Croatia’s ecological products for Europe

The interest in ecological production of agricultural and food products has increased considerably. Areas accommodating such production have increased from 51 hectares in 2002 to more than 20,000 hectares this year, with more than 1,000 producers.

This information was presented at the session of the Government, which submitted to the Parliament the draft bill on ecological production and ecological products labeling. There is a great demand for these products in the market, agriculture minister Petar Cobankovic said. He pointed out that ecological products labeling will be regulated as well, in order to prevent abuse and provide consumers with truly ecological products.

The bill regulates the use of the terms such as “organic”, “bio” and “eco”. It will provide Croatia’s producers with the same terms enjoyed by EU producers and create conditions for placement of ecological products in EU.

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