Critical overview on organic legislation for animal production: towards conventionalization of the system?

dc.contributor.advisor	Hadjigeorgiou, Ioannis	en
dc.contributor.advisor	Χατζηγεωργίου, Ιωάννης	el
dc.contributor.author	Zoiopoulos, Pantelis	en
dc.contributor.author	Ζωϊόπουλος, Παντελής	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:52:24Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:52:24Z
dc.date.issued	2013-07-17	en
dc.identifier.issn	20711050	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su5073077	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/5995
dc.rights	CC0 1.0 Παγκόσμια
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.title	Critical overview on organic legislation for animal production: towards conventionalization of the system?	en
heal.type	other	en
heal.keyword	Animal farming	en
heal.keyword	Conventionalization	en
heal.keyword	Legislation	en
heal.keyword	Organic	en
heal.keyword	Values in agriculture	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.3390/su5073077	en
heal.recordProvider	University of Ioannina/School of Management of Natural Resources and Enterprises	en
heal.recordProvider	Γεωπονικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών/Τμήμα Ζωικής Παραγωγής και Ιχθυοκαλλιέργειας	el
heal.publicationDate	2013-07-17	en
heal.bibliographicCitation	Hadjigeorgiou, Ioannis. Critical overview on organic legislation for animal production: towards conventionalization of the system? Sustainability, vol. 5 (7) pp. 3077-3094, MDPI 2013	en
heal.abstract	Adoption of organic animal production legislation, particularly at the Community level, is done with a spirit of compromise and an attempt to reach consensus. In this sense, legal tools are used to solve technical problems so that an appreciable number of derogations (exceptions) are introduced. These may allow the use of certain feed additives, tethered animals or even application of castration. However, derogations should be avoided in legislation where harmonization is pursued, since they bring about distortion in the marketing of organic products. The validity of these derogations has expiry dates. However, at least the EU was hesitant to proceed with the necessary amendments to lift these derogations so that eliminate ambiguities and block loopholes. In turn, mention is made to geographical issues raised from the exceptions question posed again with the new EU Regulations. Furthermore some thoughts are expressed concerning the relationship between setting standards and the crucial role of values in agriculture, organic in particular, social aspects and pursued policy. Finally, the essential feature of this work is that derogations in legislation inevitably lead to conventionalization of organic animal production, which necessitates the clear definition of ""organic"". To substantiate this, relevant arguments are put forward.	en
heal.publisher	Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)	en
heal.journalName	Sustainability	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.3390/su5073077	en