Ongoing project in the House wants to regulate the sale of organic products | Policy

Through the project, the marketing of organic products directly to the consumer should only be done by family farming which, necessarily, should incorporate a social control organization registered in the inspection bodies.

With this certification, the products can be sold on free, temporary, permanent or private markets ( see other points of the project below ).

At present, the marketing of organic products can be carried out in establishments such as supermarkets since the goods has the seal of the Brazilian system of organic conformity badessment (SisOrg), obtained by audit or inspection.

Under the current Organic Farming Act, only family farmers are allowed to make direct sales to consumers without certification.

According to the author of the project, this device in the current legislation allows the consumer to be a victim of fraud.

"This fact, coupled with consumer preference for organic products, has attracted dishonest traders to specialized fairs, a deplorable practice that, in addition to harming those who practice organic farming, is fraud and a crime.Consumers may have to buy "Gato Por Hare," says Edinho Bez.

The proposal was approved unanimously by the Agriculture Committee of the United States. House in June and is currently part of the Commission on the Constitution, Justice and Citizenship.After the badysis of the collegiate will take place in the plenary of the House.

Luiz Nishimori (PR-PR) was the rapporteur of the Committee on Agriculture and the project rapporteur, which made the agrochemicals law flexible, also approved by the collegiate body.

According to Nishimori, a regulation stricter for the sale of these products is necessary to guarantee the origin of the goods because of the growing demand for healthy foods and 'free of harmful chemical contaminants.

"Because they do not go through bureaucratic procedures of certification and control, direct sales of organic products at fairs are more prone to fraud, with significant damage to the credibility of the organic market in the world. consumers and, therefore, to serious producers and committed to established regulatory practices, "he said.

The main points of the project