France: The new organic regulations for bovine meat, a source of decertification?

“In bovine meat, in Occitanie and New Aquitaine, we have organic breeders who do not rule out giving up the organic label to pass or return to the Label Rouge because the price differential is small, while the constraints and costs will increase ”. In one sentence, Loïc Guines, president of the Ille-et-Vilaine Chamber of Agriculture and organic referent at the APCA, sums up the questions that are currently running through the organic sector, at a time when the equation between supply and demand is, in certain sectors, a little less to the advantage of producers. By new constraints, Loïc Guines referred to the future European organic regulation, which must come into force on January 1, 2022. In beef, it will end the exemption allowing breeders to finish their animals in buildings, which can potentially generate additional loads (longer fattening) for a lower product (weight and carcass conformation). “We are questioned on the subject, recognizes Anne Haegelin, project manager at ...