Standards Australia is to develop Australia’s first national domestic organic standard that has widespread industry, consumer and government support.

A nitrogen isotype test can potentially be used to indicate use of synthetic fertilizers and thus be used to provide evidence against fraudulent organic food claims.

New regulations to protect Canadian consumers and support growth of organic products industry

The ACCC has called on food and beverage manufacturers to curb their use of potentially misleading labels when marketing goods to customers.

WHO promotes indoor spraying with insecticides as one of three main interventions to fight malaria

European agriculture is under threat as the quality of soil worsens, particularly in eastern states.

Sixty percent of earth's ecosystems are being degraded or used unsustainably. (The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Synthesis Report).

Environmental lobby group Biowatch South Africa scored a victory today when the Department of Agriculture was ordered to reveal details about Genetically Modified crops grown locally or brought into the country.

The plan aims to facilitate the ongoing development of organic farming in the EU through 21 concreted policy measures.

On May 17, 2004, the first-ever legally binding international treaty to control toxic chemicals - the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) enters into force, providing an unprecedented legal framework to ban or severely restrict the production and use of the some of the worlds most toxic chemicals.

The Koto Protocol became legally binding on its 128 Parties on 16th February 2005.

New Zealands National Organic Standard, was launched on 4th November 2003, underpinning the various certification schemes that already exist for organic producers.

The Cartagena Protocol sets out the first international legal framework for the cross-border movement of GMOs on the basis of the precautionary principle.

The general use of the pesticide DDT will no longer be legal in the United States after today, ending nearly three decades of application.