Japanese Agricultural Standard for Organic Plants
(Notification No. 1605 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of October 27, 2005) (Preliminary Translation)
Established: Notification No.59 of January 20, 2000
Partial revision: Notification No.1884 of November 18, 2003
Full revision: Notification No.1605 of October 27, 2005
Partial revision: Notification No.1463 of October 27, 2006
Partial revision: Notification No.1180 of August 27, 2009
Partial revision: Notification No.833 of March 28, 2012
(Purpose)
Article 1 The purpose of this standard is to establish the criteria of production methods for organic plants.
(Principles of Production of Organic Plants)
Article 2 Organic plants shall be produced in either of the following methods:
(1) To produce organic plants in fields with cultivation management methods so as to reduce the load from agricultural production on the environment as much as possible, by avoiding the use of chemical synthetic fertilizers and substances for plant pest and disease control in
principle and exercising the farmland productivity derived from original soils (including productivity derived from agricultural and forestry products, in case of fungi production) in order to sustain and enhance the natural recycling function of agriculture; or
(2) To harvest organic plants by methods so as not to interfere in preserving the ecosystem in collection areas (areas for collecting plants growing naturally; hereafter the same).
