Products with at least 70% of its agricultural ingredients as organic

Produce and products that are certified and approved by ACT but cannot be labeled with ACT seal are:

• In-conversion products
• Products with less than 70% of their agricultural ingredients as organic excluding water and salt.

In case of product certified under the ACT-EU equivalent programme:

• The product can be labeled “in conversion” only if it has been certified with not less than 12 months.
• Product labeling shall following the relevant EU regulations.
• The operator must add the following information on the label, operator address and ACT's name and/or EU code.
• When the operator receives organic products transported from outside its unit, the operator shall check the package labeling that it complies with the standards as well as verify the information corresponds with information in the accompanying documents. Record of this verification shall be kept for inspector to check.

 The labels shall have the names of ACT certified producers or operators and contacting addresses.

For multiple-ingredient processed products, the labels shall list the ingredients and their percentages of weight from more to less and identify those which are organic.

Only producers and operators who have signed contracts on seal use with ACT are allowed to use the phrase “organic product” and ACT seal in the labels.