• Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and products produced from or by GMOs should not be used in organic farming or in the processing of organic products.

Principles applicable to processing of organic food

• Organic processed products should be produced by the use of processing methods which guarantee that the organic integrity and vital qualities of the product are maintained through all stages of the production chain.
• The production of organic food should be mainly from organic agricultural ingredients, except where an ingredient is not available on the market in organic form)
• Food produced from in-conversion crops shall contain only one crop ingredient of agricultural origin.
• The restriction of the use of food additives, of non-organic ingredients with mainly technological and sensory functions and of micronutrients and processing aids
• only additives, processing aids, flavourings, water, salt, preparations of micro-organisms and enzymes, minerals, trace elements, vitamins, as well as amino acids and other micronutrients in foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses may be used
• The exclusion of substances and processing methods that might be misleading regarding the true nature of the product;
• The processing of food with care, preferably with the use of biological, mechanical and physical methods