"The restrictions appear when product remains", said Landa.
Speaking to media, the Director of OIA referred to the current panorama of certification, as well, to popular topics on organic.
As Director of OIA (Organización Internacional Agropecuaria), the Eng. Pedro A. Landa was interviewed on TV Infocampo (Telefé) and La Red Rural (Radio La Red AM 910). In both areas, Landa said about the certification, the new requirements, and organic products.
"The new requirements are spinning much about the carbon footprint. In the case of organic production, the world community decided not to accept organic carbon footprint because it measures a partial aspect of what the system would be externalities", said Eng. Pedro A. Landa to Martin Steeman’s consultation on Infocampo TV, on 12 December.
In turn, stressed that the organic standard in Argentina is much more demanding than the Brazilian, so that "to accept a bilateral equivalence is not possible". Landa, who also chairs CACER (Argentina Chamber Certification Food and Allied Organic Products), added: "We comply with many of the requirements of waste chemicals. The block of exporting countries have to be clear about what is going to be accepted of what demand the importing countries, because the borders are run constantly".
On the other hand, Carina Rodriguez and Juan Miceli spoke with the Eng. Pedro A. Land in the La Red Rural on 12 November. Besides the doubts about what is an organic product, Landa said: "To sell a commercial product as organic, it has to comply with, and for it to be verified through certification".
The also President of MAPO (Argentine Movement for Organic Production), emphasized that one who purchases is not the one with more money, if not the one who is more aware of the difference between a conventional and an organic food, and what gives this to the body. "It's a problem of knowledge than of resources", said P. Landa. |