How to register as an organic operator
Under Council Regulation EC 834/2007 (pdf 190Kb) as amended and Council Regulation EC 889/2008 (pdf 1,782Kb) as amended, an organic operator must notify the detail of their organic enterprise to the Department and submit it to inspection. Accordingly any operator who produces, prepares or imports from a third country organic produce for the purpose of marketing it must:
1. Submit their enterprise to inspection and certification by one of the following inspection bodies:
Institute of Marketecology ( IMO )
4 Lough Owel Village,
Tullaghan,
Mullingar,
Co Westmeath.
Tel: (044) 961633
Fax: (044) 961032
Email: IMO Ireland-ireland@imo.ch
Email: angelika.brady@gmx.net
Web: www.imo.ch
Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association Ltd.
16A Inish Carraig
Golden Island
Athlone
Co. Westmeath
Tel: (090) 6433680
Fax: (043) 6449005
Email: iofga@eircom.net
Web: www.irishorganic.ie
Organic Trust Ltd.
Vernon House,
2 Vernon Avenue,
Clontarf
Dublin 3
Tel: (01) 853 0271
Fax: (01) 853 0271
Email: organic@iol.ie
Web: http://www.organic-trust.org/
Global Trust Certificate Ltd
3rd Floor
Block 3
Quayside Business Park
Mill Street
Dundalk
Co. Louth
Phone No. (042) 9320912
Fax No. (042) 9386864
Email: info@gtcert.com
Website: www.gtcert.com
BDAA-Demeter UK Ltd
40/11 Woodhall Road, Edinburgh EH 13 ODU
Scotland, UK
Phone No. 00 44 131 4781201
Fax No. 00 44 131 4781201
Email: timbrink@biodynamic.org.uk
Website: http://www.biodynamic.org.uk
2. Register with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. A registration form (ORG1) must be completed by both the operator and the relevant inspection body above.
