Guidelines for on-farm Food Safety for Fresh Produce
Available to download from http://www.horticulture.com.au/

"Can Do" Series, Pam Pittaway

• About the "Can Do" Series 
• How Anaerobic Ponds Work
• A Practical Guide to On-Farm Co-Composting 
• Alternative Waste Management Systems 
• Dry Composting 
• Doing your own Field Trials with Composts 
• What is a Healthy Soil 
• How Plants Acquire Nutrients for Growth 
• How do Plants Protect Themselves 
• Getting to Know the Environmental Vulnerabilities 
• Sodicity, Soil Structure and Organic Carbon 
• A Practical Guide to Low-Tech Trash Composting 
• What is a Quality VermiCompost
• When is a Compost a Mulch?
• Taking on Soil Microbes for Sustainability
• Why Buy Compost When Manure Costs Much Less?
• Putting a Dollar Value on Organic Carbon in Soil

Seeds:

Q:  Can I use conventional seed if I do not find any certified organic seed available?

 

A: Permission in writing must be obtained from the Certification Office prior to use of all untreated and treated non-organic seeds and propagative materials.  You can do this by completing the Non-Organic Seed Request Form which you may request by calling the ACO office on 07 3350 5716.

Where seeds have been treated, removal of prohibited substances is required prior to planting.  Wash water must be disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner, and records should be maintained.  However, this is only allowed where no untreated sources are available commercially or where treatment is mandated by state government regulations. 

Some country or regulatory requirements may permit only organically produced seed and propagative material. Onus is on the operator to ensure compliance to

additional market requirements.

 

GMO products and GE processes are prohibited in all aspects of organic production systems and products. This includes prohibition of GE seeds and rootstock material treatments such as NOGALL.

 

Please note that industry circumstances have recently been re-reviewed and this allowance for use of non-organic seed has been extended until June 2011.

Fact Sheets

Please Click on the links below for all fact sheet information

Allowed Inputs
Using Allowed Inputs under the AOS

Livestock
Using a quarantine paddock
Managing the Change to Organic Livestock
Organic Sheep Production

Processing
Certified Organic Abbatoirs and Butchers

Seeds
Fact Sheet - Suppliers of Organic Seed and Seedlings

Wholesaler

Retailer

Transfer of ownership

Plant Disease and pests

On Farm Storage of Organic Grain
January 2004: NSW Agriculture

Organic Asparagus Production
February 2004: NSW Agriculture

Organic Certified Production with Bees
May 2006: NSW Agriculture

Organic Fruit Production
July 2008: NSW Agriculture

Organic Livestock Production and Marketing
July 2008: NSW Agriculture

Organic Macadamia Growing
September 2007: NSW Agriculture

Organic Processing Tomato Production
April 2004: NSW Agriculture

Organic Pumpkin Production
December 2003: NSW Agriculture

Organic Vegetable Production - Managing Pests and Diseases
July 2008: NSW DPI

Organic Vegetable Production - Planning
July 2008: NSW DPI

Organic Vegetable Production - Soil Management and Crop Establishment
July 2008: NSW DPI

Use of Vaccinations and other Veterinary Treatments in Organic Livestock Farming
February 2008: NSW DPI

Organic Farming: The Certification Process
October 2007: State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries

Organic Farming: Alternatives to Treated Vineyard Posts
October 2007: State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries

Organic Farming: Broadacre Weed Management
January 2008: State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries

Organic Farming: Canola Production and Marketing
January 2008: State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries

Organic Farming: Managing Grapevine Powdery Mildew
December 2007: State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries

Organic Farming: Perennial Pasture Establishment
January 2008: State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries

Organic Farming: Perennial Pasture Management
January 2008: State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries

Organic Farming: Prime Lamb Finishing Systems
January 2008: State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries

Organic Farming: Prime Lamb Production
March 2006: State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries

Organic Farming: Risk Management Planning for Contamination Risks
December 2007: State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries

Organic Farming: Vineyard Weed Management
December 2007: State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries

Organic Farming: Weed Control in Organic Carrots - Implements
December 2007: State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries

Organic Farming: Wheat Production and Marketing
January 2008: State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries

Organic Farming: Which Green Manure Should I Grow?
December 2007: State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries