Agriculture ministers edge closer to deal on organic reform

By Ed Bray

A UK suggestion on how to regulate unauthorised substances in organic products helped break the deadlock on this issue at the Agriculture Council on 16 March, but the countries remained split on plans for moving towards risk-based controls on farms. The fresh round of talks on the organic reform – which aims to close legal loopholes, ensure a level playing field and stop fraud – focused on some of the most divisive issues, including detection of non-authorised…