On April 13, 2021, the European Commission website published the consultation document Ares (2021) 2497980, which intends to update and revise (EU) Annex II of Regulation 2018/848 and the record keeping requirements of the European Council on organic operators. The specific amendments are as follows:

1. Add the production rules, traceability records, internal quality control and compliance assessment of certain specific products;

2. Provisions for record keeping, specifying the minimum record keeping requirements for each production area;

3. Introduce certain specific elements to ensure consistency and a unified basis for record keeping;

4. The organic production rules must be recorded by those operators who have been completed;

5. When collecting wild plants and their products, it is necessary to require operators to keep records of relevant species, as well as the number and time of collection, in order to achieve traceability and compliance verification;

6. The rules of animal husbandry production, aquaculture, and honey farming should retain written evidence to achieve traceability, etc.

The feedback period for the consultation document ends on May 11, 2021.

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